AalSharp 1.0.1

.NET 10.0

dotnet add package AalSharp --version 1.0.1

NuGet\Install-Package AalSharp -Version 1.0.1

This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.

<PackageReference Include="AalSharp" Version="1.0.1" />

For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.

<PackageVersion Include="AalSharp" Version="1.0.1" />
                    

                            Directory.Packages.props

<PackageReference Include="AalSharp" />
                    

                            Project file

For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.

paket add AalSharp --version 1.0.1

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#r "nuget: AalSharp, 1.0.1"

#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.

#:package AalSharp@1.0.1

#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.

#addin nuget:?package=AalSharp&version=1.0.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Addin

#tool nuget:?package=AalSharp&version=1.0.1
                    

                            Install as a Cake Tool

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C# IO library for BARS and other AAL file formats.

Supports BARS v101 and AMTA v4.

Usage
- Reading a BARS File
- Writing a BARS File
Benchmarks
- Install
  - NuGet
  - Build From Source

Usage

Reading a BARS File

using AalSharp.Bars;

byte[] data = File.ReadAllBytes("path/to/file.bars");
var bars = BarsFile.FromBinary(data, out var endianness);

Writing a BARS File

using AalSharp.Bars;

// Write to a stream
using FileStream fs = File.Create("path/to/output.bars");
bars.Write(fs, Endianness.Little);

// Write to a byte[]
byte[] data = bars.ToBinary(Endianness.Little, endianness: Entish.Endianness.Little);

Writing to a pointer or Span<byte> can be done via the AalSharp.Bars.IO.BarsSerializer class

Benchmarks

Benchmarks for `BotW/Sound/Resource/M_SceneStatic.bars` (BotW 1.6.0 | 18.5 MB)

Method	Mean	Error	StdDev	Gen0	Gen1	Gen2	Allocated
Read	4.245 ms	0.1167 ms	0.3329 ms	1003.9063	941.4063	78.1250	18.34 MB
Write	8.929 ms	0.1780 ms	0.4161 ms	234.3750	156.2500	156.2500	19.38 MB
ToBinary	6.638 ms	0.1308 ms	0.2358 ms	359.3750	273.4375	273.4375	19.38 MB
SerializeNoAlloc	8.648 ms	0.1714 ms	0.3001 ms	78.1250	-	-	1.35 MB

Install

AalSharp

AalSharp.Bars

NuGet

Install-Package AalSharp
Install-Package AalSharp.Bars

Build From Source

git clone https://github.com/EPD-Libraries/AalSharp.git
dotnet build AalSharp
dotnet build AalSharp.Bars

Special thanks to Yannik Marchand (kinnay) for the research on the AAL file formats.

Product	Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET	net10.0 is compatible. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed.

Compatible target framework(s)

Included target framework(s) (in package)

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

net10.0
- Entish (>= 1.1.2)

NuGet packages (1)

Showing the top 1 NuGet packages that depend on AalSharp:

Package	Downloads
AalSharp.Bars IO library for the v101 BARS (Binary Audio Resources) and v4 AMTA (Audio Metadata) AAL file formats	146

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Version	Downloads	Last Updated
1.0.1	59	8/27/2026
1.0.0	114	7/31/2026