SingStar Toolbox

A Custom Disc Creator for SingStar. Create custom SingStar discs with your own songs, now with PS3 support!

Fixes all bugs and inconsistencies from SingStar Creator v3, uses homemade converters and modules instead of stolen PS2 SDK like SCv3 does.

Check out the Wiki for more infos & guides.

Join the Discord server: https://discord.gg/jNet59FPVz

Main Features

• Import & convert Performous/UltraStar songs (txt)
• Convert audio & video to proprietary SingStar format (IPU + MIB)
• Export songs from other SingStar discs to use in your own
• Build an ISO compatible with emulators & real hardware (PS2/PS3)

QoL Features

• No external tools (apart from ffmpeg)
• M2V to IPU converter (no SDK needed)
• Audio normalization for consistent volume
• Entirely rewritten TXT to XML converter
• Support for regular, duet, rap songs
• Fix text encoding automatically

Setup & Requirements

• Download the latest version of ffmpeg.exe (direct link for Win10) and place it in the same folder as Singstar Toolbox.

• .NET 8.0 Desktop Runtime

Roadmap

In progress

• GLOBAL: Divide BPM & notes when BPM is too high
• GLOBAL: Drag & Drop songs (TXT & SST2)
• PS3: Update existing song library via FTP
• PS2: Support NTSC (IAV+IND)

Completed (v1.3)

• GLOBAL: Extract audio from video (for .TXTs with video only)
• GLOBAL: Convert PS2 songs to PS3
• GLOBAL: Convert PS3 multi-channel audio to stereo for PS2 (no loss)
• GLOBAL: Convert PS3 songs to PS2
• GLOBAL: Edit videos to include time gap
• ISO: ISO Rebuilding
• PS3: PS3 Full Support
• PS3: Export/Build PS3 Data
• PS3: Auto-decrypt supported ISOs when needed
• PS3: NTSC video support
• PS2: PAK file Unpacking/Repacking
• PS2: M2V to IPU conversion
• PS2: IPU swizzling
• PS2: 99% codec compatibility
• PS2: Audio Encode to ADPCM
• PS2: MIB + MIH export
• PS2: BMP to TX2 + TX2 to BMP
• PS2: Import songs from other discs
• PS2: Edit/disable menu music
• PS2: Multiple Language support (English, French, German, Italian)

Scrapped/Cancelled

• yt-dlp support: Many UltraStar managers already handle this
• Edit PS2 boot logos: Users can edit that from DiscData folder
• Medley Editor: Would require a lot of user input. Not cancelled but very low priority.

Credits

• Chris (@christphen) joined the project as a collaborator
• ffmpeg
• DiscUtils.Iso9660
• NAudio
• Ude.NetStandard
• nQuant
• ss_cover.cc (TX2 to BMP conversion)
• Holger Kuhn (hawkear@gmx.de) for his work on SingStar overall
• Special thanks to @locastan for his help

Notes

It is possible to add more than 100 songs to a single disc, however it might cause unexpected behaviour in-game.
PS3 isn't affected by this.