Posted: 6/4/2009 3:45 AM
Post subject: I accidentally overwrote my TAS
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BackwardLongJump
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so i was working on a tas of a Smash Bros. combo for a couple hours, and when i finished, i meant to click "start movie playback", but i clicked "start movie recording". i then clicked on my combo, thinking it was in the playback screen, but it overwrote all of my work is there any way to get it back? ps. i still have the savestates, and the original savestate that i recorded from, because it overwrote it as beginning from the start so basically, the .m64 file got saved over by a 2 second long video recorded from the start of the emulation any help or advice would be very appreciated
Posted: 6/4/2009 11:56 AM
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Try to load the savestate that closest to the end and just redo however much is left.
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Posted: 6/4/2009 10:17 PM
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oh, cool thanks ill try that! (i always make a savestate at the end of the movie!) edit: it didnt work. any time i tried to load the save, it would just start the savestate from the frame it was on, not the frame i originally made
Posted: 6/5/2009 1:50 AM
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I experienced this problem about a year ago also. Only thing you can do is making back-ups and be very careful when you want to play back your movies. I always check if it's the play-back or recording window I'm in after selecting in the menu.
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Posted: 6/5/2009 2:36 AM
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Then the savestate you made was never in the original movie. Try loading one that's close to the end.
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Posted: 6/5/2009 2:45 AM
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I'm pretty sure you completely overwrote the movie. If the movie file size is something like 10 kB or much less than it was before, you probably deleted it. When you clicked record movie, it basically started that filename over from scratch, I think. If the filesize is comparable to what it was, there may be some way to recover it. Alternatively, if you had made a savestate error, I'm quite sure you would've been able to recover most of your movie. I think all you can do is make more backups in the future as you progress, it's a good habit to get into.
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Posted: 6/5/2009 3:19 AM
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okay thanks for the help guys ill be more careful in the future, i guess the only way to improve is to fail... its not a big problem anyways, i can always redo it. :)