Extracting and converting .sfd files (PS2)
Oct 11, 2021 1:01:25 GMT 10
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Post by HardRain on Oct 11, 2021 1:01:25 GMT 10
Hey there, guys.
**UPDATE: we can now edit cutscenes, just follow this guide
As we know, there are a lot of cutscenes along the playtime of this game, in PC 2007 version they can easily be found at Movie folder with playable .mpg extension, but in PS2 version they are all in .sfd extension, which is a Sofdec specific format.
The .sfd usually contains a .m2v file for the movie and a .sfa file for the audio, but this tool will automatically join them and convert to .mpg.
To convert these files will you need:
AFS Explorer 3.7
SFD to MPG Converter (Link updated in 22/feb/2022)
*This tool was made by a no longer active japanese modder named bero, this was his website.
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First of all you need to open AFS Explorer, load the .iso and select the bio4mov.afs file, since it's where all the .sfd files are located.
Then select any .sfd file you ike to test and find out what cutscene is that, I will be using r101s30.sfd for example.
Extract your selected file and move it to the SFD to MPG folder, then simply do a double click at SFD_Extract and then it will extract and convert both video and audio separately, with a .wav uncompressed audio (very high quality), a .mp2 file which was converted from the .sfa and the .mpg video file ready to be played.
Too bad we can't do the inverse process with this tool to add new custom videos, but I am looking for a way to make it possible.
That's all for now, I hope I helped you in some way.
**UPDATE: we can now edit cutscenes, just follow this guide
As we know, there are a lot of cutscenes along the playtime of this game, in PC 2007 version they can easily be found at Movie folder with playable .mpg extension, but in PS2 version they are all in .sfd extension, which is a Sofdec specific format.
The .sfd usually contains a .m2v file for the movie and a .sfa file for the audio, but this tool will automatically join them and convert to .mpg.
To convert these files will you need:
AFS Explorer 3.7
SFD to MPG Converter (Link updated in 22/feb/2022)
*This tool was made by a no longer active japanese modder named bero, this was his website.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
First of all you need to open AFS Explorer, load the .iso and select the bio4mov.afs file, since it's where all the .sfd files are located.
Then select any .sfd file you ike to test and find out what cutscene is that, I will be using r101s30.sfd for example.
Extract your selected file and move it to the SFD to MPG folder, then simply do a double click at SFD_Extract and then it will extract and convert both video and audio separately, with a .wav uncompressed audio (very high quality), a .mp2 file which was converted from the .sfa and the .mpg video file ready to be played.
Too bad we can't do the inverse process with this tool to add new custom videos, but I am looking for a way to make it possible.
That's all for now, I hope I helped you in some way.
Anyone know a fix?