Contains a protools SFX session, a textfile export of that session, and a pdf file with session metadata/info.

PT12.8.1_Sample_Session_Files.zip

Currently, PT12 support is minimal, it recently decrypts correctly, but all offsets are wrong and there are no regions or wav files listed even though tracks appear.

Hi,

This repo is amazing ! Thanks for the effort !

Sadly I'm trying to recover some sessions recorded like 14 years ago with Protools 5 / 6 LE and a digi001 interface that isn't compatible with anything modern anymore. Also sadly younger me was not keen enough to make an export to any other filetype when shutting down the old home studio.

I originally created this file back in 2004 and has not been opened since then.

It should be like:

• Version 6 (though some are still maybe 5 ? if so let me know and I'll upload a newer file, albeit more complex)
• Original Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
• Bitrate: 32 (at least the audio files seem to have this bitrate)
• Tracks: 4 mono (2 guitars, 2 voices if I recall correctly.
• Total audio files: 12 .wav + 1 .gkp file
• Total fade files: 1

QADS_2003.zip

Hope it is of use to you,

Thanks!

@Otto-Matic has figured out these are part of content types 0x2028 and 0x2029.

We need to implement the parser for these.

Hi there - Thanks for making this tool. I'm looking for something like this that also supports video tracks. Not a feature request really, mainly wondering any thoughts/experience on feasibility for such a thing?
Thanks!

PMV_groep3.ptf.zip

Hi,

I am running Ardour 6.8.0 under Lubuntu 18.04 and when I try to import the attached protools file, Ardour crashes. The protools file was created with ProTools version 2021.12. I asked the Ardour folks about it and they directed me here stating that they use your software for ptx import.

Suggestions?

session26Mar2022.zip

We need to figure out the decryption scheme for XOR type 0x6

ProTools session is attached. User reports that the session is 96k, and was created in ProTools version 10.

When importing the file, the dialog reports:
PT v10 Session @ 96000Hz
0 audio files
52 regions
40 active regions

... so apparently the audio files are not recognized in the "Audio Files" folder?

Kopie von Hot Chilli Berlin Mix_2.zip

When running a test session we created I notice PTFormat is outputting extra regions that aren't in the project.

The incorrect regions always appear to start immediately after a real region.

See below:

Track_Name t(0) r(1) @0
Audio 1 t(1) r(1) @0
Audio 1 t(1) r(2) @26500000 (Does not exist)
Audio 2 t(2) r(1) @0
Audio 2 t(3) r(1) @0
Audio 3 t(4) r(2) @950000
Audio 3 t(4) r(0) @2240000 (Does not exist)
Audio 3 t(5) r(2) @950000
Audio 3 t(5) r(1) @2240000 (Does not exist)

Any thoughts on why this might be happening?

Attached is the test session file & session info .txt.

Regions.zip

I've attached a zipped ".ptproject" folder containing a ".ptxl" file, the "Revision History" folder containing the latest project revision, and two audio files.

In our fork I've added some code to take in a .ptxl file and open the latest revision here:
Pro-Sound-Effects@6c7457a

To run ptftool with the provided session, you'll have to pass in the ".ptxl" file like so:
./ptftool "1onItLzyb9gKyQAUYP0Xkb#.ptproject/TestCloudProject.ptxl"

This is so the "Revision History" can be found relative to the .ptxl file.

1onItLzyb9gKyQAUYP0Xkb#.ptproject.zip
Note that PT cloud projects may be tied to the account that created them... so maybe there's some encryption here?

sample_pt7.1.ptf.zip

Under OSX El Capitan, compilation fails with all options:

I only include make clangall, as c++ is an alias for clang++, which makes the other options fail because of incorrect command line parameters.

make clangall

clang++ -o ptftool -g -I/usr/local/Cellar/glib/2.46.2/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/local/Cellar/glib/2.46.2/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include -I. -Woverloaded-virtual -Wno-mismatched-tags -ansi -Wnon-virtual-dtor -Woverloaded-virtual -fstrict-overflow -Wall -Wcast-align -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-function -std=c++98 ptftool.cc ptfformat.cc
ptftool.cc:35:3: error: use of undeclared identifier 'exit'
                exit(0);
                ^
ptftool.cc:44:3: error: use of undeclared identifier 'exit'
                exit(-1);
                ^
ptftool.cc:131:2: error: use of undeclared identifier 'exit'
        exit(0);
        ^
3 errors generated.
ptfformat.cc:686:4: warning: variable 'rindex' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
                        rindex,
                        ^~~~~~
ptfformat.cc:551:17: note: initialize the variable 'rindex' to silence this warning
        uint16_t rindex;
                       ^
                        = 0
ptfformat.cc:1170:24: warning: taking the absolute value of unsigned type 'unsigned long long' has no effect [-Wabsolute-value]
                                mtr.reg.startpos = labs(region_pos - mtr.reg.startpos);
                                                   ^
ptfformat.cc:1170:24: note: remove the call to 'labs' since unsigned values cannot be negative
                                mtr.reg.startpos = labs(region_pos - mtr.reg.startpos);
                                                   ^~~~
ptfformat.cc:1349:24: warning: taking the absolute value of unsigned type 'unsigned long long' has no effect [-Wabsolute-value]
                                mtr.reg.startpos = labs(region_pos - mtr.reg.startpos);
                                                   ^
ptfformat.cc:1349:24: note: remove the call to 'labs' since unsigned values cannot be negative
                                mtr.reg.startpos = labs(region_pos - mtr.reg.startpos);
                                                   ^~~~
3 warnings generated.
make: *** [clangall] Error 1

In PT you can group regions together and they appear as a single region in the editor.
We need to figure out how these groupings are stored in the session file, they are probably in a particular content type, with offsets and z-layer items, but I'm not sure.

Awesome utility! Thank you.

Is there a way to print/store the file paths?

On a reverse, note, any way to write a new .ptx file and linking files to it?

If you need any more test material, I can provide some.