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Hi guys and gals, newbie here. I've been watching TAS videos for a while now and finally decided that I want to try it out. I'm currently playing Megaman X for the SNES on the emulator snes9x 1.5.2. When I finish my TAS, how do I convert the .smv file to an .avi/.mp4 file? I have tried looking and I haven't found anything. I appreciate the help, and I hope to be able to contribute to the forums one day!
hen I finish my TAS, how do I convert the .smv file to an .avi/.mp4 file? I have tried looking and I haven't found anything.
Wiki: EncodingGuide
The idea is to use the emulator video dumping to dump the video / audio of the run at the best possible quality and then compress that using lossy codecs.
Some useful codecs for dumping:
* Camstudio (Video)
* Lagarith (Video)
* Camtasia (Video)
* FFV1 (Video)
* ZMBV (Video)
* Uncompressed (a.k.a. PCM) (Audio)
Some useful encoders for encoding:
* x264 (h.264) (Video)
* Aotuv (Vorbis) (Audio)
* NeroAACEnc (AAC) (Audio)
Of course, for submitted TASes, encoders are there for doing just that (but it saves effort if the author can do it).
But the game you mentioned (SNES Mega Man X) has AFAIK quite high-quality runs, so it doesn't sound like good choice for first run for submission (of course, using it to learn TASing is fine).
Edit: Apparently most those runs are quite out of date (missing latest tricks). So if you think you can beat those, go for it.
1. Make sure your movie is beating the published movie.
2. Make sure you are using the re-recording version of Snes9x.
3. The .smv is not converted, its recorded. Also, you can submit without providing AVI. Encoders keep an eye on the WorkBench.
