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Posted: 1/25/2016 12:33 PM

Post subject: Encoding PSX BIOS Sceen

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I am having some resolution issues when trying to encode Otoshock's PSX BIOS screen. When I try to append a segment it says that the resolution is different. What is the best settings to encode a PSX bios screen and the movie together?

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Posted: 1/25/2016 12:37 PM

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Stop ignoring my answers.

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I don't want to go through that hell again and teach you do things properly, because encoding bizhawk's psx is not as simple as you think.

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Posted: 1/25/2016 1:14 PM

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afaik Spline64Resize

Posted: 1/25/2016 6:42 PM

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So... this topic exists for no reason apparently to Sam?

'Cause, I asked a similar question to what you are doing now, the answer is in there. Sam"tastic" we (Publishers) aren't going to assist you anymore. You had us (fsvgm777, feos, Anty-Lemon, Guga, Sheela901 and Myself) do backflips for you, trying to figure out what you want to do. You ended up failing on us, wasting our (specifically fsvgm777) time, we're done.

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Posted: 1/28/2016 8:43 PM

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creaothceann wrote:

afaik Spline64Resize

I try using the resize methods, but then I get this annoying error when opening up this script in virtualdub. http://i63.tinypic.com/5v98rd.png It would be good to know how to fix this error so I won't need to ask again in the future.

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Posted: 1/28/2016 9:02 PM

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I have several video files at different resolutions. Then, the game which is movie_5 runs at 378:240. The BIOS screen is video_3 and that's at 660:480. Here's my script: http://pastebin.com/Me9eng4A

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Posted: 1/28/2016 9:09 PM

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AVISource("movie.avi", "movie_2.avi", "movie_3.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240)

While this line (Line 5) should work in theory, it actually doesn't. You have to individually source and resize each AVI before splicing them together.

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Posted: 1/28/2016 11:57 PM

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AVISource("movie.avi"  ).LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_3.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_4.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_5.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240)

Posted: 1/29/2016 8:42 AM

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creaothceann wrote:

Language: Avisynth
AVISource("movie.avi"  ).LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_3.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_4.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_5.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240)

I still get the same error.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 9:01 AM

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Samtastic wrote:

I still get the same error.

That's a lie, it actually works. How many video files do you have? What are the name of the avi files? Did you make sure to remove that original line that you had? Or are you just wasting our time again?

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Posted: 1/29/2016 9:09 AM

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Spikestuff wrote:

Samtastic wrote:
I still get the same error.
That's a lie, it actually works. How many video files do you have? What are the name of the avi files? Did you make sure to remove that original line that you had? Or are you just wasting our time again?

I have 8 files with the name movie, movie_2, movie_3 up to movie_8.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 9:16 AM

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I really don't want to be "that guy", but could you go to a DOS prompt, Sam, go to the directory where your files are stored, type "dir /p *.avi" and screen-cap the result?

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Posted: 1/29/2016 9:39 AM

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Invariel wrote:

I really don't want to be "that guy", but could you go to a DOS prompt, Sam, go to the directory where your files are stored, type "dir /p *.avi" and screen-cap the result?

Here's the result: http://i64.tinypic.com/29db9s5.png

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Posted: 1/29/2016 9:57 AM

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1) That image is huge. 2) That image includes a "movie_1.avi" that is not in your list of files to encode. 3) Spikestuff really wants you to answer his questions.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:02 AM

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Sam, stop embedding huge images!

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:19 AM

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Ok. I have updated the script to include the 9 movie files. Now it doesn't like line 14.

AVISource("movie.avi"  ).LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_1.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_3.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_4.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_5.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_6.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_7.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_8.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240)

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:20 AM

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Where did you learn to count?

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:23 AM

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feos wrote:

Where did you learn to count?

At school of course. I just need to know how to fix this error then I won't need to ask again. There should be a guide on the TASVideos Publication Manual on how to encode Bizhawk PSX for newcomers.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:24 AM

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Samtastic wrote:

There should be a guide on the TASVideos Publication Manual on how to encode Bizhawk PSX for newcomers.

Newcomers shouldn't touch it, just like they shouldn't touch doom.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:28 AM

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Samtastic wrote:

Ok. I have updated the script to include the 9 movie files. Now it doesn't like line 14.

AVISource("movie.avi"  ).LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_1.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_3.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_4.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_5.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_6.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_7.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_8.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240)

1) That's 10 files, not 9. 2) "movie_2.avi" is listed twice. 3) What is the exact error message you are now getting? "It doesn't like line xxx" tells us absolutely nothing.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:29 AM

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Mothrayas wrote:

Samtastic wrote:
Ok. I have updated the script to include the 9 movie files. Now it doesn't like line 14.
AVISource("movie.avi"  ).LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_1.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_2.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_3.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_4.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_5.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_6.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_7.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) +\
AVISource("movie_8.avi").LanczosResize(378, 240) 
1) That's 10 files, not 9. 2) "movie_2.avi" is listed twice. 3) What is the exact error message you are now getting? "It doesn't like line xxx" tells us absolutely nothing.

I'm getting the same error I was getting previous, "splice: video formats do not match."

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:53 AM

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This is probably going to eat up some time, but bear with me. According to your directory listing, movie_4.avi is the shortest video file you have there. I want you to try, in order, running the script with /ONLY/ movie_4 and each of the other eight files, one at a time, to see if they run. That is, I want you to do: movie.avi and movie_4.avi movie_1.avi and movie_4.avi movie_2.avi and movie_4.avi movie_3.avi and movie_4.avi movie_4.avi and movie_5.avi movie_4.avi and movie_6.avi movie_4.avi and movie_7.avi movie_4.avi and movie_8.avi At least one of those should fail with "splice: video formats do not match", and you will know at least one of the files that is not working in your script. This might mean you have to start the entire process over, if something is wrong with one of the files and you can't fix it, but you will know which part is wrong. (And if it turns out to be movie_4 that's causing the problem, well, that's just funny.)

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:58 AM

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Invariel wrote:

This is probably going to eat up some time, but bear with me. According to your directory listing, movie_4.avi is the shortest video file you have there. I want you to try, in order, running the script with /ONLY/ movie_4 and each of the other eight files, one at a time, to see if they run. That is, I want you to do: movie.avi and movie_4.avi movie_1.avi and movie_4.avi movie_2.avi and movie_4.avi movie_3.avi and movie_4.avi movie_4.avi and movie_5.avi movie_4.avi and movie_6.avi movie_4.avi and movie_7.avi movie_4.avi and movie_8.avi At least one of those should fail with "splice: video formats do not match", and you will know at least one of the files that is not working in your script. This might mean you have to start the entire process over, if something is wrong with one of the files and you can't fix it, but you will know which part is wrong. (And if it turns out to be movie_4 that's causing the problem, well, that's just funny.)

The error comes up when movie_2 and movie_4 are combined.

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Posted: 1/29/2016 10:59 AM

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Any other times?

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