Posted: 7/3/2005 8:43 PM
Post subject: Snes9x Recording questions
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Tailz
Former player
Joined: 7/2/2005
Posts: 309
Location: Baltimore, MD
Ok, I've been watching Bisqwit's and Arc's videos for a while now and I finally decided to try and make one of my own. I read the rules, guidelines, submission faqs, etc. etc. My problem is actually recording the video. The game I chose to make a run of is Jurassic Park for the SNES. I chose it because it's a fun game that I'm familiar with and it hasn't been done yet. I'm using SNES9X which has it's own recording capabilities, yet I keep reading about how people are using other programs to record the movies. Do I use the emulator to record it or one of the programs I've seen people mention, like "Camtasia" or "FRAPS"? Another thing I'm confused with is rerecording. I understand the logic behind it, but how does it actually work? I've tried saving a state and loading it while the emulator was recording, but it simply recorded me saving and loading the state over and over again. Can someone please help this newbie out? [EDITED By Bisqwit: - Changed topic title to "snes9x recording questions" (Was: Newbie help) - Moved to Snes9x Q&A forum (was: General) ]
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Posted: 7/3/2005 8:47 PM
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Bob_Whoops
Former player
Joined: 3/19/2004
Posts: 710
Location: USA
Don't worry about turning it into a video. Someone from the site will take care of it. And if you can't get rerecording to work, I suggest you reread the FAQ.
Posted: 7/3/2005 8:48 PM
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DeHackEd
Emulator Coder, Site Developer, Former player
Joined: 11/6/2004
Posts: 833
The latest snes9x has a built in "movie" function. It saves to .SMV files. This is what you'll record with. Your state loading will be reduced to a count of the number of times you've done it (the "rerecord count"). If you're recording, then pressing load-state should give the message "Movie rerecorded" instead of "Loaded ......". Similarly, save-states will give a different HUD message. Production of an AVI comes at the end and is done by one of the encoders if the community thinks your movie is worth publishing. Don't even look at AVI making at this point.
Posted: 7/3/2005 9:30 PM
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Tailz
Former player
Joined: 7/2/2005
Posts: 309
Location: Baltimore, MD
Ah, ok. Thanks.
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