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Converting NSF – SPC to MP3 format

Posted on 2009 under Uncategorized | 2 Comments

This post will guide you through on converting NSF and SPC to mp3 format which you can listen on your PC or MP3 player.

What is NSF or SPC files?

They are sound files ripped from SNES or super famicon game files. Usually they are all contain in a winrar file. Inside the winrar file, all the sound tracks in the game will be inside.

You will not be able to do a direct conversion of the spc file to mp3 file format. You will have to convert from SPC to WAV format, and after that convert from WAV to mp3 format.

Tools you need for the super nintendo music file conversion

Winamp is a mp3 player which allows you to install plugins. Needed for converting NSF / SPC to mp3 format http://www.winamp.com/

SPC Converter Plugin for Winamp is a plugin which converts super Nintendo music file format SPC to MP3 music format. http://www.zophar.net/utilities/spc.html

NSF Converter Plugin for Winamp is a plugin which converts super Nintendo music file format NSF to MP3 music format.http://www.zophar.net/utilities/nsf.html

Audacity is a free open source music converter. Needed for converting WAV to MP3 format http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Lame encoder is a dll file needed by audacity to convert from WAV to mp3 formathttp://lame.sourceforge.net/

For the Winamp Plugin, just choose the one that you need. If you are a SPC file, download the SPC converter. Same goes for NSF

At the converter page, you will see a lot of converter, all works file

When you have download the files, its time to start.

1) Install Winamp. Take note of the folder when winamp is installed (Usually is C:\Program Files\Winamp)

2) Unzip the SPC/NSF converter and move the .dll files to the Plugin Folders inside your winamp directory (Usually is C:\Program Files\Winamp\Plugin)

winamp spc nsf plugin installed

3) Run Winamp and go to OPTIONS > PREFERENCE and find PLUG-INS > Inputs

Make sure you see the NSF or SPC plugins, depending again on the files you wish to play

4) Using the image at step 3 as reference, go to PLUG-IN > OUTPUT

You should see Nullsoft Disk Writer.

Winamp Nullsoft Disk Writer Configuration

5) On the Output File Type, Set to “Force WAV File” This will force winamp to convert it to WAV file.

Click on “Output to directory containing source files” if you wish to save the output wav files to the same directory

6) IMPORTANT – Close Winamp and reopen Winamp again.

This will ensure that everything is saved and initialize properly.

7) Load the SPC / SF files into winamp and click on “PLAY”

At this process, you will not hear any sound. However if you notice, you will see that the timer is going at a fast rate. It is now converting SPC / NSF files to WAV format.

If you have tick “Output to directory containing source files”, the WAV files should be in the same directory after everything has finished.

You can stop at step 8 since WAV can be played on your PC. However since WAV take up a lot of space as compared to MP3 format, i recommend you to convert the WAV file to Mp3. You can save up to 80% by converting to MP3 music format.

audacity import all files

9) Launch Audacity and go to PROJECT > IMPORT AUDIO (if you have a lot of WAV files to convert) This saves a lot of time.

audacity export all files

10) Finally the last step, Go to Export Multiple to convert all the WAV files which you imported in the previous steps. Select MP3 as the file format.

Now you have successfully convert your game music SPC NSF files which your PC cant play to the MP3 format which you can listen to and enjoy

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