BGII Music question...

rAZer · 07-19-2002, 07:01 AM

Hi everyone. My 1st post on the forum here (very nice forum I might add).
Anyhooz, I was wondering if anybody knows if the music from the Baldur's Gate series, particularly BGII can be played outside of the game engine, like in winamp or windows mediaplayer or something with a plugin or whatnot. I donot want to break any copyrights or anything and I would be willing to buy an app that allows this or buy the music on CD or something. I love a lot of the tunes in the game and would like to be able to play them when I feel like hearing them but don't feel like playing. Thanks

rAZer :~>

Sir Exxon · 07-19-2002, 07:05 AM

WELCOME TO IW! [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img]

Now, I have been searching for the music files myself, but I have never found it. And I know you cant buy it on CD or something either. So AFAIK, no, you cant play the music from BG/BG2 without actually running the game.

rAZer · 07-19-2002, 07:14 AM

thankz Sir Exxon. guess I will do sound captures someday soon strait from the game for my own use.

cewl pic there. ^_^

Waldie · 07-19-2002, 09:03 AM

You Can Download The Music From Kazaa, Just Select Audio and Search For Baldur's Gate

Kiyatha · 07-19-2002, 09:26 AM

Yeah, Kazaa has a whole lot to chose from. Visit: www.kazaa.com

/Kiyatha

Arwyn the Betrayer · 07-19-2002, 12:05 PM

..and tons of spyware in it...

The Ozzman · 07-19-2002, 01:36 PM

what exactly is spyware?

andrewas · 07-19-2002, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by The Ozzman:
what exactly is spyware?

Spyware is a term for virus-like software that installs itself covertly and monitors your internet use. Now thats fine as far as it goes, but I like to know whats being installed on my system. Some early spyware (auerate I think) was notorious for de-stabalising a system. Ad-aware can be used to find and remove spyware on your system:

www.lavasoft.nu

while you can aparently download something called "kazaa-lite" which does not include spyware. I dont use Kazaa myself so i dont have a link.

ON the music for BG2 - it is possible to extract it but the process is somewhat arcane. You need to convert the files yourself and its a pain in the butt, cos most of the tools arent available. Which leads us into the realms of C-coding your own and for most people its too much effort.

rAZer · 07-21-2002, 02:53 AM

Hi everone. Well, I knew about Kazaa some time ago, but had heard about viral and trojan file infection and the spyware/scumware they run so I had written the thing off. You guys convinced me to risk a peek at their setup and I must say... THANX!!! I found the entire BGII soundtrack, complete strait from the game in MP3 format files. it took quite a few hours of repetitious trolling over the search engine with "Baldur's Gate II" and individual track names listed on the bonus CD but 1 out of 3 tries brought up 2 or 3 new entries that downloaded. after some comparing filesizes and listening each through, I think I have come up with the full length versions of each track. They all sound great too. I also found the theme & ending music from BGII and ToB and a bunch of tracks from BG I that sound great.
All this was done with 2 firewalls and viroscanning running every second so I know I didn't get any nasty surprises. I did spot 3 apps running from the Kazaa folder going outbound across the firewalls that looked like the so-called 'spyware'. I allowed them at 1st, then blocked them and after they autoretry about 4 times they quit for a while. yay
If anyone would like more info on the music tracks I found, leave a question or contact here or contact me at: OMEGA_RAzER@hotmail.com
bOOOOOyAAAAAAa

[ 07-21-2002, 02:59 AM: Message edited by: rAZer ]

07-19-2002, 07:01 AM	#1
rAZer Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 19, 2002 Location: N/A Age: 52 Posts: 6	Hi everyone. My 1st post on the forum here (very nice forum I might add). Anyhooz, I was wondering if anybody knows if the music from the Baldur's Gate series, particularly BGII can be played outside of the game engine, like in winamp or windows mediaplayer or something with a plugin or whatnot. I donot want to break any copyrights or anything and I would be willing to buy an app that allows this or buy the music on CD or something. I love a lot of the tunes in the game and would like to be able to play them when I feel like hearing them but don't feel like playing. Thanks rAZer :~> __________________ old school RPGer here. nuff said. 8~>

07-19-2002, 07:14 AM	#3
rAZer Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 19, 2002 Location: N/A Age: 52 Posts: 6	thankz Sir Exxon. guess I will do sound captures someday soon strait from the game for my own use. cewl pic there. ^_^ __________________ old school RPGer here. nuff said. 8~>

07-19-2002, 09:03 AM	#4
Waldie Dungeon Master Join Date: July 18, 2002 Location: Sweden Age: 40 Posts: 58	You Can Download The Music From Kazaa, Just Select Audio and Search For Baldur's Gate __________________ Kill With Power<br /><br />Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.

07-19-2002, 09:26 AM	#5
Kiyatha Dungeon Master Join Date: July 8, 2002 Location: Sweden Age: 39 Posts: 94	Yeah, Kazaa has a whole lot to chose from. Visit: www.kazaa.com /Kiyatha __________________ <br />Never Fear - Never Fall!<br /><br />\"Never let hate nor anger guide your way - it will only cloud your path.\" - Anonomous<br /><br />\"This world is too dangerous to live in. Not because of the people that does the bad things, but because of those that let them.\" - Albert Einsten

07-19-2002, 01:36 PM	#7
The Ozzman Zhentarim Guard Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: inland empire, ca Age: 48 Posts: 316	what exactly is spyware? __________________ I\'ll talk BG anytime, AIM is: GreaterMalison

07-19-2002, 07:05 AM	#2
Sir Exxon Zartan Join Date: October 15, 2001 Location: Oslo, Norway Age: 35 Posts: 5,367	WELCOME TO IW! [img]graemlins/happywave.gif[/img] Now, I have been searching for the music files myself, but I have never found it. And I know you cant buy it on CD or something either. So AFAIK, no, you cant play the music from BG/BG2 without actually running the game.

07-19-2002, 12:05 PM	#6
Arwyn the Betrayer Manshoon Join Date: July 5, 2002 Location: Germany Age: 43 Posts: 162	..and tons of spyware in it...

07-21-2002, 02:53 AM	#9
rAZer Elite Waterdeep Guard Join Date: July 19, 2002 Location: N/A Age: 52 Posts: 6	Hi everone. Well, I knew about Kazaa some time ago, but had heard about viral and trojan file infection and the spyware/scumware they run so I had written the thing off. You guys convinced me to risk a peek at their setup and I must say... THANX!!! I found the entire BGII soundtrack, complete strait from the game in MP3 format files. it took quite a few hours of repetitious trolling over the search engine with "Baldur's Gate II" and individual track names listed on the bonus CD but 1 out of 3 tries brought up 2 or 3 new entries that downloaded. after some comparing filesizes and listening each through, I think I have come up with the full length versions of each track. They all sound great too. I also found the theme & ending music from BGII and ToB and a bunch of tracks from BG I that sound great. All this was done with 2 firewalls and viroscanning running every second so I know I didn't get any nasty surprises. I did spot 3 apps running from the Kazaa folder going outbound across the firewalls that looked like the so-called 'spyware'. I allowed them at 1st, then blocked them and after they autoretry about 4 times they quit for a while. yay If anyone would like more info on the music tracks I found, leave a question or contact here or contact me at: OMEGA_RAzER@hotmail.com bOOOOOyAAAAAAa [ 07-21-2002, 02:59 AM: Message edited by: rAZer ] __________________ old school RPGer here. nuff said. 8~>

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