Steam doesn't sell CiV soundtrack.

[thadian]

This is angering - i bought civ 5 from steam and i can ONLY get the soundtrack by paying another 60 bucks for a "special edition"? what does this do for us who have the "non-special" game but wants the soundtrack? this is one more example of why i hate civ 5.

 

[The_J]

What's the problem?
The soundtrack is part of the special edition. That's how it's packaged. That's how special editions work.

Besides that, all the civ5 music files should be in the respective subfolders, you just have to searc htem.

 

[Sezendelo]

You can find all the music in the game files, there is no need to pay extra for a soundtrack.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Do a search for *.ogg in Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\Sounds\Streamed\Music and you will get all the music for the game. If you have trouble playing ogg files, winamp can do it without any hassle.

 

[thadian]

computer, local disk (C: ), program files (x86), steam, steamapps, common, sid meier's civilization V, assets, sounds, streamed, music.

i need mp3 not this wierd file type that wants me to use winamp - another program i don't need.

and i have a problem with it because i want the soundtrack and i dont want to have to go and pay 50 dollars to get a special edition to have it. im even willing to consider paying IF it has ALL of the tracks, including DLC Civ's songs or its a ripoff that you have to buy "some" of the tracks now and the rest later as they are released.

dummies, their soundtrack (minus songs from DLC civs) isnt worth 50 dolalrs.

 

[deanej]

This "weird file type that wants me to use winamp" can also be played by downloading an ogg theora codec for windows media player. No need to use winamp.

It's also the only audio type that will play out of the box on most linux distros and what wikipedia uses. Why? Because it's not patented, so there's no licensing fee to implement a codec for it.

I would assume that's why Firaxis used it for civ5.

 

[anandus]

FYI, this is in the soundtrack directory:

Directory of E:\Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\DLC\DLC_Deluxe\Soundtrack

18-09-2011 20:49 <DIR> .
18-09-2011 20:49 <DIR> ..
17-10-2010 22:35 12.996.339 Alexander Peace - Greece - Epitaph of Seikilos.mp3
17-10-2010 23:00 9.858.301 Alexander War - Greece - Epitaph of Seikilos.mp3
17-10-2010 22:48 7.353.054 Askia Peace - Songhai - Gambia Folk Song.mp3
17-10-2010 22:59 9.752.976 Askia War - Songhai - Gambia Folk Song.mp3
18-10-2010 12:59 8.936.283 Augustus Caesar Peace - Rome - Ancient Roman Melody Fragments.mp3
17-10-2010 23:05 11.042.798 Augustus Caesar War - Rome - Ancient Roman Melody Fragments.mp3
18-10-2010 12:55 10.815.428 Bismarck Peace - Germany - Ode to Joy.mp3
17-10-2010 23:07 9.432.819 Bismarck War - Germany - Ode to Joy.mp3
17-10-2010 23:05 7.999.219 Catherine Peace - Russia - Capulets and Montegues.mp3
17-10-2010 22:34 8.294.298 Catherine War - Russia - Capulets and Montegues.mp3
17-10-2010 22:43 10.224.434 Civilization V Theme - Menu Music.mp3
17-10-2010 22:28 10.204.372 Darius I Peace - Persia - Morghe Sahar.mp3
17-10-2010 22:30 11.249.270 Darius I War - Persia - Morghe Sahar.mp3
17-10-2010 22:36 10.404.156 Elizabeth Peace - England - I Vow to Thee, My Country.mp3
17-10-2010 22:38 9.853.286 Elizabeth War - England - I Vow to Thee, My Country.mp3
17-10-2010 22:54 10.153.381 Gandhi Peace - India - Raga Asa.mp3
18-10-2010 12:55 7.390.670 Gandhi War - India - Raga Asa.mp3
17-10-2010 23:05 12.476.398 Harun al-Rashid Peace - Arabia - Thikriati; Hijaz Maqam.mp3
17-10-2010 22:42 9.273.994 Harun al-Rashid War - Arabia - Thikriati; Hijaz Maqam.mp3
18-10-2010 12:52 6.866.550 Hiawatha Peace - Iroquois - Ho, Ho, Watanay.mp3
18-10-2010 12:50 7.762.654 Hiawatha War - Iroquois - Ho, Ho, Watanay.mp3
18-10-2010 12:50 9.956.940 Montezuma Peace - Aztec - Cora Mitote Song from Santa Teresa.mp3
17-10-2010 22:40 8.616.127 Montezuma War - Aztec - Cora Mitote Song from Santa Teresa.mp3
17-10-2010 22:44 6.018.092 Napoleon Peace - France - Cancan.mp3
18-10-2010 12:54 8.545.910 Napoleon War - France - Cancan.mp3
18-10-2010 12:52 11.091.281 Oda Nobunaga Peace - Japan - Rokudan no Shirabe.mp3
17-10-2010 23:06 11.462.429 Oda Nobunaga War - Japan - Rokudan no Shirabe.mp3
17-10-2010 23:01 6.828.933 Opening Movie Music.mp3
17-10-2010 22:47 7.435.810 Ramesses II War - Ancient Egypt - Ancient Egyptian Melody Fragments.mp3
17-10-2010 22:27 2.203.491 SoundtrackCover.jpg
17-10-2010 22:36 6.261.345 Washington Peace - America - America the Beautiful.mp3
18-10-2010 12:57 7.179.183 Washington War - America - America the Beautiful.mp3
17-10-2010 22:47 9.050.804 Wu Zetian Peace - China - Goa Shan Liu Shui.mp3
17-10-2010 22:34 7.618.040 Wu Zetian War - China - Goa Shan Liu Shui.mp3

