How can I get the sound files out of a Playstation game?

December 15, 2003 7:47 AM

Any idea where/how I can get the sound files out of a PlayStation game? Specifically, I want Phil Hartman's voice clips from Blasto. [more inside]

An added wrinkle is that I don't currently own the game or even a console to play it on, although my son is getting a PS2 for Christmas from Santa.

posted by Irontom to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

As I recall Blasto was a PS1 game (tho it would be compatable with the new system) You could try downloading one of these Playstation emulators. Once the game is running on your computer there are (I know there are, but I am blanking on the names right now) several resources you can use to capture any sound running thru your machine.
posted by thirteen at 11:27 AM on December 15, 2003

WireTap allows to record any audio playing on your Mac, saving it to a file for later listening or processing. This allows to record news from Internet radio stations such as the BBC News, sound snippets from your favorite DVD movie, record the audio from a game, or even iChatAV conversations. WireTap can record any sound that is playing regardless of the source, so RealPlayer, iTunes, DVD Player, Windows Media Player, etc. are all supported.

So if you have a Mac, you are all set. Thanks to djacobs of macfilter for the missing link.
posted by thirteen at 11:33 AM on December 15, 2003

Oh, if Windows-bound MeFites are looking for a wiretap-like application, I've been using Total Recorder for a few days now. It has a small learning curve, but it sits between the WDM layer and your regular soundcard driver, so your system just thinks it's playing to soundcard. It will write raw WAV or encode to MP3 or OGG on the fly.

It's $12 for a standard license, but it's shareware so you can try it out. I've found it to be well worth it.
posted by j.edwards at 12:23 PM on December 15, 2003

Response by poster: Excellent! Thanks for the answer j.edwards!

(kudos would have gone to thirteen, but I've been pc-enabled free for lo, these many years)
posted by Irontom at 12:34 PM on December 15, 2003