Persona 4 Arena Arranged Soundtrack Disc

Ended up finding the arranged preorder ost with 6 remixes of main themes.

Now want a gamerip, ISO came out this morning, GOGOGO!

Unfortunatelly, a gamerip is impossible, since the BGM files are in PAC format, and opening them in HEX doesn’t really reveal the type of format the files are.. =S

UPDATE: Gamerip here: Thread 118608

Unfortunatelly, a gamerip is impossible, since the BGM files are in PAC format, and opening them in HEX doesn’t really reveal the type of format the files are.. =S

I’ve got the XWB files from the PACs, how do I convert those into things I can play yo

I’ve got the XWB files from the PACs, how do I convert those into things I can play yo

O.O! How did you manage to extract the PAC files??
Been looking all over for that… Tried something with quickBMS, but no luck!

I’ll see what I can find about the XWB files.
Can you tell me how you managed to extract the PAC?

Thanks.

UPDATE: got info on the XWB. =) Just need to know how to get the files and we’re good to go on the testing.

You can get the info I got from these links:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6613418_convert-xwb-wav.html
http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4936 —> Mentions a tool called unxwb
http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7998 —> more about it
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/xwbfile.htm —-> Info regarding Microsoft XNA Game Studio
http://aluigi.altervista.org/papers.htm —> link to get unxwb tool

If you know anything else…. 😉

O.O! How did you manage to extract the PAC files??
Been looking all over for that… Tried something with quickBMS, but no luck!

I’ll see what I can find about the XWB files.
Can you tell me how you managed to extract the PAC?

Thanks.

UPDATE: got info on the XWB. =) Just need to know how to get the files and we’re good to go on the testing.

You can get the info I got from these links:

How to Convert XWB to WAV | eHow.com (http://www.ehow.com/how_6613418_convert-xwb-wav.html)
XeNTaX • View topic – Tool xwb to Wav – Wav To xwb (http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=4936) —> Mentions a tool called unxwb
XeNTaX • View topic – Trials HD .XWB Music Extraction (http://forum.xentax.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=7998) —> more about it
XWB File (What It Is & How To Open One) (http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/xwbfile.htm) —-> Info regarding Microsoft XNA Game Studio
Luigi Auriemma (http://aluigi.altervista.org/papers.htm) —> link to get unxwb tool

If you know anything else…. 😉

I’ve done all of this, they extract to WAV files which I can’t do anything with. I need help with figuring out how to get the WAV files playing, or at least convertable.

I’ve done all of this, they extract to WAV files which I can’t do anything with. I need help with figuring out how to get the WAV files playing, or at least convertable.

Let me know how to extract the files from the PAC files. I’ll see what I can do and keep you updated. (thumbs up)

UPDATE: I already tried several tools, but somehow these PAC files contain a different header from the other PAC files, for example, the ones used by BlazBlue.
Can’t seem to find the right way to rip these PACs….

UPDATE 2: Ok, so I just found out that the PAC files are encrypted by the Xbox 360 SDK, and to decrypt them, you need xbdecompress.exe. This tool is copyrighted, and can’t be shared around here, so… For those, needing this, you need to find this setup:

XDKSetupXenon21076.11.exe

For now, this is the latest SDK around.

Use the EXE from that SDK to decrypt the PAC files.

I’ll post more info later…

FINAL UPDATE: OK, process completed. =)

Here’s the how to:

1. Decode the PAC files with xbdecompress.exe
2. You’ll get the PAC file decrypted.
3. Open that PAC file with Hipster.
4. Extract the contents of the PAC with Hipster.
5. You’ll get at least 1 XWB file. You might get more files.
6. Grab the XWB file(s) and use unxwb.exe
7. unxwb will give you a WAV file. This WAV file is actually a XMA file.
8. Now, use xma2encode to decode the XMA/WAV file to a readable WAV PCM file.
9. Done. =) You can now listen the WAV file in any player!

Hope this helps everyone out there. =D

I took the liberty of uploading a RAR with all the tools you need, plus a PAC file for testing purposes. 😉
This PAC file is a BGM from the game: Persona 4 Arena.

Download Here: https://hotfile.com/dl/164768410/483cb8d/Tools.Needed.rar.html

Enjoy. =)

@ jackskellinghog: You now have everything you need. =) Enjoy.
You did everything OK, all you’re missing is convert the WAV file that unxwb gives you with xma2encode.
You can get the tool in the download link above OR download it from my website: http://mdk-releasez.webs.com/mdashk-xma2encode.htm

Usage: xma2encode < XMAWAV file> /DecodeToPCM < WAV file>

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Good stuff, MDash. Really good.

Good stuff, MDash. Really good.

No problem. Anytime!

UPDATE: For those looking for a gamerip, here it is:

Thread 118608

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No problem. Anytime!

UPDATE: For those looking for a gamerip, here it is:

Thread 118608

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After a 7 hour shift at work, this is actually the best thing in the world, I trust this VBR MP3?

After a 7 hour shift at work, this is actually the best thing in the world, I trust this VBR MP3?

It’s in 320 CBR. The max quality possible. Xp

🙁 Aww man. I suck at compressing file. 🙂 but at least it’s helpful for all of us.