Posted: 3/20/2012 6:19 AM
Post subject: Attention Linux Users!
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Brandon
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No, we haven't made a Linux version yet. As you may know, I've been working on MovieImport.cs for the majority of my time with BizHawk, making importers for various movie types to export them to a .tas format. I have mostly finished it, but although ImportMCM supports PCE and NES, there are 4 platforms, SMS, Game Gear, GB, and GBA, that are supported by both Mednafen and BizHawk. As such, I'm hoping to modify my function to support movie files created in Mednafen on those platforms, regardless of how useful such a feature would be. The problem is that these platforms are only supported by the Linux version of Mednafen. As such, I am requesting that an experienced Linux user compile Mednafen(-rr), and record a movie file for each platform. The game doesn't matter, but you should press each button for a second, one at a time, and then complete part of the game (Perhaps the first level). Then, send me the movie files and the order you pressed the first buttons in. This allows me to see if the keys I import match up as well as test if the movie will actually sync. Let me know if you're up to the task! Thanks! Edit: It appears that regular Mednafen doesn't create "valid" .MCM files. Mednafen-rr might, though there's a possibility that the format is completely different for Linux, at which point this converter would probably be a waste of time.
All the best, Brandon Evans
Posted: 3/20/2012 7:43 PM
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turska
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I'd gladly share tales of strife and the blinding fury of a thousand suns, but the executive summary is that no revision of mednafen-rr can be built on Linux. Kiss your PC-FX TASes goodbye, gentlemen.
Posted: 3/21/2012 3:53 AM
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zeromus
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mednafen did change its file format at some point. im not well versed on the subject but i think theres a chance that mednafen now uses a different format than it did when mednafen-rr was branched. I dont know anything about mednafen-rr but plain mednafen doesnt have platforms that only work in linux. why does not having a mednafen-rr linux build mean your pc-fx tases must be kissed goodbye? isnt there wine or something?
Posted: 3/21/2012 3:59 AM
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Brandon
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I'm confused...if plain Mednafen doesn't have platforms that only work on Linux, what version supports the platforms mentioned? Do any of them use the same .MCM format? What a mess...
All the best, Brandon Evans
Posted: 3/21/2012 4:05 AM
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mednafen-0.9.19-wip-win32
Posted: 3/21/2012 4:49 AM
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You don't need to be an "experienced" linux user to do what you are asking... get a livecd, download, compile and run? About as easy as using a Windows installer and having it spew crap all over the place, only without the spewing by default.
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