How to Extract Tf2 Audio with GCFScape

[sloppy0taco]

thanks alot! even though this is old

[SuperCoolpasta]

How do i put the sounds in my video though?

[jmtct]

Use WMM or Sony Vegas.

[KoOkiEzRoCkz]

dude i hav a problm, im new to dis n wen i wan play trainin, it says lodin map than shutsdown n gse to my desktop, is dis bcoz

-i din update

-my com cant run it

-not enof mmry

it looks fine wen in menu..

[jmtct]

This sounds like a problem with TF2 or your computer, not GCFScape. If you aren't sure you can run TF2, I recommend going to this website: systemrequirementslab(.)com/cy­ri/, and selecting TF2 from the drop-down list. It'll run a diagnostic test for you and tell you if your computer can run the game.

[Tom89600]

@jmtct which one is scout's bonk sound effect?

[181MonkeyMaN]

Thank you very much worked perfectly

[LolmonsterProduction]

I found the file thing but when I click on Team Fortress 2 Content it gives me an error. D:

[klichuparowka]

fuck, i doesn't have weapons folder ! help !!

[jugosilloso]

Where are the other sounds in other lenguajes, pls? D:

[jmtct]

I don't think there are sounds in other languages. There might be sound mods out there that replace the English lines but I don't think there are any official in-game voice overs in other languages.

[jugosilloso]

@jmtct wut? D: The Spanish, French, Russian and German dubs are official... and I know people who have download the spanish quotes D: Like /watch?v=Moq3A_YguvY , for exemple...

Well, thank u so much for the tutorial ^^ I'll look for the spanish ones anyway!

[jmtct]

If they had to download them, they didn't use GCFScape. GCFScape just extracts sounds from the game to be used in other projects. If anything, it may require a special installation when you first download the game. I remember installing Dead Island in Russian for fun once, so it's possible you could do that with TF2.

[LuciusBalian]

hey man, is this program will help me to rip sound effects from my arcades game and add them in my mugen ?

[PaulVanLacke]

PerfecT

[MetroGamerX]

did i see dr eggman in blue?

[DarkHelmet232]

I try to play the voice, but it gives an error.

[Matik1011]

i dont have the weapons folder :/ what is going on

[jmtct]

For some reason, the weapons are in a different directory. You need to go to "steamapps/team fortress 2 materials", not "steamapps/team fortress 2 content". From there it's "root/tf/sound/weapons".

[klichuparowka]

@jmtct thank you so much !!!

[bigfatowen]

I watched the video twice

Once for tutorial

Once for song

[DakkaDakkaboy]

I dont have it...

[jmtct]

Don't have what, TF2 or the sounds folder?

[23BoyDanny]

do I have to download tf2 to get the sound files?

[jmtct]

Yes, but even if you didn't have to, you should still download TF2. Seriously man.

[thepuuks10]

Why dont i have Team fortress 2 content?

[t3hgraemek]

thanks mate!

[XTGNecro]

Thanks for the tut,now i have the sentry firing sound as my minigun sound for the sentry minigun skin :D

[DoctorJIS]

Thanks.

[RedFistFlag]

Can you healp me?! try to find the sound, where heavy eat the sandvich (Nom Nom)but i can't find it, not in voice and not in weapens.

[jmtct]

It's in the sound/vo directory. It should be named "SandwichEat09".

[RedFistFlag]

@jmtct

Thank you :3

[Goldberg1337]

Thank you for this video!

[XxIBlueIxX]

Best song ever. 

[XularusXIII]

You deserve a subscription for this.

[TheBlackParadeHasYou]

Thanks!

[treedraw3000]

saw that you put the name of the music sorry if i annoyed you...

[treedraw3000]

name of the song plz :3

btw thank so much!

[Babelfish112]

what is this song?

[the2ndcoming797]

do i have to restart steam like it says for gcfscape to show up in my documents?

[Maralimandi]

THX

[weezing22arbok]

for some reason, there's no "weapons" folder when I opened that. After "vo", it's nothing else. SOME ASSISTANCE PLEASE!

[jmtct]

For some reason, the weapons are in a different directory. You need to go to "steamapps/team fortress 2 materials", not "steamapps/team fortress 2 content". From there it's "root/tf/sound/weapons".

[tehSwitchify]

work with cod4?

