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Edit: I have answers to some of my original questions. I think, at this point, I know enough to package what I think are the best available files, which you can download over here.

• Sorrow's Furnace is the biggest disappointment. TuneBite rips appear to be the best we've got. If someone has an old PC (especially a Windows XP one) that has a working license for the original DRM-enucmbered wma files, we might have a shot at removing the DRM losslessly. Please speak up if you've got such a PC.
  • However, the TuneBite rips are maybe not that bad. The headers on the original DRM-encumbered wma files say that they're 128k. Since the TuneBite rips are 320k, maaaaaaaybe the additional quality loss isn't perceptible. (In any event, most of the quality shortcomings are due to DirectSong doing a low-quality official release in the first place.)
• For the tracks with CD sources available, I decided to use those. That bypasses any possible issues with the encode quality, and today's liblame probably produces better files at the same bitrate than DirectSong's wma encoder 10 years ago.
  • The CD tracks have 2sec of extra silence after each track that needed to be trimmed to match the length of the official wma files.
• Spectral analysis says that ALL of the official mp3s -- every single last one -- are transcodes from lower-quality 128k intermediate files. This is surprising and disappointing.
• Almost all of the DRM-free official wma files are true 320k encodes. These are the best thing to use when a CD-sourced file isn't available.
• The exceptions are the Factions and Nightfall Collector's Edition tracks. The DRM-free official wma files for these are 128k. This is disappointing. However, I suspect that this is probably the best quality that DirectSong ever released for these tracks. Three things make me think this: (1) The creation dates on the files coincide with Faction's/Nightfall's release dates, so this isn't a "we lost the originals" situation like the mp3s supposedly are; (2) The wiki has said that that these tracks are 128k since 7/26/2007, which was before DirectSong gave up on DRM, so the wiki editor must have been looking at the DRM-encumbered originals; and (3) I can't find anything with a spectrum that indicates it came from a higher-quality source. If anyone has the DRM-encumbered originals, I'd love to see them (I can read the bitrate out of the header even if I can't decrypt them), but I suspect they're also going to be 128k, and this is as good as it gets for these tracks.
• I haven't done any looking into untangling DirectSong's behavior or the meanings of the tokens, beyond the links compiled below. That's a project I hope to get to in the near-ish future.

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Hello everyone. It's been a very long time, but I'm coming back to GW. Maybe even to stay.
I've been trying to untangle the unholy mess that DirectSong has devolved into, and I would appreciate some help.
First Issue: In this thread, u/MithranArkanere remarks that some of the official .mp3's are of poor quality because DirectSong lost the originals and so, I presume, they released double encodes from lossy intermediate sources. Thinking back through the years, I have a vague memory of hearing that before, but I don't recall any details. I've downloaded everything I could find, and now I'm trying to sort out which files come closest to the original source. Questions:

• Which sets of official .mp3's are known to be bad?
• Starting with Factions, the official DRM-free .wma's have last-modified dates that coincide with chapter release dates. I think that probably means they were encoded from the original source. Any thoughts?
• What about the pre-Factions official DRM-free .wma's? (See the list below for last-modfied dates.) Are these double encodes or encoded from the original source?
• Does anyone have anything for Sorrow's Furnace other than the DRM-encumbered .wma's or the Sept 2007 .mp3's ripped with tunebite?
• Is anyone still able to play the DRM-encumbered .wma's for Sorrow's Furnace? If so, are you willing to fiddle around with tools to strip the DRM without re-encoding? [Edit: After further investigation, a two notes on this:
  • Supposedly Windows Media Player will let you burn DRM-encumbered .wma's to a physical CD if you have working licenses for them. After that, turn around and rip the CD to FLAC using Exact Audio Copy. (Then we'd need to either figure out if DirectSong can play FLAC with proper codecs installed, or bite the bullet and do another lossy encode to .mp3.)
  • It looks like the tools for stripping DRM only work on Win XP (and older). If anyone's got an old XP computer with Sorrow's Furnace installed on it, I'd really like to hear about it.]
• Does anyone have any versions not on the list below -- in particular versions that come closer to the original source than what's listed below?
• The description to u/MithranArkanere's torrent (no longer seeded) says that it's missing the Halloween song. Was this ever released? Does anyone have it?
• Was anything ever released for the Bonus Mission Pack or GW Beyond?

List of what I've found so far:

• Prophecies (released Apr 2005):
  • FLAC from hard copy CD. (Convertible to mp3)
  • official DRM-free wma dated, Dec 2006
  • official 320k mp3 dated April 2009
  • 192k mp3 dated Dec 2006 (probably CD rip)
• Prophecies Bonus Tracks (released Apr 2005):
  • official DRM-free wma dated, Dec 2006
  • official 320k mp3 dated April 2009
  • 320k mp3, tunebite rip (double encode), dated Sept 2007
• Sorrow's Furnace (released Sept 2005):
  • 320k mp3, tunebite rip (double encode), dated Sept 2007
  • If someone has an old PC with a working license installed, software now exists that can strip the DRM without re-encoding
• Battle Pack (As best I can tell, the original release was Oct 2005.):
  • official DRM-free wma dated, Dec 2006
  • official 320k mp3 dated April 2009
  • 320k mp3, tunebite rip (double encode), dated Sept 2007
• Factions (released Apr 2006):
  • FLAC from hard copy CD. (Convertible to mp3)
  • official DRM-free wma dated Apr 2006, so probably original
  • official 320k mp3 dated Apr 2009
  • 192k mp3 dated Feb 2008
• Factions Bonus tracks (released Apr 2006):
  • official DRM-free wma dated Apr 2006, so probably original
  • official 320k mp3 dated Apr 2009
  • 320k mp3 dated Aug 2008 (presumably double encode)
• Factions Collector's Edition (released Apr 2006):
  • official DRM-free wma, dated April 2006, so probably original
  • 320k mp3 dated Sept 2007 (presumably double encode)
• Nightfall (released Oct 2006):
  • FLAC from hard copy CD. (Convertible to mp3)
  • official DRM-free wma, dated Oct 2006, so probably original
  • official 320k mp3 dated Apr 2009
  • 320k mp3 dated Aug 2008 (CD rip)
  • 192k mp3 dated Feb 2008 (CD rip)
• Nightfall CD-Only Tracks (released Oct 2006):
  • FLAC from hard copy CD. (Convertible to mp3)
• Nightfall Bonus Tracks & Digital-Only Tracks (released Oct 2006):
  • official DRM-free wma, dated Oct 2006, so probably original
  • official 320k mp3 dated Apr 2009
  • 320k mp3 dated Sept 2007 (presumably double encode) (missing Gathering Storm Extended)
• Nightfall Collector's Edition (released Oct 2006):
  • official DRM-free wma, dated Oct 2006, so probably original
  • 320k mp3 dated Sept 2007 (presumably double encode)
• EotN
  • official DRM-free wma dated Aug 2007 so probably original
  • official 320k mp3 dated April 2009
  • 320k mp3 dated Feb 2008 (presumably double encode)
• Other:
  • Wintersday
    • 320k mp3 dated Sept 2007
  • Halloween -- Does this exist?
  • Bonus Mission Pack -- Does this exist?
  • GW Beyond -- Does this exist?

Second Issue: Questions about GuildWars.ds:

• Is there any newer official version than the one included with the EotN download?
• Are there any unofficial edits out there that improve upon the official version? (I know u/MithranArkanere talked about adding the Bone Palace song to the Bone Palace outpost, but does anyone have a copy of what he made, or something like it?)
• Has any work been done on finding homes for the tracks that do not appear anywhere in GuildWars.ds?
• Does anyone have information on how the system works and which tokens correspond to which in-game zones, other than what's listed here, here, here, and in the data file for the ds editor?

(Maybe?) Useful Links:

• How to still download the official files from DirectSong, including GuildWars.ds and ds_GuildWars.dll (u/scienceboyroy's second post)
• Download FLAC and various .mp3's
• DirectSong Playlist Editor

This is an outgrowth of this thread. Since DirectSong is essentially defunct, and these files seems harder and harder to get as time goes by (torrents go unseeded, downloads expire, etc.), I've decided to compile the best available copies of all the DirectSong music for Guild Wars.

DOWNLOAD LINK (v 20180623)

Please feel free to mirror, reshare, make a torrent, etc.
I'll try to update the file if I find better copies of any of the music.I may release an enhanced GuildWars.ds file if/when I get it sufficiently figured out.
[Edit: Some Windows users report that RegisterDirectSongDirectory.exe must be run as administrator.]
[UPDATE: Due to a bug, 3.11 is the last version of wine in which mp3 playback via WMA works (last tested version 3.18). Linux/Mac users should run 3.11 or wait for the bug to be fixed.]
[FURTHER UPDATE: Still broken in version 4.5. Follow these instructions to install version 3.11 side-by-side with the current version of wine.]
[FURTHER, FURTHER UPDATE: Workaround found for mp3 playback in wine. Tested and working in wine v4.6. In addition to the original steps noted below, run regedit and delete HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{BBEEA841-0A63-4F52-A7AB-A9B3A84ED38A} and its subkey. (You can find this easily by searching for "mp3dmod.dll" which will be found in the subkey.) Note: Every time you touch this wine prefix with a different version of wine (e.g., after an update), this reg key will be regenerated and you will need to delete it again. If you're using a separate installation of wine for running GW (e.g., a build from lutris or proton for esync support), then you will need to run regedit using that installation of wine.]
[FURTHER, FURTHER, FURTHER UPDATE: As of wine v4.12, mp3 playback works out of the box. Just install WMP10 via winetricks. Don't do anything with the l3codeca override; don't install native quartz and devenum; don't use the regedit hack above.]
Contents of ReadMe:

