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How do I correctly port music to a retail TPA?

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So, is there a way to port music to the retail TPAs and still play them? I tried doing it once with TPA add and it said it worked but I couldn't get the music track to play. So, if there's a certain trick to it, I'd appreciate any advice or any directions for a proper way to port in music. The guide in the FAQ board doesn't really talk about adding music to TPAs. It is somewhat helpful but I could probably use some more detailed directions regarding such if you please.

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Um, it's been a day and nobody's replied to help me... Surely somebody other than Draco knows how to port music to the TPA. Everytime I do it, I get a crackling noise. I've made a 22050 HZ wav file with a 16- bit PCM just like it says. It doesn't work. The tutorial in the FAQ board doesn't really cover music. Just sounds. Someone please help... I want to add the music but I don't want a completely empty TPA either.
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Do you get the same problem when you try to add normal sounds? If you do, it's likely that you're doing something wrong, rather than the file size or length being a problem.. Just trying to narrow it down a bit, might be useful. ;)
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Well it is a rather long track, but Draco has stuck some long music tracks in his mods' TPAs. Look at East Dock and JPDS Streams for reference and their TPAs.
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I'm have never importet music into a TPA, what tool do you use to import the music?
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glitchhunter09 wrote:Draco has stuck some long music tracks in his mods' TPAs.
Which is what you shouldn't do, really.


BTW, why don't you use Rebel's tool?
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TPAadd is the tool I've been using. Is there another one I don't know about?
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glitchhunter09 wrote:TPAadd is the tool I've been using. Is there another one I don't know about?
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Better use that, much easier, and you can do a hell lot more with it.
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Re: How do I correctly port music to a retail TPA?

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Okay, thanks Tatu. I've downloaded it and will use it sometime in the future probably.
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