How to add Custom Songs to Guitar Hero 3 (Wii) Part 1

Step 5 Check Codecs

This is the last set up step before actually running The Ghost. Go to the "tool" folder where The Ghost is saved, and double click on WiiAudioTool.exe and wait for a second. When it comes up, click both of the buttons at the top, install WavDest Filter, and Install XBADPCM codec. This is really just a precaution, in case XP-Codec Pack did not work. Next, turn up your volume a bit and press "Begin Tests!" If you hear a noise like a short guitar solo, answer yes, and continue. If the computer asks you if you want to use ffdshow, say yes, always.

One of three things will happen:

1. You hear the sound, answer yes, hear more sounds, and four green check marks appear. In this situation, you're great! Head right on to Part 2.

2. You hear the sound, answer yes, but hear nothing else. There is one green check mark, but three red X's. This most likely means that XP-Codec pack is not working. In that case, go to the next step.

3. You hear nothing and four red X's show up. Oddly enough, this is better than option two. Most likely, it is actually TheGhostAudioTool.exe that's wrong, so your best bet is just to keep going to Part 2. On the other hand, if you can't play mp3 files, then you've got a problem. Go to the next step.

NOTE: If there are any other possibilities (besides the three above) please send me a message.

Comments

[mikenaly]

First off, I apologize for not thinking to include that initially. I am running Windows XP Professional v. 2002 on a system using an Intel Celeron M processor running at 1.6 GHz. The system has 1.37GB of memory. I don't have an exact number available right now on free drive space, but also don't know if you need it. Since I don't know what else you might need, I'll let you ask rather that potentially give you a bunch of useless info to have to sort through. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give.

[sullstecclub]

Allright, thanks for the specs. Your system is a bit underpowered, but should still work, just a bit slowly. Did you get the xp codec pack from here http://www.xpcodecpack.com/? If so you might want to try to get these codec packs, to see if they work: http://download.cnet.com/Media-Player-Codec-Pack/3000-13632_4-10749065.html or http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm

If you suspect that the problem is the ghost itself, then you may actually be ok to go ahead and continue with the instructable.

[mikenaly]

Yes, I downloaded the xp codec pack. Tried the cnet download, and I get the first three items (MP3, OGG and Wave Dest Filter) checked, then it seems to lock up on the XBADPCM Codec. Is this one necessary to use The Ghost, or can I ignore it for now? Thanks very much for the help.

[sullstecclub]

I would say just go ahead and give it a shot, the XBADPCM codec is not used primarily in the Ghost

[mikenaly]

I need some help. I am trying to follow this instructable. I have no problems when I click on the buttons labelled: "install WavDest Filter", and "Install XBADPCM codec". When I click on "Begin Tests!", I get a white box that says ". . . Testing Audio . . ." and I hear the "guitar solo" then nothing happens. The box does not clear and I get no green checks or red x's, I do not get a prompt to tell it if I heard the audio, and if I check it in task manager it tells me that the audio tool is not responding. I really want to try my hand at creating my own guitar hero custom and would greatly appreciate any help anyone can give me with this. Thanks

[sullstecclub]

Truth be told, I have not used any of this stuff in ages, but I'll see what I can do. First off, what version of Windows are you running?

[mikenaly]

Sorry, missed the reply button on the first response. That's what I get for trying to do this on my cell.