Posted: 3/9/2005 6:01 PM
Post subject: how easy to add author info?
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georgexi
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i'm in the process of recording a movie but i forgot to put my name in the "Author's Info" section of the movie. i am familiar with hex editing so i figured i could hex my name into the file. i looked at the smv layout in the FAQ but couldn't find anything mentioning the "Author Info". i've already invested many hours into the movie and would prefer not to restart if i can avoid it. anyone know how to do this?
Posted: 3/9/2005 6:04 PM
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Zurreco
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Author info really doesn't matter. Just change the filename and put your tag in there. I'm fairly sure that a decent portion of the submitters to this site dont even interact with the 'author' boxes. However, if you really want to fix this, I am pretty sure you can just edit the header with hex. Someone else can help you there: I am an idiot.
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Posted: 3/9/2005 6:23 PM
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OmnipotentEntity
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If you decide to hex it, remember to change the offsets.
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Posted: 3/9/2005 7:07 PM
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georgexi
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OmnipotentEntity wrote:
If you decide to hex it, remember to change the offsets.
thats the problem.. i dont even know where to hex edit :/ but after thinking about it further, i'm not gonna worry about it too much. if it's easy to do, i'll do it. if not, meh :)
Posted: 3/10/2005 3:15 PM
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Highness
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Coulden't you just start a new record with your author info included and then copy/paste the hex code from the current file to the new one?
Posted: 3/10/2005 6:09 PM
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Bag_of_Magic_Food
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Yeah, heh, I did something like that when I realized my Eggerland: Meikyuu no Fukkatsu movie had no author information. I just had to make sure the offsets were still correct...
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Posted: 3/10/2005 7:24 PM
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OmnipotentEntity
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And don't forget to edit the number of frames back in. As well as the number of rerecords (if you care about that). EDIT: do != don't
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Posted: 3/10/2005 7:30 PM
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Bag_of_Magic_Food
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Yeah. Luckily I didn't have to worry about that, since I was just editing the existing header in that one spot, based on what I saw in another movie.
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