[MistaWolfy]

Error writing C:\Users\Wolfy\App-data\Local\­Temp\Barret_arm_fizzle.wav (File contains no physical data to write.)

It said this for EVERY .wav file

[futurfry]

i cant find the orchestra's version of magnum force dammit. help?

[jmtct]

I'm pretty sure that song isn't in the game due to copyright issues. 

[futurfry]

@jmtct more gun was.

[jmtct]

Yes but the people who owned it allowed it to be in the game. You can tell if it's in the game if you ever hear it in the title screen. Magnum Force's theme never plays.

[OverlordYesh]

@futurfry download the Magnum Force theme from YouTube by using an MP3 converter.

[shadickid1337]

Thanks this was helpful

[currychicken12345678]

thank you!!!!!

[Knux95]

Why do I need something to get this to work? IT'S NOT WORKING TO ME!!!

[007nemer]

it's not working to me!

[whyFreezer]

Just a note on TF2 music: Most of the music is in the "tf / sounds / ui" folder. Look at the size of the music files. Anything bigger then 1MB go's for about 1min 30 seconds.

[jmtct]

Yeah, strangely enough no one seems to ask about the music, but a lot of people seem to be missing the weapons sounds folder. You got any input there?

[whyFreezer]

@jmtct open GCFScape, go back to the steamapps folder. Open the 'team fortress 2 materials game cache file'. Go through the 'root / tf / sound / weapons' folder. In general, just take a look around. GCFScape apparently can open most game cache file types and display all the files inside. You onyl need to search for them.

[jmtct]

Ah, there you go. Now I can answer 90% of the questions asked here. Thanks buddy.

[JSeigal92]

@whyFreezer I'd never thought about this, thanks a lot man.

[eljugadorloco]

dosney work

[jmtct]

It does.

[shadowshuun]

how to do this on mac?

[DjKlzonez]

I've ripped the entire sound folder, and i still can't find the Sentry sounds.

Where are they?

[DerNamenlose1991]

thx mate

[bubsAKAvermin]

I try to open the Content.gcf, but when I do, it says that the file map is not within file bounds.

Wat do?

[jmtct]

That problem stems from the version of GCFScape you're running. Just download a more recent or maybe older version of the program and it should work.

[bubsAKAvermin]

@jmtct I just got the most recent version and I still can't get it.

I lurked a bit and I found that the TF2 conent.gcf is too big for the GCFScape to handle.

[jmtct]

Not a lot of people seem to be having this problem, you're the only one who brought this up on the comments section. It still works perfectly for me and most of the commenters here, who usually post every little problem and non-problem they have.

[magnusm4]

i need a tutorial on how to extract the file into the map so you can change the sound

[jmtct]

I have NO idea what you're talking about.

[magnusm4]

@jmtct what i mean is changing the backround sounds to like instead of a bird its demoman longest burp :)

[jmtct]

I would think the replacement file should go into the "Ambient" folder in the tf/sounds directory.

[AllegroCrab]

I used to be able to do this fine, but i tried it just then and the .wav file wouldn't play in wmm, did Valve change the codec?

[jmtct]

I'm having no problems, but I do use VLC Player to play the files. As far as I can tell, there are no problems with GCFScape or the TF2 content files. You might want to try downloading a newer version of GCFScape.

[123Makeleleotravez]

how can i replace the original sounds for custom ones? do i have to extract then replace them or what? pls help :S

[jmtct]

Without using GCFScape, go to C/programfiles/steam/steamapps­/username/teamfortress2/tf and place custom sounds in their respective folders. Give them the name of the sound you want them to replace .

Eg, to replace The Engineer's first critical death scream, name the custom sound "engineerpaincriticaldeath01" and put it in the "vo" folder. If the folder you want to put the replacement in doesn't exist, create it.

[kizik017]

Yay! Heavy Breakfast Machine! Good choice!

[realgocool1]

Anyone knows where to find the weapon sound clips? I can find the voice, but not the weapons sound clips. :\

[jmtct]

Go to the "weapons" file under "sound" instead of "vo"

username/team fortress 2/tf/sound/weapons.

[realgocool1]

@jmtct I still can't find it! D:

[lazerroarswtf]

@jmtct The weapons folder aint there =(

[earthboundisawsome]

thanks for the tutorial man ive been trying to figure this out for like a year xD

[AZALONG1]

when i open tf2 content it gives me a error saying the file is corrupt how do i fix this ?

