• Listen to a special audio message from Bill Roper to the Hive Workshop community (Bill is a former Vice President of Blizzard Entertainment, Producer, Designer, Musician, Voice Actor) 🔗Click here to hear his message!
  • Read Evilhog's interview with Gregory Alper, the original composer of the music for WarCraft: Orcs & Humans 🔗Click here to read the full interview.

[Solved] What mp3 formats are accepted?

Status
Not open for further replies.
The mp3 format is a collection of many different encoding configurations. Which settings work with Warcraft 3, and which don't?

Answer:

There are some ~120 different mp3 encodings and effectively an infinite number of ways to tag metadata on an mp3 file. I don't know of any list of working and non-working formats accepted by Warcraft 3, but:

  • VBR 110-150Kbps with forced mono channel mode does work for me in patch 1.36.1.21015 x86_64
  • This thread (MP3 File doesn't work) seems to indicate that 64Kbps -- presumably CBR + stereo -- does not work.
 
Level 12
Joined
May 7, 2008
Messages
346
The mp3 format is a collection of many different encoding configurations. Which settings work with Warcraft 3, and which don't?

Answer:

There are some ~120 different mp3 encodings and effectively an infinite number of ways to tag metadata on an mp3 file. I don't know of any list of working and non-working formats accepted by Warcraft 3, but:

  • VBR 110-150Kbps with forced mono channel mode does work for me in patch 1.36.1.21015 x86_64
  • This thread (MP3 File doesn't work) seems to indicate that 64Kbps -- presumably CBR + stereo -- does not work.

I would like to add that ''Flac'' sound type also generally works without issues but is often heavy on size. :peasant-thumbs-up:
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top