I posted this several months ago on a few other forums, when FFR was down.
tl;dr: Open-source program that does same thing as ogglengthpatch.exe but can reverse the process as well and can patch multiple files at once.
Everyone that plays ITG knows about OggLengthPatch.exe, the program used to make .ogg files appear to be 1:45 long. A lot of song packs are distributed with the songs already patched, which annoys me because I only play at home and I prefer seeing correct song lengths and groove radar values. Since the original OggLengthPatch is not open-source and no one seems to know who made it, I set about writing a program to unpatch songs to their true length. Once I had unpatching working, I figured I might as well make it able to go both ways.
ITG Ogg Patch improves on the original OggLengthPatch in the following ways:
Windows users can patch .ogg files to 1:45 by simply dragging a file or directory onto ITGOggPatch.exe (or hold ctrl to select multiple files or directories). Or you can double-click ITGOggPatch.exe to patch the directory that it is in. To unpatch .ogg files that were patched to be 1:45, drag files or directories onto ITGOggUnpatch.bat.
You can also use it on the command-line.
Linux users must use the command-line or copy the program to the directory they want to patch and double-click it.
By default, only songs longer than 2:00 are patched when patching to 1:45 and only songs that are 1:45 are unpatched when unpatching to the song's true length.
tl;dr: Open-source program that does same thing as ogglengthpatch.exe but can reverse the process as well and can patch multiple files at once.
Everyone that plays ITG knows about OggLengthPatch.exe, the program used to make .ogg files appear to be 1:45 long. A lot of song packs are distributed with the songs already patched, which annoys me because I only play at home and I prefer seeing correct song lengths and groove radar values. Since the original OggLengthPatch is not open-source and no one seems to know who made it, I set about writing a program to unpatch songs to their true length. Once I had unpatching working, I figured I might as well make it able to go both ways.
ITG Ogg Patch improves on the original OggLengthPatch in the following ways:
- Patch multiple songs at once or even entire directory trees. You can easily patch your entire Stepmania Songs/ folder with just 1 run of the program. With the original, you had to patch one song at a time.
- In addition to patching .ogg files to 1:45, you can also unpatch patched songs back to their true length - useful for home players who play songs that are distributed already patched.
- Available for both Windows and Linux (Mac support will be added if there is enough interest).
- Source code is available under the Apache 2.0 license.
Windows users can patch .ogg files to 1:45 by simply dragging a file or directory onto ITGOggPatch.exe (or hold ctrl to select multiple files or directories). Or you can double-click ITGOggPatch.exe to patch the directory that it is in. To unpatch .ogg files that were patched to be 1:45, drag files or directories onto ITGOggUnpatch.bat.
You can also use it on the command-line.
Code:
Usage: ITGOggPatch.exe [OPTIONS] [Paths to the files or directories containing .ogg files]
Allowed options:
--help Show program usage information.
--version Show version number.
--unpatch Reverse the length patching process by setting the
length of .ogg files to their true length. Files that
do not have a reported length of 1:45 are skipped. The
unpatching process is significantly slower than the
patching process and depends on how long the song is.
--patchall Patches all .ogg files found. If patching, this means
even files shorter than 2:00 will be patched. If
unpatching, even files that do not have a reported
length of 1:45 will be processed.
--not-interactive Suppresses the requests for user input when starting
and finishing.
By default, only songs longer than 2:00 are patched when patching to 1:45 and only songs that are 1:45 are unpatched when unpatching to the song's true length.
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