Source Engine Executables (as raw video & audio data)

This video also contains executables from GoldSource games.
Generated with ffmpeg & Binary Waterfall: github.com/nimaid/binary-wate...
00:00 - engine.exe (Half-Life Alpha)
00:33 - enginegl.exe (Half-Life Alpha)
01:02 - hl.exe (Half-Life: Day One)
01:38 - hl.exe (Half-Life)
01:40 - hl2.exe (Half-Life 2)
01:47 - hl2.exe (Half-Life 2 Beta)
01:52 - hl2.exe (Garry's Mod)
02:14 - gmod.exe (Garry's Mod)
03:06 - portal2.exe (Portal 2)
03:25 - csgo.exe (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, 2017 Scaleform)
03:53 - swarm.exe (Alien Swarm)
03:57 - tf_win64.exe (Team Fortress 2)
04:07 - cof.exe (Cry of Fear)
04:12 - insurgency_x64.exe (Insurgency)
04:28 - bms.exe (Black Mesa)
04:34 - svencoop.exe (Sven Co-op)

[@Extreme-PCIe-Cable]

is it possible to take this raw video and audio data and turn it into something the average joe can play on a computer?

[@rawdataeeto3316]

Not really, KZbin's compression ruins it.

[@Extreme-PCIe-Cable]

@@rawdataeeto3316 was a joke comment. But still, would be hilarious if it worked.

[@cryingbaby23]

​@@rawdataeeto3316if I theoretically had the uncompressed video file, what would I use to convert it back to an EXE?

[@rawdataeeto3316]

@@cryingbaby23 I'd say this video does a better explanation than I could ever do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/laiZgXZ-qtmgmJY

[@wedoalittletrolling723]

@@rawdataeeto3316 So you openly admitted to pirate Half-Life?

[@chadthunderlord5830]

Now i can run hl2 in my head, thanks

[@verkhvo]

🤔

[@thisnameisbad3609]

actually in the half life 2 folder is only the source engine itself, the actual assets for hl2 are inside the hl2 subfolder 🤓 it's also like this for goldsrc, where valve is inside the hl folder don't know about source 2 though as i dont have vr or cs2

[@jag-stang29]

what the fuck are these replies

[@thisnameisbad3609]

@@jag-stang29 me being obsessed with stuff that doesn't matter

[@thisnameisbad3609]

also this isn't the entire engine folder, only the executable (also this is why so many source game are detected as others if you've ever tried using discord rich presence or something similar)

[@siz1700]

5:19 meme punchline

[@mosquitorepellent181]

top 10 daft punk songs

[@cirnowo]

4:51 the sven accelerator

[@shadys9370]

Beginning of Black Skinhead by Kanye West

[@quintinwaterhouse5804]

What do you mean! I can’t find anything about what you’re pertaining to, I am so curious!

[@nick_nt7574]

3:07 would be like a sick intro to a video

[@lazykits537]

or the ptsd from booting up your PS2 in the dark while your parents are sleeping lol

[@juna_hans]

Daft punk :

[@noobbrainsredyoshi]

@@juna_hansnah Portal 2 OST:

[@theRealTolentino]

I'm taking that

[@nick_nt7574]

@@lazykits537 and then the red screen of death comes to haunt your soul

[@billy4734]

2:22 Radiation warning

[@Somari]

HUH?

[@nevergonnagiveyouup4753]

I hear it lol

[@Freegame4.]

they put a geiger counter in my gmod 🙏😭

[@PlyrNoob2890]

I like your pfp billy4734

[@billy4734]

@@PlyrNoob2890 A fellow no CS:S enjoyer

[@SyNet_]

4:45 sven coop actually sounded right smth

[@TinkyWinky91111]

the portal 2 .exe feels like your'e getting into another dimension lol

[@Very_and_i_mean_VERY_nice]

To be honest all of them feels like that

[@findya]

Aperture science have found a new way to warp through dimensions

[@SweatySheets]

If you have a minor case of tinnitus and drop 9 tabs of acid, that's exactly what it'll sound like, along with your body having the feeling of that sound. If that makes sense

