Frequently asked questions
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Table of contents
General
| WelcomeToTASVideos | What is this site? How are these movies created? Why do you create them? |
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| Glossary | What is tool-assisted? TAS? What is a savestate? Emulator? And other terms, defined and explained. |
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| Helping | How can I help? Seeding, editing, donating, submitting movies. More details on this page. |
| Site History | The history of the TASVideos site. |
Emulators
| Emulator resources | All emulator related pages. |
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Playback
| Codec problems | Why is there sound but no video? Help with AVI file problems. |
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| Desync help | Why is movie playback broken? What does it mean when the movie desyncs? |
| Downloads | Summary and instructions on different kinds of downloads on this site. |
Movie making
| Boss fighting guide | Boss tactics. |
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| Common tricks | Some tricks that work in many games. Good general education. |
| Game resources | How does this glitch or trick work? Tricks, glitches, and password generators for Mario series, Mega Man series, Rygar, Metroid, Umihara Kawase, and others. |
| Generic tips | Beginners' guide for movie making. |
| Guidelines | What do we aim for? What should I try to accomplish in my movie? Guidelines for movie making. |
| Hex editing | How to edit early parts of the movie without destroying what comes after that (does not always work, though). |
| List of ideas | Any idea which movie I should create next? |
| Luck Manipulation | How to manipulate favorable outcomes in a game. |
| Memory search | How to find interesting values in the RAM and use them to your advantage. |
| Route planning | A small guide for the making of a route or course a game. |
| Rules | When making movies and submitting them, you must read this page first. |
| Submission instructions | How do I submit my movie? When submitting movies, read this page first. |
BitTorrent
| BitTorrent problems | BitTorrent does not work. Help! |
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| Helping | Which files need seeding the most? The page is updated every minute. |
| Why BitTorrent | How do I play a TORRENT file? Why is BitTorrent used? |
The TASVideos website
Contributing
| Log in problems | I cannot log in and/or submit movies. |
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| Editor guidelines | If you edit pages on this site, please read this page. |
| Encoder guidelines | This page explains how to make AVI files of the movies. If you want to help this site by creating AVI files, you should also read the Publisher guidelines. |
| Recent changes | An excellent resource to stay up-to-date in pages that need editing and submissions. |
| Full recent changes | A full version of Recent changes. Another excellent resource to stay up-to-date in pages that need editing and submissions. |
| Helping | How can I help? Seeding, editing, donating, submitting movies. More details on this page. |
| How to make PNG | This page helps creating and optimizing PNG files (screenshots). |
| Judge guidelines | If you are a judge, please read this page. Judges are users who decide which submissions are going to be accepted and which will be rejected. |
| Publisher guidelines | If you are a publisher on this site, please read this page. |
| Sand box | Any registered user can experiment with the site markup on this page. |
| Text formatting rules | This page explains how the markup used on this site works. Bold, italic, etc. We do not use html or bbcode here. |
| TODO | The TODO list of this site. |
Contacting
| Discussion forums | A place where to discuss things. |
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| Interviews | Archive of interviews. |
| IRC Channel | A place where to chat. |
Miscellaneous information
| Forum rules | The rules of the discussion forums. |
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| Links | Links to other websites. |
| Movie statistics | |
| TASVideoAgent | Our helpful robot. |
| Site technology | The technology behind this site. |
| TAS Snapshot | Snapshots of the entire site's content are available. |
| Users | The maintainers of this site. |
| Wiki orphans | Which pages are not linked to? |