(old) ZMV to AVI video conversion [[archive me]]

Post by **Nach** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:14 pm

Welcome to page 8.

To record a video you need one of the latest work in progress builds of ZSNES. Get them here: http://zsnes.ipherswipsite.com/

You will need a copy of mencoder. For Windows users, I recommend getting mencoder here: http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php
Place mencoder.exe in the same location as zsnesw.exe, you do not need any codecs or other movie programs installed.
Linux users, having mencoder in your path is fine.

If you want to compress the outputted audio, or compress it before it goes into the video as opposed to during, you will need a copy of LAME.
If you use Windows, you must get LAME from here: http://geocities.com/joecool22us/lame.zip
Any other copy of LAME for Windows will not work due to a bug in LAME.

Before you are able to dump an AVI, you must have recorded a movie first, it converts movies, it does not just dump video on the fly.

To play back movies, you'll either need the proper codecs or a video player with built in decoding of the video mode you selected.
I recommend getting mplayer which decodes anything created with mencoder. For Windows, you can get mplayer here: http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php You can download the GUI version.

Advanced users can edit zmovie.cfg and tweak the settings if they want, and even use something other than mencoder and LAME as long as it supports encoding via stdin and you set it up properly.

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Remember, mencoder from the site I linked offers bleeding edge x264 encoding (builds are generally never more than 3 weeks old). Most H.264 decoders aren't up to date.

MPlayer, MEncoder, and VLC though use up to date copies of FFMPEG and can decode new stuff too.

Aekeron · Post by **Aekeron** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:14 pm

http://ffdshow.faireal.org/#ffdshow

Installed and it plays perectly in MPC.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:15 pm

so you also experienced problems with mpc and these video dumps?

ffdshow screwed up m43 encoded movies on my pc... so i dont use it. (m43 i think is mp4)

Aekeron · Post by **Aekeron** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:23 pm

I don't normally use it (I use VLC for all my video playback) but I thought I'd give it a try given the problems that you've had.

No doubt it is as Nach has said - your installed codecs (which MPC uses and VLC doesn't) aren't up to date enough to play the files correctly.

If you're *really* opposed to using updated ffdshow stuff, maybe you could try an older version of mencoder? I wouldn't really expect everyone else to follow suit though ;p And I suspect Nach will still recommend the latest mencoder (as would I).

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:25 pm

i may stick to vlc (for h264 and x264 files)... as it fixes desyncing in the avi files. (some stuff was being skipped thus causing the video to go haywire but vlc plays it fine)

ffdshow replaced my m43 codec with a screwed one so most programs displayed it incorrectly... k-lite mega pack doesnt have this issue so i use it instead.

- thanks nach, aerkeron and grinvader... for all your help on this issue.

KingHanco · Post by **KingHanco** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:54 pm

I download the zsnesw-mov.zip and replace the old one with this.

Back to normal on the "dump movie" and fixs.

Btw: I forgotting to download the mplayer with the font. I download the mplayer-p4-cvs-20060306.zip and fixs the font reading problem.

kieran_ · Post by **kieran_** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:07 pm

VLC is the only player that plays these back for me.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:30 pm

thats correct herzog... must be a slightly newer format of the h264 codec encoder... meaning newer decoder required to watch them.

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:43 pm

h264, x264, etc. play fine in ZoomPlayer too. Love it. BSPlayer to a degree, but I've had troubles getting subtitles to work.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:37 am

when buziol games get there videos back online... you can see that they dont play correct in vlc... yet they play fine in mpc with k-lite mega codec pack.

buziol games videos are recorded in m43 format.

eyebrowsoffire · Post by **eyebrowsoffire** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:32 am

I'm getting a "Broken Pipe" error when trying to dump video. Anyone else?

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:57 am

broken pipe! what the hell is that... never ever heard of such an error message.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:02 am

franpa_9 wrote:broken pipe! what the hell is that... never ever heard of such an error message.

This is a error message found on a Linux system (he's referring to ZSNES's SDL port).

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:09 am

oh... thanks... goes to show i never used linux.

Post by **Nach** » Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:02 pm

eyebrowsoffire wrote:I'm getting a "Broken Pipe" error when trying to dump video. Anyone else?

Latest CVS?

You have mencoder? LAME?
Which options did you check?

eyebrowsoffire · Post by **eyebrowsoffire** » Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:02 am

Nach wrote:
eyebrowsoffire wrote:I'm getting a "Broken Pipe" error when trying to dump video. Anyone else?
Latest CVS?

You have mencoder? LAME?
Which options did you check?

Hmmm....CVS... I have the latest mencoder rpm package for Fedora Core 4. I guess I'll go install CVS. Thanks.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:00 pm

just had to say this... latest version of media player classic has solved all issues ive experienced in playing movies. (it now plays movies made by zsnes)

KingHanco · Post by **KingHanco** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:55 pm

I wonder it is bug free? http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html

Post by **Nach** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 3:46 am

Don't know what happened to ipher, we could use an update here.

http://nsrt.edgeemu.com/zsnesw-mov.zip

I made it easier to figure out the audio options.
I also made the default compress AVIs better (delete zmovie.cfg to get defaults).

Let me know how it is.

KingHanco · Post by **KingHanco** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:15 am

Thanks for this wip release.

Nach, can you tell me why the sounds are low on ZSNES and high on the AVI? I had to turn down my WinAmp alittle which it is turn all the way up. ZSNES is max at 100%. Just wondering.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:02 am

thanks... makes it a ton more obviouse and easier to manage.

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:49 am

KingHanco wrote:Thanks for this wip release.

Nach, can you tell me why the sounds are low on ZSNES and high on the AVI? I had to turn down my WinAmp alittle which it is turn all the way up. ZSNES is max at 100%. Just wondering.

Check your advanced volume controls in windows.

Post by **Nach** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:55 am

KingHanco wrote:Thanks for this wip release.

Nach, can you tell me why the sounds are low on ZSNES and high on the AVI? I had to turn down my WinAmp alittle which it is turn all the way up. ZSNES is max at 100%. Just wondering.

Don't know about volume issues, however ZSNESW and ZSNES SDL do not output thier sound correctly. WAV writing does have proper output.

franpa_9 wrote:thanks... makes it a ton more obviouse and easier to manage.

No problem, I was hoping that'd be the case.

Anyone notice an improvement on file sizes when using XviD or x264 with new defaults?

KingHanco · Post by **KingHanco** » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:47 pm

Hyos wrote:
KingHanco wrote:Thanks for this wip release.

Nach, can you tell me why the sounds are low on ZSNES and high on the AVI? I had to turn down my WinAmp alittle which it is turn all the way up. ZSNES is max at 100%. Just wondering.
Check your advanced volume controls in windows.

I have those max out long time ago. No need to check.

Nach wrote:Don't know about volume issues, however ZSNESW and ZSNES SDL do not output thier sound correctly. WAV writing does have proper output.

Ok.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:26 am

Anyone see how much smaller AVIs are with the new zmovie.cfg defaults now?

BTW, I notice that if you download ffdshow, and in it's decoder options, you set H264 decoding to ffdshow, Windows Media Player, Virtual Dub, and other VFW codec using programs will decode x264 encoded movies properly.

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