Emulator Resources
Tool-assisted movies require special emulators that support rerecording. Without these, TASVideos would not exist.
The majority of rerecording emulators are third-party modifications of existing open-source emulators. In most cases, only these rerecording emulators can play and make TASes, and not the official emulator. All .7z archives can be decompressed using 7zip or WinRAR.
Movie files are nothing more than a recording of input. They do not contain image or video data. All movies are highly dependent on the timing and the slightest difference may cause a desync. All movie format specifications can be found here.
Preferred Emulators
| System | Emulator | Movie Format |
|---|---|---|
| NES | FCEUX | FM2 |
| SNES | Snes9x | SMV |
| Master System | Dega | MMV |
| Genesis | Gens | GMV |
| GBx/GBA | Visual Boy Advance | VBM |
| Nintendo 64 | Mupen64 | M64 |
| Playstation | PCSX | PXM |
| Arcade/Neo Geo | Final Burn Alpha | FBM |
| TG-16/(multi)[1] | Mednafen | MCM |
| Nintendo DS | DeSmuME | DSM |
| Saturn | Yabause | YMV |
Accepted but Not Preferred Emulators
Obsoleted Emulators (Not Allowed Anymore)
| System | Emulator | Movie Format |
|---|---|---|
| NES | Famtasia | FMV |
Using Emulators
- Using: Instructions on how to perform common tasks on different emulators. For more specifications, see each emulator's Google Code page.
- Encoding AVI: Instructions on how to create an AVI recording from different emulators, and encode the AVI. (You do not need this for submitting movies.)
Development
- Desired features: Lists emulator features wished by users, and compares the features of different emulators.
- Development: List information about source code projects, how to compile, and how to contribute to emulator development.
- Grrl: A project for a Linux version of Gens.
- Potential emulators: List of ideas for developers. Lists non-approved open source emulators with links and status of their development.
- TASVideos Requirements: Lists emulator features required by this site.
- Emulator task list: open development tasks for emulators in use on the site.
[1]: Mednafen supports all flavors of TurboGrafx/PC-Engine, including CD-ROM. It also supports Lynx, Neo Geo Pocket/Color, and Wonderswan/Color. It also supports PC-FX, but only for the Linux version.
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