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1. Tools
2. Accepted file format
3. Playback (for voting)
4. Render to MP3
5. See also

VGM (Video Game Music) is a sample-accurate sound logging format for several video game systems.

Tools

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There are a lot of different tools capable of exporting .vgm, each supporting a different set of sound chips/systems. Examples include (but are not limited to):

- DefleMask Tracker: multiple sound chips
- Furnace Tracker: multiple sound chips, including multiple in one track
- SnevenTracker: SMS/SN76489
- OpenMPT: AdLib/OPL
- XPMCK: multiple sound chips
- 0CC-LLTracker: YM2413/OPLL
- BambooTracker: YM2608/OPNA, YM2612/OPN2, YM2203/OPN, AY-3-8910/YM2149

A set of utilities helpful for VGM files is vgmtools

, by vgmrips. The tools in it range from simple statistic displays and file renamers, to file compressors, optimizers, and converters. The package totals 29 seperate utilities.

VGM file spec

Accepted file format

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- .vgm
- .vgz (compressed .vgm - uses .gz compression format )

Playback (for voting)

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- VGMPlay

Render to MP3

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VGMPlay supports logging sound to wav. You can simply convert it to .mp3 afterwards with a tool of your choice.

See also

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Format