A question about sound files

[Marcelo_Orlando]

I'm sure this has been asked before but I can't seem to find that thread so........
I have a question concerning sound, music, what types of sound, music files does this system support? I know Ogg is the preferred, is it possible to convert MP3-BGM, etc., into Ogg? How does that work?

Thanks Marcelo

[N0UGHTS]

Ren'Py supports playing music and sound effects in the background, using any of the following audio file formats:

• WAV (uncompressed PCM only)
• MP3
• OGG Vorbis
• OGG Speex, particularly useful for speech
• Various MOD formats, as supported by Modplug Tracker

You can use MP3 tracks.

I suggest reading through the Reference Manual. It's more in-depth than the other tutorials.

[Marcelo_Orlando]

Thank you, you have been most helpful

[Alessio]

The reason why ogg is preferred is that it's a free format, whereas mp3 is not. Also, ogg is more efficient (smaller file size for equal quality).

Also, re-encoding from one compressed format (such as mp3 to ogg) to another is generally a bad idea due to the loss in quality. Encode from the original wav file if you can.

[Marcelo_Orlando]

Thanks for the advice, will do.