DCM2NTRQ V1.0
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First pass at this so back up your NTRQ stuff before you give it a go!

Usage:

1) Unzip the zip file into a folder somwhere useful.

2) Then you need to copy your current ROM (NTRQ.NES) and NSF exporter binary (NTRQNSF.BIN) to the same folder.

3) Run the tool from the command line:

DCM2NTRQ <patchfile.txt> <output.nes> <patch NSF exporter Y/N?>

Look at the file "original_dpcm.txt" to see how to lay out your patch file. Hang on to this file as you can use it to restore your ROM and NSF exporter binary (NTRQNSF.BIN).

IMPORTANT : the tool will NOT convert WAVs etc to DPCM, you need to do that yourself. There are two pretty good ones on the internet, personally I use Damian Yerrick's "81ex" as it has some nice oversampling and volume scaling features. http://www.pineight.com/nes/81ex.zip

You are limited to about 13k of .dmc samples. The tool will tell you if you've gone over that limit and will not patch your ROM. There is also a limit to the length of an individual sample but I can't remember what it is :) In any case, it's nothing to do with NTRQ, just a limitation of the NES.

Oh! Don't forget that in order to use the NSF exporter, you'll need to use the patched version of the NTRQNSF.BIN file. Probably easier if you have everything in the same folder :)

Let me know how you get on.

Neil
neil@ntrq.net