Guild Wars DirectSong Revival Pack Version: 6/23/2018 ------------------------------------------ Installation: ------------------------------------------ Windows < 10: ------------- 1. Extract the DirectSong\ directory to any location you like. 2. Run RegisterDirectSongDirectory.exe WITH DirectSong\ AS THE WORKING DIRECTORY 3. DirectSong should now be working. You can test by looking for the DirectSong icon at the bottom of the audio tab in GW's settings on the login screen. Windows 10: ----------- 1. Extract the DirectSong\ directory to any location you like. 2. Run RegisterDirectSongDirectory.exe WITH DirectSong\ AS THE WORKING DIRECTORY 3. Extract wmvcore.dll into your Guild Wars\ directory. As per the reddit post linked below, any iteration of v10 or v11 should work. Four iterations of v11 are included here; hopefully one will work for you. https://www.reddit.com/GuildWars/comments/62n1fh/getting_directsong_to_work_on_windows_10/ 4. DirectSong should now be working. You can test by looking for the DirectSong icon at the bottom of the audio tab in GW's settings on the login screen. Wine: ----- 1. Make sure the i386 version of libmpg123 is installed. sudo apt-get install libmpg123-0:i386 2. Make a new win32 wineprefix WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-gw winecfg 3. Install windows media player 10 via winetricks. WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-gw winetricks -q wmp10 (You cannot do this via the UI or it will hang and die; you must use the -q from the command line.) 4. WMP10 probably will not be able to play mp3s. Change l3codeca from "native" back to "built-in" in winecfg. 5. WMP10 probably has the too-fast playback bug: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38421 Use winetricks to install quartz and devenum. Now WMP10 should play back mp3s properly. 6. Install GW into your wine prefix. 7. Extract the DirectSong/ directory to any location you like. 8. Run RegisterDirectSongDirectory.exe WITH DirectSong/ AS THE WORKING DIRECTORY (Either cd into it before invoking wine, or use "wine start /d") 9. DirectSong should now be working. You can test by looking for the DirectSong icon at the bottom of the audio tab in GW's settings on the login screen. ------------------------------------------ Where These Files Came From: ------------------------------------------ Prophecies: ----------- Normal Tracks: From CD (via FLAC) I trimmed the trailing silence to match the official wma's 320k CBR mp3 Bonus Tracks: official wma Sorrow's Furnace: ----------------- 320k CBR mp3 TuneBite rip posted on EmuParadise (TuneBite is an "analog hole" transcoder.) https://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?50223-MP3-Guild-Wars-Soundtrack-Anthology Battle Pak One: --------------- offical wma Factions: --------- Normal Tracks: From CD (via FLAC) I trimmed the trailing silence to match the official wma's 320k CBR mp3 Bonus Tracks: official wma Collector's Edition Tracks: official wma Nightfall: ---------- Normal Tracks: From CD (via FLAC) I trimmed the trailing silence to match the official wma's 320k CBR mp3 CD-Only Tracks: From CD (via FLAC) I trimmed the trailing silence the same amount as the other tracks 320k CBR mp3 I arbitrarily assigned track numbers for these tracks. Bonus & Extended Tracks: official wma Collector's Edition Tracks: official wma Eye of the North: ----------------- official wma Other: ------ Wintersday track posted on EmuParadise https://www.epforums.org/showthread.php?50223-MP3-Guild-Wars-Soundtrack-Anthology Why use the official wma tracks instead of mp3's? Because they are the best available copies of these songs. Spectral analysis confirms that ALL of the official mp3's were transcoded from lower-quality intermediate sources (128k). Unofficial mp3's must be transcodes of the wma's, since no better sources were ever available. ------------------------------------------ Changes to GuildWars.ds ------------------------------------------ I have made the following changes to GuildWars.ds: 1. Adjusted filename references to point to mp3 files where appropriate. 2. Changed the non-ASCII apostrophe in Emperor Kisu's Theme to ASCII apostrophe and renamed file to match. 3. Corrected spelling of Raisu Palace and renamed file to match. ------------------------------------------ What Next? ------------------------------------------ Hoping for Better Files for Sorrow's Furnace: --------------------------------------------- The TuneBite rips of the Sorrow's Furnace pack are decent, but perceptibly lossy. I would reeeeeeeally like a better copy. If you have an old computer (especially a Windows XP computer) that has a working license for the original DRM-encumbered wma files, and you are willing to experiment with ways to liberate them without transcoding, please post in the reddit thread below, or contact me some other way. https://www.reddit.com/GuildWars/comments/8q21ca/sorting_out_the_directsong_mess/ Analyzing and Editing GuildWars.ds: ----------------------------------- There are a number of unused tracks. There are also some tracks that aren't played where they logically should be. (E.g., "The Bone Palace" does not play at the Bone Palace.) Once the behavior of DirectSong and meanings of the tokens are better understood, I'd like to do an enhanced version of GuildWars.ds. (The included playlist editor is a pretty good start. Original post and the post by Krschkr in this reddit thread are also very helpful: https://www.reddit.com/GuildWars/comments/8nbxmv/some_notes_on_the_directsong_tokens_if_you_follow/ ) The Halloween Song? ------------------- Supposedly there is a Halloween song, but no one seems to have a copy. Please post on reddit (or contact me some other way) if you have it. Bonus Mission Pack or GW Beyond? -------------------------------- I do not believe any DirectSong music was released for the Bonus Mission Pack or GW Beyond. Please let me know if I'm wrong.