[@Awesomium3]

yru'oe*

[@SweatySheets]

@@Awesomium3 thier*

[@user-uo1yn4se8r]

thanks, i was gonna spend hours playing valve games but thanks to this video i could finish them in just 5 minutes

[@thisnameisbad3609]

this doesn't contain the games at all, only the engine executable. see my replies to the 🤔 pfp guy for more info

[@gergom.8310]

😳

[@Sparrowthebird]

​@@thisnameisbad3609missed the joke

[@tipherethestebanSCO]

@@Sparrowthebirdhe didn’t, he was just nerding about how the joke doesn’t actually work

[@jaflm2308]

3:04 I finally know what the Garry's Mod logo sounds like

[@JimK445]

"ZEEELOULO"

[@RNoctowl]

it sounds like the start of BIG BROTHER by p-model

[@unnamedscribble]

"wawwwawawawa"

[@onewantsboy]

"vmmmvumdeeeee"

[@toby9442]

1:39 visible icon

[@HOURHAK]

seems like the lambda icon

[@nuclearfrog306]

1:32 sounds like when you're crawling through vents

[@unarmed_civilian]

So true

[@Titan13335]

Angry bees

[@kovy6447]

Bad reverb

[@MHL5K]

3:51 it sounded like the binary actually said "csgo"

[@-throat-]

spoOoOoOoOoky

[@Microwave_guy]

SEEEE eh, OOOOOOOO *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*

[@bobvr360]

Sounded more of a See, Es Go-Hoe

[@nnonickmusic]

FOR REAL

[@wirmaple7336]

you gotta stay away from .exe audio representations, it makes you hear things

[@mjoldagg]

3:08 ffmpeg tried to remake Valve intro💀

[@Ferrichrome]

It actually sounds fucking sick

[@IyuriIGD]

1:42 Here's why I love hl2. It's sound is something

[@toxic_shr00m]

The visible icons go so crazy! This is such an interesting video all around, I really like seeing the similarities and differences (like portal 2 being absolutely fitting, lol).

[@Mr_chicken77]

4:17 you got an achievement

[@kozy703]

Mom: hey sweetie what are you listening to? What I’m listening to:

[@epicjoshy1485]

the sounds pretty much sum up the atmosphere of value’s games

[@ac-251b37-yNx]

ah yes, Value the game company.

[@americanhuman1848]

Great Value software

[@NDSL64]

definitely what half-life is all about

[@epicjoshy1485]

indeed

[@IrisWasTaken1]

Great value

[@jaakarimiquel8473]

silly horns announcing the half-life icon

[@lean_rblx]

4:45 my favourite one

[@unnamedscribble]

"wooooooooaaaaaaaooowwww *BEEP* wooaaaaw *BEP* woaw *b* wa"

[@Medic_main_wanabee]

Reminds me of ps1 intro

[@goober27232]

That one sounded like the THX intro

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

now decompile them and have a TTS read the asm code and speed it up 1000x

[@nickcole3932]

the sven coop one is wild

[@thinkwave7801]

i really be watching this instead of revising English language paper 1

[@gergom.8310]

I'm about to do my finals in 1 month yet I'm here watching this

[@Soops_Moth]

I'm doing my finals in 2 weeks and I'm watching this and waiting for the ttyd remaster

[@JacobKinsley]

Long Eaton sofas

[@junedabat]

5:06 Literally a fog horn

[@batplaysstuff339]

u bat?

[@Vexcenot]

That's sounds nothing like him

[@junedabat]

@@batplaysstuff339 yes bat

[@junedabat]

@@Vexcenot Wdym him? I meant the object

[@hashvolting]

sven coop sounding lit

[@SonicMaster519]

Watching this makes me feel like that one zombie that stares at the flashing computer screen in Half Life.

[@mahuba2553]

pro tip: you can scroll through frames by using the < and > keys

[@jasevendor6939]

Wowza, great tip, it works and is cool! First time learning this!

[@eugeniaamariei8626]

If only such a thing was on the mobile phone app.