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By the way, can't you just convert the ogg-files to mp3? there are plenty of programs that can do this, so it's shouldn't be too bothersome?

 

[CoolLizy]

The special edition soundtrack doesn't even have all the tracks.

There are numerous players and plugins you can get to play .ogg files. It's actually a very common format. You can also find numerous programs to transfer them to mp3 files if you feel you must, although the quality will take a small hit.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Using mp3 requires paying royalties as far as I know, while ogg does not. Apparently that's why the demo version of The Polynomial does not allow importing mp3 files (link).

Winamp was just a suggestion as it's a popular and well-known media player. If you want mp3 files, there's plenty of free programs that will convert ogg to mp3 for you, or you can try deanej's suggestion of getting the codecs for Windows Media Player.

IMO you should be glad you can access the music files at all. A lot of games lock them up in proprietary files or somehow archive or compress them so they can't be unlocked or played with a media player.

 

[Drago Askani]

computer, local disk (C: ), program files (x86), steam, steamapps, common, sid meier's civilization V, assets, sounds, streamed, music.

i need mp3 not this wierd file type that wants me to use winamp - another program i don't need.

and i have a problem with it because i want the soundtrack and i dont want to have to go and pay 50 dollars to get a special edition to have it. im even willing to consider paying IF it has ALL of the tracks, including DLC Civ's songs or its a ripoff that you have to buy "some" of the tracks now and the rest later as they are released.

dummies, their soundtrack (minus songs from DLC civs) isnt worth 50 dolalrs.

Awfully self entitled aren't we?

 

[Mercade]

i need mp3 not this wierd file type that wants me to use winamp - another program i don't need.

Free ogg to mp3 converter can be found in a lot of locations ...

http://www.ogg-mp3.com/ogg-to-mp3.html
http://www.oggtomp3converter.com/

 

[Maniacal]

Most games don't even include a sound track pack, although I'd just rip the files out of the game instead of paying extra for them anyway.

FYI, this is in the soundtrack directory:
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By the way, can't you just convert the ogg-files to mp3? there are plenty of programs that can do this, so it's shouldn't be too bothersome?

I've heard that Handbrake is a good ogg to mp3 converter for Mac, no idea about Windows (hopefully will find one later today).

 

[Revoran]

This is angering - i bought civ 5 from steam and i can ONLY get the soundtrack by paying another 60 bucks for a "special edition"? what does this do for us who have the "non-special" game but wants the soundtrack? this is one more example of why i hate civ 5.