[mt2oo8]

Didn't work.. clicking TF2 Content it gives you an error...

[Marureenu]

@mt2oo8 You're doing it wrong then. It worked perfectly for me.

Thanks for the video!! :D

[DashingBag]

can you get banned for doing this

[jmtct]

No, this is perfectly fine.

This is how people make sound packs, custom skins, YouTube Tf2 poops, etc... It's a very common practice, and no one's been banned over it.

[DashingBag]

@jmtct Thanks

[BassMurdarah]

@DashingBag

you just open files that you have on your computer



[GeeMan833]

Why can't I find models and/or HWM models?

[jmtct]

Getting models from Tf2 is entirely different from getting sounds. The models are in tf/models/player, but those aren't the models you want. That file contains the textures and the details on how those textures should be represented. If you want the models themselves, you'll need a different program.

[deadhawk1212]

wait, if i extract a file, is it basically just copying? because if it IS extracting, won't it dissapear from my tf2 content?

[jmtct]

It copies the files.

[vaas444]

@jmtct i'm dutch... (Europe) (Holland) and i download GCFScape. but i doesn't have

steam and steamapps and fortress 2 content etc...

What now?

[Marureenu]

@vaas444 You're doing it wrong then. It worked perfectly for me.

Thanks for the video!! :D

[Marureenu]

@vaas444 Ahhh sorry, wrong reply!! >_<

[That0neTro11]

What if GCFScape says that teamfortress2content.gcf is corrupted?

[Eleminator98]

Thanks, this helps me very much.

[Mongomediaify]

Thank's.

[XKemel]

what if you use a mac?

[malisa71]

@tankman12000

same here

[epicpieho]

halp when ever i try to use sounds in game even though i opened vo file in gcfscape it allows me to extract them to the documents folder i use for hldj and sadly it won't let me validate wav. files from gcfscape it just says error no mp3 files found. and so if i put them in my output directory i get slow sloth blurr sounds when i play them in game :( plz halp me



[ViciousMango]

Thanks, That helped alot! (No sarcasim)

[YousufOuf2000]

look at you baby itne beatme running from sandvich

[InflatableSpy]

thanks

[TheRoyalShogun]

help! there's no VO folder.

[PeanutMaster87]

Ty! :3

[Bombargo333]

Fine for me mate.

[TheCombines]

are you using like windows 98? lol

[jmtct]

I'm using xp. I just turned off all the unnecessary flashy graphics to maximize my computer's performance.

[Theonegamefreak]

Thanks. 

[MrFool439]

thanks man

[ER0CK99]

@raptor777777

me 2

[jonasldg]

how di i extract files from source mods???? such as zombie panic source and firearms source

[jmtct]

I would try going to the "steamapps" folder and selecting the game from there.

[jonasldg]

@jmtct oh... well thanks alot ill try

[DangerousPerson1000]

@jmtct For some reason, I cannot find the weapon sound folder.

[jmtct]

C/Program files/steam/steamapps/username­/team fortress 2/tf/sound/weapons.

At least that's where it should be.

[unexpectedvids]

so much help! Thanks alot!

[vixxito]

The most short and useful tutorial ever on YouTube.

[SirKillerBunny]

THX DUDE SOOOOOOO FUCKING MUCH!! I HAVE LOOKED FOR THIS IN LIKE 7 MOUNTH NOW THX ALOT!

[superwoot100]

i have same laptop

[VanhaUkki]

Thanks! Works great.

[Twisted4000]

Hey, thanks! I tried the new GCFScape and I don't have that audio problem anymore. Great post!!!!!

[jmtct]

Ok everyone, there was a glitch with TF2 because of the Halloween update. A new version of GCFScape has been made to fix this, check the link in the description

[sideway22]

@jmtct IS the Site Down or something i can't open the link

[jmtct]

Nope, site's working fine.

[sideway22]

@jmtct Hm.. Neither Safari Nor Google Chrome Can find it

[jmtct]

Try Firefox

[sideway22]

@jmtct Will do

[DanielAvelan]

@jmtct neither it

[jmtct]

What?

[DanielAvelan]

@jmtct the site doesn't work on firefox either

[jmtct]

Ok, the site is down for some reason. I posted an alternate download link in the video description, it seems to be working.

