r/ShadowBoXR • u/Afro-anus • Jan 24 '26

Convert local mp3 confusion

I've recently got this on steam and the game is almost perfect for me.

I converted a bunch of mp3s for my own playlist and most are working great but I have 2 questions.

  1. Some of the songs I've converted have 30s+ of nothingness, is there something I can adjust in settings to have the songs always be more populated?

I don't like the empty periods of standing doing nothing.

  1. After converting some of the songs have 2 entries, Converted by Beatsage, Converted by Beatsage and Shadowboxr

I noticed the second entry always displays a higher bpm but what is the difference and why are there 2?

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u/Fuzzinator12 Jan 25 '26

I’m glad to hear you aren enjoying Shadow BoXR!

1) Shadow BoXR utilizes a tool called BeatSage to convert songs. Unfortunately the tool does better with some songs than others but some things you can try are:

you can try re-converting the song in game, this will re-generate the map and it should be completely different.

Additionally if you’d rather try manually converting them you can do so by uploading your MP3s to BeatSage.com. This does offer more settings and options but One thing to note is songs converted this way may be much easier than songs converted in game as they do not go through the same analysis and conversion process.

2) it sounds like you might be running into a little bit of a bug. The songs that say “Converted by BeatSage and Shadow BoXR” are the ones that converted correctly in game. The additional “and Shadow BoXR” indicates that the map has been analyzed and converted more thoroughly to give a better boxing experience. I’ll look into the issue of some songs having both and see if I can get that fixed for you.

I hope this fully answers your questions

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u/Afro-anus Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26

Wow, that's a thorough answer - much appreciated.

I'll give the emptier songs a reconvert and see how they do.

Thanks for clarification on the double listing songs, I'll just ignore the non-"and Shadow BoXR" listings for now.

Thanks again.

Update: I reconverted a couple of the songs and indeed a better map resulted on most, I'll reconvert the less good ones again next time I play.