SingStar ripper - performous/performous GitHub Wiki

What is it

Ss_extract and friends are tools for converting original SingStar DVDs to the UltraStar format used by Performous. Most, if not all PS2 discs should be compatible.

Where is it

Ubuntu

SS_Extract is available in the performous-tools package in Ubuntu repositories. You can search for Performous in the software centre and choose it from the 'technical items' section.

Windows

Performous' tools haven't been officially released for Windows yet, but you can find testing binaries in the automated nightly builds linked in Nightly_Builds#Windows_testing_versions. Note, however, that they are very poorly tested and you probably need a couple of external programs in your PATH environment, such as ffmpeg.

How do you use it

Synopsis

ss_extract [-h|--help]  [--dvd  arg] [-l|--list] [--song arg] [--video arg] [--audio arg]
ss_adpcm_decode [-h|--help] [archive.pak] input.mib output.wav
ss_cover_conv [-h|--help] [pak_file] [track_id] [output_image]
ss_ipu_conv [-h|--help] infile.ipu outfile.m2v
ss_ipu_decode [-h|--help] input output
ss_pak_extract [-h|--help] file.pak --extract [files]
ss_pak_extract file.pak --dump file
ss_pak_extract file.pak --list itg_pck file.pck

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Example

Assuming you have the DVD mounted to path /media/dvd0, the following command will rip & convert all songs to a directory created under the current working directory.

$ ss_extract --dvd /media/dvd0