I'm very confused about a lot of this.
What i've done so far is:
-Installed ff7-original music patch
-Downloaded and installed WinAMP Plugin that lets me play the PSFs in winamp. PSFs play fine.
-Placed "Ficedula.dll" and "ficeconsole.dll" into FF7 folder. Deleted FF7Music.dll.
-Downloaded FF7music151 and overwrote"FF7music.exe" into ficedula folder.
-Discovered I have no "in_mp3.dll" or "out_wave.dll".
-Changed the filename of "out_ds.dll" to "out_wave.dll".
***NOTE: Kept "in_psf.dll" as normal, as I was not sure where the Mp3s came into play. So I figured I would keep the PSFs. I'm aware this is probably one of my mistakes.***
-Moved "out_wave.dll" and "in_psf.dll" from the Ficedula folder into the FF7 folder.
-Ran "FF7Music.exe", clicked Configure, used the Setup tab to set my input and output plugins on "in_psf.dll" and "out_wave.dll".
-I then click Run FF7.
-Game starts normally, however, music still in the horrible midi form.
-Interestingly, from here, whenever I use FF7Music.exe to run the game again, I get DirectSound error messages telling me that my sound card is already being used.
Ok so thats where I am, i'm pretty much clueless. Note the following things:
-First time I ran the game in FF7Music.exe straight after setting the plugins, the game ran fine with old music.
-Second time onwards, no matter what I do, same thing happens except I get a million DirectSound errors telling me my sound car is in use.
-I'm using Windows XP FF7 patch, and the ff7betap1.exe patch, to correct video issues.
-I couldn't see at any point in the guide how Mp3s first came into play, so I stuck with the psfs.
-I didn't have "in_mp3.dll" or "out_wave.dll", so I had to rename the ones I had.
-I also have the FF7 Soundtrack at another location on my computer, so if I need the Mp3s, I have them.
Please, I really need someone to help me here. I really want to play the game, yet the midi music is really getting to me. I do not wish to progress further in the game until I have set the original psx music.
Thanks in advance.