[General Questions and Answers] negative1ne:
surface remix - file formats user v0.1

formats for files:

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user, local data file types

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CAB - archive file

XML - xml documents

song - song format file

DAT - data file

appcontent-ms - content, XML file

png - graphic file format

wav - audio file format

wma - audio file format

lock - lock file

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*NOTE FILES AND CONTENT ARE COPYRIGHT MS(c)2013

and should not be redistributed

However, you can download the APP for free to

inspect files

The information presented here is for

documentation only.

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Main root files:

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR

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<DIR> AC

<DIR> LOCALC~1 LocalCache

<DIR> LOCALS~1 LocalState

<DIR> ROAMIN~1 RoamingState

<DIR> Settings

<DIR> SYSTEM~1 SystemAppData

<DIR> TEMPST~1 TempState

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\AC

<DIR> BACKGR~1 BackgroundTransferApi

<DIR> Temp

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\AC\BackgroundTransferApi

<DIR> .

<DIR> ..

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\AC\INetCache\NNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[various directories with caches of CAB files]

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Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\AC\Temp

<DIR> .

<DIR> ..

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalCache

<DIR> .

<DIR> ..

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState

55,141 CONTEN~1.XML ContentCatalog.xml

<DIR> indexed

<DIR> NONLOC~1 NonLocalFiles

4,217 PACKAG~1.XML PackageList.xml

<DIR> Packages

<DIR> Projects

14,648 _AUTOS~1.SON _autosave.song

78 _LASTA~1.DAT _lastAccessed1.dat

78 _LASTA~2.DAT _lastAccessed2.dat

502 _SESSI~1.DAT _sessionState.dat

6 File(s) 74,664 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\indexed

[list of all files, samples, kits]

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\NonLocalFiles

[this is where your imported samples go]

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Packages\NNNNNNNNNNNNN

[all sound packages get put into separate directories]

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Packages\2PrincesOriginalSongPackage

12,195 2PRINC~1.SON 2PrincesOriginalSongPackage.song

<DIR> AlbumArt

<DIR> Samples

4,873 SOUNDI~1.XML SoundInfo.xml

2 File(s) 17,068 bytes

[each song package has a song file, album art, and an info xml file]

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Packages\2PrincesOriginalSongPackage\AlbumArt

31,682 ALBUMA~1.PNG AlbumArtLarge.scale-100.png

59,597 ALBUMA~2.PNG AlbumArtLarge.scale-140.png

3,528 ALBUMA~3.PNG AlbumArtSmall.scale-100.png

6,537 ALBUMA~4.PNG AlbumArtSmall.scale-140.png

71,200 AL6F25~1.PNG AlbumArtWide.scale-100.png

132,525 AL12A0~1.PNG AlbumArtWide.scale-140.png

6 File(s) 305,069 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Packages\2PrincesOriginalSongPackage\Samples

192,865 2PRINC~1.WMA 2 Princes Bass Chorus Loop.wma

31,977 2PRINC~2.WMA 2 Princes Bass.wma

501,211 2PRINC~3.WMA 2 Princes BG Vocals Chorus .wma

31,977 2PRINC~4.WMA 2 Princes Crash.wma

581,639 2PAEB3~1.WMA 2 Princes Drums Chorus Loop.wma

85,601 2P020E~1.WMA 2 Princes Guitar 1.wma

85,601 2P2D66~1.WMA 2 Princes Guitar 2.wma

460,985 2PDBDB~1.WMA 2 Princes Guitar Chorus Loo.wma

18,567 2P83D8~1.WMA 2 Princes Hi Hat.wma

31,977 2P9FE2~1.WMA 2 Princes Kick.wma

2,016,137 2P64F0~1.WMA 2 Princes LdVocals Chorus L.wma

45,383 2P6A09~1.WMA 2 Princes Snare 2.wma

45,383 2P7A07~1.WMA 2 Princes Snare.wma

13 File(s) 4,129,303 bytes

[each song, and sample pack is repeated for other ones downloaded]

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Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Projects

9,416 201401~1.SON 20140103_234618.song

6,711 201401~2.SON 20140104_003447.song

2 File(s) 16,127 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\RoamingState

<DIR> .

<DIR> ..

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\Settings

0 ROAMIN~1.LOC roaming.lock

8,192 settings.dat

2 File(s) 8,192 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\SystemAppData

<DIR> .

<DIR> ..

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\TempState

<DIR> Cache

<DIR> SHAREI~1 ShareItems

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\TempState\Cache

[list of WMA files cached]

Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\TempState\ShareItems

01/04/2014 06:52 PM <DIR> .

01/04/2014 06:52 PM <DIR> ..

0 File(s) 0 bytes

Total Files Listed:

1222 File(s) 322,995,116 bytes

356 Dir(s) 58,513,084,416 bytes free

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details, descriptions:

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an example of the song packages

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Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Packages\2PrincesOriginalSongPackage

12,195 2PRINC~1.SON 2PrincesOriginalSongPackage.song

<DIR> AlbumArt

<DIR> Samples

4,873 SOUNDI~1.XML SoundInfo.xml

2 File(s) 17,068 bytes

there are 6 art samples for each,

3 groups of 2. in small, large and wide formats.

all graphics are PNG format.

an example of samples

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Directory of E:\surface\MICROS~1.SUR\LocalState\Packages\2PrincesOriginalSongPackage\Samples

[list of samples in WMA format]

later

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