[DanielAvelan]

@jmtct don't worry,I already goot it.thanks btw

[ridely700]

when i try to do it it says "error could not open its is being used by another program"HELP ME

[SirRaspberry]

Hi, i have strange problem. I wanted to extract these new halloween sounds, but when i extracted them they are just 0:00 wav files, and when i try to convert or do anything else with them it says they could not be opened. I checked and i have this problem with any sounds i extract with GCFScape, anyone have any ideas what the hell is going on ?

[ENDORPHINSAM]

@SirRaspberry "lolwut"

That's my conclusion

(No)

[Twisted4000]

ok um... all the steps worked but... the sounds wont play. it says "you need the correct codec" or something...

[luismatheusv]

Excuse me, what is the file for the Gastlier Gibus for the Spy called? I really need to know =(

[jmtct]

There's a bug right now because of the Halloween Update. Just wait a few days.

[vertoHUN]

@jmtct That's a really useful information. I was wondering why it doesn't work.

One more reason to hate holiday updates.

[Mightyfigter]

i cant play a (Exctracted) File. it just says Error writing C:\Users\Daniel\AppData\Local\­Temp\alarm_clock_ticking_3.wav (Error: Requested view (3070099216, 8192) does not fit inside mapping, (0, 0).)

What to do D:

[Mansl1]

@Mightyfigter yeah it happend for me two, It useualy dont happend.

[toKs1c]

There is currently a bug with gcfscape since tf2 is bigger than 4gb, NEM IS WORKING ON AN UPDATE THIS WEEKEND! Just be patient.

[TheOnlineGamig]

I get this error ... Error writing C:\Users\.....\AppData\Local\T­emp\gamestartup_halloween.mp3 (Error: Requested view (4279424272, 8192) does not fit inside mapping, (0, 0).) CAN ANY 1 HELP ME

[crazypigeonking]

@TheOnlineGamig I got the exact same thing. I can't find out how to fix. Can people help us or at least send a folder of sound effects? :P

[Twisted4000]

it extracted fine, but the sounds wont play x_x

[Twisted4000]

ty... now I am going to save all of the files and put em up available for download!!

[ConcretePie]

thanks man!

[Dragonballzz1]

TATATATAT YAYYAYATTAAATATATA SANDVICH!!!

[firehill56]

the link in the dubilydo dosnt work.

[firehill56]

@firehill56 na never mind :P

[Aaron3502]

When attempting to extract the TF2 content, I get the following error:

"Corrupt file. The file map is not within file bounds."

[jmtct]

Try downloading one of the alternates in the description.

[Aaron3502]

@Aaron3502 Oh, thanks! Alternate 1 worked!

:D

[TonkkaX]

Make a tutorial of opening L4D ncf files.

[jmtct]

I don't have L4D on my computer. I think it would be a similar process though.

[gamershark]

@TonkkaX This is a pretty late response but the files aren't kept in the NCF files. They're kept in "X:\Steam\steamapps\common\lef­t 4 dead\left 4 dead"

[wotlktactics]

how do you get this on to gmod?

[jmtct]

Record Gmod footage, begin editing a video in WMM or Sony Vegas, add sounds.

[TeamRedz]

What sick man sends BABEHS to fight meh!

[XHitmanX2]

THANK YOU!!!

[Metaloverlord3298]

I cant open any tf2 files because it says its being used by another process, What do i do.

[mrdoodles555]

i can't find steammapps folder D: did I do something wrong?

[Snipertoaster]

Now THERE is someone who loves the PS3! Also, what do you mean by, download one of the mirrors?

[alevsener2]

ERROR!! please help ==> Corrupt File. Not Within Bounds.

what should i do??

[jmtct]

Download one of the mirrors.

[jeezjuly]

ZOMG TY

[EOCB]

now wait I fixed it myself, apparantly I was using a very old GCFscape.

[EOCB]

when I try it says

"could not open

D:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\team fortress 2 content.gcf

Error:

Corrupt file.

The file map is not within file bounds."

any help?

[AlexBestGTA]

no i if u extract the vo folder i noticed it extracs just the taunts not the other voices

[jmtct]

Obviously! VO stands for Voice Over. If you want weapons, go to the folder named "Weapons". If you want ambient, go to the folder named "Ambient". If you want User Interface (Music and Sound Effects) go to the folder named "UI". It isn't difficult.

[AlexBestGTA]

its just the taunts