Posted July 18, 2017
I own multiple versions of Riven, used to hang out on Mystcommunity.
Using a program the extract the game assets, I did a comparison recently between the Gog version, based on the CDs from what I understand, and my 10th Ann. set DVD copy of Riven, which will run on an XP Virtual box.
What I found... wasn't good. The sound GOG uses is packed in .wav format, which should be superior.
However, there is a hell of a lot of hiss and reverb in the music sections that shouldn't be there. I don't remember if this affected the CDs. However, compared to the .mp2 files from my DVD, the audio has been remastered, or perhaps resaved from master copies.
Here's a file showing the difference in just one track. The first track that plays is a clip directly from the gog files. It's fresh from the source, not recorded via speakers or anything. Right after I include the same section as heard from the DVD.
Here the hiss? That's not meant to be there gog. This isn't just one track, and there are others where it's much more obvious that I can upload if needed.
If that's present in the CD version, then you really need to use the DVD for your source. Better video. Better sound.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ntfxGtbMXw
Using a program the extract the game assets, I did a comparison recently between the Gog version, based on the CDs from what I understand, and my 10th Ann. set DVD copy of Riven, which will run on an XP Virtual box.
What I found... wasn't good. The sound GOG uses is packed in .wav format, which should be superior.
However, there is a hell of a lot of hiss and reverb in the music sections that shouldn't be there. I don't remember if this affected the CDs. However, compared to the .mp2 files from my DVD, the audio has been remastered, or perhaps resaved from master copies.
Here's a file showing the difference in just one track. The first track that plays is a clip directly from the gog files. It's fresh from the source, not recorded via speakers or anything. Right after I include the same section as heard from the DVD.
Here the hiss? That's not meant to be there gog. This isn't just one track, and there are others where it's much more obvious that I can upload if needed.
If that's present in the CD version, then you really need to use the DVD for your source. Better video. Better sound.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1ntfxGtbMXw
Post edited July 18, 2017 by Prisoner416
