eehehe... yeah.
Same old story, I've been busy, but.. PROGRESS!
First off, Thanks to Goober's sharp eyes, I simply had wrong filename refrences in my table, to the files in the VP, which was my main hangup in the first place, on the FS1 music package. In-game music does work now. At first, I was using a slightly older build, and the music would be cut off in the middle of the track. After Goober directed me to a particular bug in Mantis, I simply used a new build. Music plays properly now...
But... only on the first mission. Second mission, no music at all, in fact, M1's sountrack is the only one working in-game at the moment. Mainhall plays back, briefings play, but only the first mission actually has working music. I am currently using Goober's recent "Stable Branch"build. I tried what Goober suggested, taking the table from the FSPort and plugging it in with the new music VP. I have the results above. I'm using a bare-bones installation of FS2, with only the FSPort files in it's own directory. I've tried putting everything into root as well, and this doesn't change anything.
I should have some time this weekend to start uploading/creating the FLAC tracks. I'm hoping to have everything done soon. It's taken me more time than I thought since I've upgraded my computer again, running some sweet hardware, but has been pretty touchy out of the box.
And no news from Dan either on the missing Silent Threat material.. that though IS coming soon. I have faith in Dan to get these to us.