YK wrote:
Sadly, the one DSF set I was truly interested in (Skies of Arcadia) doesn't sound quite right. Several songs seem to be missing instrument samples and such. Such a shame, as that game has one of my favorite soundtracks of all time.
It's possible that the DSF rip is bad, it's rather easy to miss one of the sound banks while ripping. OTOH it was ripped by Kingshriek, and he doesn't make mistakes like that... Can you give specific examples of what is wrong with it?
YK wrote:
Also, I had some issues with a couple "PSF2" zips. The ending theme from DQ8 US wouldn't extract, and neither would five tracks from Ar Tonelico 2.
I will reupload the sets later.
YK wrote:
Also, even with the latest VGMStream, I find myself unable to play the songs from the PS3 Atelier Rorona set, or the PSP Suikoden 1+2 set.
Uh-oh, ATRAC3...
Simplest solution would be to download the Atelier Ayesha set, which has music from
all previous Gust games in PS2 ADPCM format supported just fine by VGMStream.
But if you're feeling adventurous, there are three ways to play the files, each one with some caveats.
1. Decode to WAV with HiMDRenderer, play the .POS files included for looping. Cons: Does only work for stereo ATRAC3+ files.
2. Decode to WAV with QuickBMS AT3toAA3 + Sony Sound Forge, play the .POS files included for looping. Cons: Requires either paid or cracked copy of commercial software.
3. Play with Foobar build of VGMStream plugin. Cons: Requires Foobar.
hcs has been busy with his PhD work lately, and as such Winamp builds of VGMStream isn't maintained anymore. Maybe someone will pick it up soon. Here's to that.
YK wrote:
Finally, does the *SF scene still eviscerate anyone making requests? Because I was disappointed not to see rips of Shadow Hearts 2 and 3, and Suikoden 3 and 4. Some of my favorite soundtracks there. Sigh.
Neither of these is an easy rip. Corlett tried doing Suikoden 3 way back in the aughts, said the game was coded by insane people. S4 seems to use the same setup, we've been able to do both S5 and Rhapsodia though, FWIW.
Shadow Hearts 2 and 3 both use newer version of Procyon Studio music driver, which sadly doesn't work with zoopd's patches for SH1. Don't expect to see those two ripped as well.

I wish someone would tackle Procyon Studio driver for NDS, loads of games with great music use it. :\