So you're basically angry because you should have spent more time researching your purchase? I think it's awfully self-entitled of you to claim you were somehow ripped off when Steam (despite it's other flaws) clearly lists what you get when you buy X version of the game. It's not Steam's fault or Firaxis / 2K's fault man.

You have been here since 2006 and have over 1000 posts. Didn't this same thing happen with Civ IV or am I mistaken?

And like other people have said, the files are already there in .ogg format. You can get free programs and convert them to .mp3 - Hell, you could even pirate the soundtrack (not that I condone pirating normally, but you kinda already own a copy of the game and it's music) if you wanted.

I can sympathise with a lot of the complaints about Civ V (especially when it first came out) but this I really just can't get on board with, sorry.

 

[Becomedeath]

I have to agree, just get the sound files, extract what you want and convert to MP3...

...that's probably going to cost you 30 seconds on Google. With a little research there's very little that you can't do with digital media regardless of whatever security is in place or codec used.

Non-issue is non-issue...


Or you could just play the game more, then you'll have the music on all the time!

 

[thadian]

Awfully self entitled aren't we?

So you're basically angry because you should have spent more time researching your purchase? I think it's awfully self-entitled of you to claim you were somehow ripped off when Steam (despite it's other flaws) clearly lists what you get when you buy X version of the game. It's not Steam's fault or Firaxis / 2K's fault man.

You have been here since 2006 and have over 1000 posts. Didn't this same thing happen with Civ IV or am I mistaken?

Yes, i AM self-entitled. i made a purchase where i gave money to a company and i do not feel satisfied on any level. First of all, just so you know when civ v first came out (which is when i got it) there was no steam special edition - you could either pay 80 dollars for a version with babylon, 120 dollars for a hardcover book, soundtrack and babylon OR just buy it normal - which i did, under the assumption steam would sell the soundtrack - rather than making it available only through the purchase of a special version.

i was unaware that there were codecs to make ogg files play in windows media player.

also, when civ 4 came out, i copy-pasted every song into my regular music folders, same with fall from heaven mod. when civ 4 came out, they released mp3 so i could "pluck" the files.

when civ 5 came out, i assumed the files to be in rogue format to force the sale of the soundtrack - which would be ok with me IF it were purchasable AND if it could be amended to include the songs of DLC Civ's.

i would be irate if i bought DLC + the soundtrack and didn't have the DLC Civ music in my soundtrack.

I will attempt to get ogg codec for windows media player or something to hold me by for now - but they really need to sell the soundtrack separately, which they don't seem to mind doing with every other small feature of the game.

 

[thadian]

So you're basically angry because you should have spent more time researching your purchase? I think it's awfully self-entitled of you to claim you were somehow ripped off when Steam

Stop right there, kid.

Yes, i am angry every time Steam (insert here) because i hate the entire way this game was done, despite that i am still trying to get satisfaction out of it - but since i can't, i will get satisfaction complaining about it.

And i spent a lot of time researching my product - i wanted to have the soundtrack without having to shell out 100 dollars to wal mart. 100 dollars for a hard cover book of information that is outdated on patch 1, a CD and a game? the game should have sold for closer to $20.00 - if so, i would be happy with Civ 5, i would feel i got what i paid for.

Then well after a year of this "Product" being available they release the same thing, minus the book, for the same high price - on steam. (maybe you can get the book in .pdf with your purchase)

Instead of letting me buy the soundtrack seperately - i have to buy a special version! Think about if steam stopped selling Civ 4: BTS and only sold Civ 4 vanilla and Civ 4 Complete. This way if you get or already own vanilla, there is no warlords/bts - only complete edition, as if you have a way to use your second copy of vanilla. It is like a way to punish you instead of rewarding you. (your punished for owning only vanilla, so to upgrade to BTS you have to buy a second vanilla first).

 

[Mercade]

i was unaware that there were codecs to make ogg files play in windows media player.
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I will attempt to get ogg codec for windows media player or something to hold me by for now - but they really need to sell the soundtrack separately, which they don't seem to mind doing with every other small feature of the game.