[@vladvdl]

This is hands-down one of the coolest things I have ever seen! Very cool! Also, I'm wondering if those "visible icons" are easter eggs or juts a file inside of it that gets registered. Btw, I'm your 500th sub! Hope you keep going! :D

[@marcinpl3157]

The icons are actually a part of regular windows executables, usually stored in several different sizes (32x32, 64x64, 128x128 etc.) and stored as bitmaps, that's why it's possible to see them in raw data.

[@logitchy]

​@@marcinpl3157so theyre physically embedded into the raw exe data?

[@MrD34DM4U5]

​​​​@@logitchy my guess is that they either get added during compliation (unlikely) or get stored in the file metadata (which is still part of the file's data) after compilation. they're definitely not being "coded in", though.

[@logitchy]

@@MrD34DM4U5 im mostly uneducated in exe compilation, since i have more experience in other things about computers. i think its the ico file encoding itself into the raw data/binary

[@MrD34DM4U5]

@@logitchy well "raw" could mean a lot of things. since a program is made of data, one could say the whole file from beginning to end including metadata/digital signatures is the "raw data". you could also say that the raw data is only the machine code. the icon is clearly embedded into the exe though. you can embed jpgs into .mp3 files so i guess it works in a similar way

[@promaster424]

The Portal 2 exe sounds strangely fitting

[@punishedkid]

Portal 2 sounds like its OST

[@SandwichGamesHeavy]

That one part?yes

[@ZanyCat]

Can't believe you would just upload copyrighted Valve files like this!

[@brightblackhole2442]

they were declassified sometime around 2022, as part of a re-classified government operation

[@predatortheme]

well its not usable since the compression kills it

[@biohazarddetected792]

i love hearing sounds like this randomly in gmod when i install or have some sort of mod that replaces sounds on a server that has a different replacement or normal sounds causing it to break

[@func_e]

this is the coolest thing I've seen done with the source engine

[@misshooman]

the ffmpeg garbled icons are actually so sick

[@petzouqi76]

That part of the binary waterfall in the executables where the icons are shown, those tunes sound great.

[@wirmaple7336]

petition for .exe audio representations to become the main genre for mainstream music

[@BaerBaresBears]

Underrated video, binary waterfall looks pretty cool.

[@Sandbowl]

i cannot believe i sat down and watched this entire video in complete awe at how beautiful this is.

[@rickyrodriguez4037]

The icon sections make sick synth sounds.

[@loraxlover5274]

Ah I can see why Valve is loved so much

[@aceinetcodesgood]

this is so underrated

[@skarano]

Let me hear you say one more time!

[@fourlionnn]

Perfect video as a background noise for a good sleep, thanks!

[@pavelr4381]

"That girl looks cute, I wonder what she listens to"

[@Sharp22CatFish]

Femtanyl be like:

[@Tape_Rewind]

@@Sharp22CatFishtrue

[@Sharp22CatFish]

@@Tape_Rewind true

[@Tape_Rewind]

@@Sharp22CatFish true

[@Sharp22CatFish]

@@Tape_Rewind true

[@CaptainBleysFire]

this is genuinely so interesting and i have no idea why

[@nx4184]

Thank you! I always wanted to know what OpenGL sounded like!

[@redlinq6159]

Time to learn more about interloper with this one 🔥🔥

[@McDucker]

instructions unlcear, my brain says "file corrupted, resetting"

[@MarkRosOfft]

oh i love that you made this

[@athrixxs]

4:41 goes incredibly hard

[@zye.]

3:08 Ahoy intros be like:

[@human_NT]

I listen to this at night so I can play my favorite gmod 24/7

[@kooly_cs]

Half-Life 2 icon sounds like brass section part at 0.25x speed

[@ineedanewusernameman]

this sounds like what robots would listen to on a daily basis and honestly the robots really do have quite good music choices

[@Wheagg]

Think it's pretty cool that the icons show up

[@CrazyDiamondo]

3:08 sick sound

[@Dustin-trustinO12]

wow, garrysmod sounds like a garrysmod

[@vxxmp1re]

wait he actually listened.. ty for the tf2 executable :3

[@electrovoyage.]

