Pyradventure (1987)(Dragonfire Services)

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Pyradventure (1987)(Dragonfire Services)

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So here's an example where only a WAV will do...
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very interesting how it plays a short Audio sample before loading the screen data.

is it possible the Audio could be stored as RAW data in the CAS format?

i did manage to create a CAS edit with the audio sample removed.
just because i wanted to have a working CAS version for my frontend. ;)
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It's impossible in CAS files as they stand.

In theory, raw audio could be added to the CAS-CUE spec, but at that point why not just keep it as a WAV? The audio data would still make the file massive...
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The advantage would be to be able to accelerate the loading of the data blocks and play the audio parts at the right speed.

Size-wise the files could be smaller but still in the wav file range.
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