And i spent a lot of time researching my product - i wanted to have the soundtrack without having to shell out 100 dollars to wal mart.

As established, fortunately you don't have to pay a single cent extra for the music. And as per my post a few posts up, there are plenty of free ogg to mp3 converters as well to convert the files into mp3 format and enjoy them anywhere you like. I hope that closes this case.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Yes, i AM self-entitled. i made a purchase where i gave money to a company and i do not feel satisfied on any level. First of all, just so you know when civ v first came out (which is when i got it) there was no steam special edition - you could either pay 80 dollars for a version with babylon, 120 dollars for a hardcover book, soundtrack and babylon OR just buy it normal - which i did, under the assumption steam would sell the soundtrack - rather than making it available only through the purchase of a special version.

Ok, you are right that there was a peroid where there was no special Steam edition available after release. To get the "soundtrack" you would have had to put in a pre-order which IMO it's fair enough if you prefer to avoid, or wait and hope they eventually released the game with soundtrack again or the soundtrack sold separately.

Whether 2K/Firaxis should release the soundtrack separately is not for me to say. Considering the amount of abuse they receive in forums, I would expect if they released the soundtrack sold separately you would never hear the end of complaints and cynicism like:

"2K/Firaxis show extreme arrogance by selling us something we already have, only in another format. There are free utilities that convert ogg to mp3 yet they want to milk us for every last penny by tricking us into buying more more more. What's next, selling us wallpapers that are really just screenshots from in-game? "

Anyway, as has been said, the mp3 soundtrack they have sold to people isn't even all-inclusive. There're more music assets in the game than there are in the soundtrack.

If you *.ogg the music directory, throw them all in a ogg-to-mp3 converter that'll do it all with just a few clicks and several minutes worth of cpu time, I don't see much reason to be complaining.

 

[PieceOfMind]

Free ogg to mp3 converter can be found in a lot of locations ...

http://www.ogg-mp3.com/ogg-to-mp3.html
http://www.oggtomp3converter.com/

I tried both of these and neither of them is any good for this task (I know they were only suggestions but I felt I should point this out for the benefit of others). The first one can convert a large number of files at once, but even at highest quality settings the converted files have a very noticeable reduction in quality over the originals (an audible "hissing" that is annoying particularly in the quieter tracks). I've been using the file Catfish_Muse in particular for testing the audio quality. It has some passages of silence after or before a fading in/out instrument.

The second one doesn't seem to allow conversion of a large number of files at once, or at least doesn't make it very easy to do so with its interface.

After a short amount of searching, I found this one, tested it and it appears to work very well.
Free Mp3/Wma/Ogg Converter
Note that if you install this program, you do not need to install the "RelevantKnowledge" thing it asks you about at the end - you can safely decline.

Using this program,
1. search for *.ogg in Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\Assets\Sounds\Streamed\Music in Windows Explorer as I described earlier and then select all files (ctrl+A).
2. With Free Mp3/Wma/Ogg Converter opened, drag and drop all of those ogg files onto the interface.
3. Press "Next".
4. Choose the destination folder, make sure "mp3" is selected, and under "presets" choose the quality setting: "For Media Player - MP3: 48000 Hz, Stereo, 128kbps" (the second one). You could choose a higher quality setting if you want, but the originals are about 128kbps and you can't magically get higher quality from a conversion process.
5. Press "Convert", wait maybe 40 minutes or so (depending on your cpu).
6. Enjoy the game's entire soundtrack in MP3 that is about the same quality as the originals. (I couldn't detect any degradation in quality over the originals. If you have good ears and can tell the difference, please do tell.) The converted files tend to be around about the same size as the originals but vary between being larger or smaller. I guess this is because ogg and mp3 use different compression algorithms.

All up it's just over 1000MB worth of mp3 music, or just under 1GB. 307 files. 18hrs20mins playback time.

I hope this will be of use to you, thadian.

Hopefully this is not infringing on copyright or anything like that, considering you need to have the original files to follow the instructions in the first place.

 

[seasnake]

Or you can find every leader track on Youtube and use a the free Youtube to MP3 converter instead.