"every dream has a meaning" Meanwhile my dreams when i have them:

[@leoje1524]

It would be cool if this could be like a part of the interloper series, like anominade does this on all source games and in sven co-op and Portal RTX or Portal 2 he finds like weird shit and goes into a research on em

[@ZGD09]

4:45 this one was smooth asf

[@Toaster2thousand]

"Gordon doesn't need to hear this, he's a highly trained pro-" AKHDSUSODHASJDHBCNBYLJKBUOUGDWHBDSNXAJKLWZHFAHF

[@ey1535]

this really changed my perspective

[@colevilleproductions]

that was so much fun! I really get the hype behind half life now

[@tonydsoy]

gotta be honest this is the best video ever for your ears and eyes

[@zoeyuroboros5739]

i love how the hl2 icon sounds

[@The64Archives]

1:43 is so hilarious The way the logo just Supermans in

[@etzabo]

Memorizing every frame so that I can play Source games in my head.

[@ryanmapping7944]

at 5:24 the image's style surprisingly fits with the audio

[@user-gb7cl8np3p]

a while ago i opened windows 98 in audacity (kind of unrelated to the premise of this video) and found the startup sound in there. i felt so smart.

[@flintfrommother3gaming]

Why does Sven Coop go so hard tho 😭

[@0akWoodLog]

this is my comfort song

[@eui6221]

A new music genre the world is not ready for.

[@ToastToast]

I don't know what im looking at but I love it.

[@a_soulspark]

would be interesting to make an executable that is both functional and also looks normal in waterfall

[@agostonpahi3816]

its crazy how these random garbled sounds if put through the correct algorithm make a game

[@antisocialvigilante7697]

Funnily enough though these executables don't even contain the code of the games

[@cirst9395]

I love using MS-DOS for games, the mental control system is amazing! I can imagine what the speedrunners will do when they get this.

[@LambdaCreates]

I imagine this is what computers see, and their job is to remember the color of every pixel on every frame, and the audio value on every frame too, and they have to work with the whole thing as well to render and update the game every few milliseconds...

[@humanharddrive1]

first time hearing about a binary waterfall, they're kinda beautiful

[@arthurfordfunny]

I remember doing this on a windows 98 iso and getting actual sounds from the os out of it. Didn't think anybody else would do something like this lol

[@asbfabfoaijfo8]

Amazing raw

[@zbieramna250ksubow8]

This video made my eyes look like ptsd. And aldo it made me sneeze

[@pr0fitis0nline]

This new indie noise album sounds ear piercingly good

[@BigJickle]

Not really sure whata video like this would be for but whatever it is Im all for it

[@prim4147]

Its like they have their own „jingle“ at the end

[@pold111]

it makes sense that the icons are visible as the file header has that data

[@NobodyYouKnow01]

For all of the sudden patterns of clarity, I wonder how much further lossless compression could be done to make these smaller…

[@mjoldagg]

tyvm to this video because now i'm playing half life 1 and alien swarm with my friend by dreams

[@michuXYZ]

3:08 Bro the fact that even portal2 executable hit's different than other Valve games. Portal series are different kind.

[@ballade4259]

i love this video so much

[@soupcangaming662]

i feel like v1 from ultrakill would listen to this and download all the source games through his head

[@Sadguy85]

like music to my ears

[@user-he7wr6ny8e]

now I'll be able to play half life on chat gpt's voice interface, thanks

[@qbaczi6105]

I got a neuralink and I really enjoyed this, I know all the source games in minutes without even playing them

[@NikkiMcMistie]

uh thank you for this

[@williamroe8905]

sven coop grabled icon goes so hard

[@universe-breaker]

thanks for the unknown knowledge of the universe

[@elliesteele2027]

Idk what it says about me or even just Humanity as a whole that we can be entertained by random flashing lights and weird beeps.

[@onlyslightlybent]

Yep, seems about right.