GoKawiilcreating the aetheryte radio
sometimes when i work i like to listen to ambiance. one video in particular is the "aetheryte asmr", which is an in game recording of the aetheryte crystal. for the past 6 years i've been listening to the same youtube video on repeat. there are a number of problems with this approach:
the youtube player's "loop" functionality doesn't always work. it might loop 20 or 200 times before failing(?) and auto-playing another video. this is jarring. the audio in the video is a ~7 minute recording, but the loop isn't seamless (i spent far too long re-architecting my music player's internals to support gapless playback), and while it's long enough that i don't care when it cuts and loops, it would be nice if it were seamless. of course i can't keep the game open.. that's far too resource intensive, other players (ffxiv is an mmorpg) could approach nearby and create noise and ruin the effect, etc.
none of these were deal breakers for me. 6 years is a pretty long time to go facing some struggles before sitting down and deciding to tackle a problem.
nevertheless, one day i finally sat down and thought to myself.. "how can i get the best experience for the ambience without sacrifice?"
the first answer is that i needed to get the game assets. whatever the game was using to play the noise, i needed to extract. with those in hand, i could recreate or play with them in whichever way i wanted.