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Dammit Epic, I dump the whole dang movie and find that you're making an encode already.
I'll be making the point based HD encode.
Oh, and, Yes vote for being an improvement on the previous run.
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Whatever happened to the enthusiasm of an exclamation mark?
Here, let me reword it for you.
Congratulations Mukki, on becoming a new Judge for TASVideos! :3
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This works both ways, I tend to ignore things that are megathreads because the quality is usually low.
But considering this is TASVideos, I don't really expect so much low quality stuff, heh.
This is pretty self explanatory.
Flood protection on the forums would be nice.
According to Grunt, there is a 10 second flood protection, but I don't think it's working too well.
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I really wouldn't trust ZSNES for TASing related purposes, as much as I love it over the alternative general purposes SNES emulators.
For SNES emulation and TASing, we highly recommend the rerecording branch of SNES9x. I personally suggest using 1.51 myself.
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May it be filled with goodness and happiness!
I have no idea what the rule about Birthday topics is.
Ignore the Tweaker part, it turns out they happen to share a birthday, as Wilon and I accidentally found out.
And yes, Alexra and Wilon are the same person.
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I've ended up thinking about it for a while, and decided to go for the _288, _480, ect suffix's for the sake of universal consistency.
I had considered suggesting a _scaled suffix, but ended up determining that it would have been too confusing.
This topic was made due to irrational behavior on my part, I apologize to any parties that were pissed off due to my behavior.
Also, Grunt's page is a better idea.
I admit I am a stubborn bastard.
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If PC TASing was ever invented, there'd probably be less fuss.
Unless someone makes a 'no TASing an emulator inside an emulator' rule, unless one already exists. I recall mention of TASing SMS games using a GBA based emulator before Dega was able to be used for TASing related purposes.
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On a side note, this would be a nice TAS to see a 30fps blended HQx HD encode made for. Mister Epic, if you get the spare time, would you be able to generate one?
Be sure to apply the HQx filtering before the frame blending, if you do decide to do this. :3
This upload should finish in 7 hours
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I'm not sure if I'll be able to, the filesize could be prohibitive (My Mother has a really bad upload cap, and HD encodes chew it like Locusts in a Sugarcane field).
A good YouTube video downloader should support downloading the Original mode video file, however.
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DDRKhat wrote:
Flygon wrote:
I'm going to attempt a HD encode of this, but I really really really really cannot promise anything, even for a movie this short. It's really too damn fast paced.
My youtube has a HD encode of it. (See 720p due to YouTube's uploading limitation AT THE TIME it was posted)
Our HD encodes operate differently.
Mine are created with the intent of avoiding the visual anomalies associated with the Chroma subsampling that YV12 reduction induces... yours seems to be in it for the bonus bitrate.
Though, this also means that my HD encodes need to be viewed at a higher resolution because YouTube is honestly, retarded. That, and the encode I am making is being designed with the flickering in mind, which is why it's actually taking so long to encode, because the added blur increases the bitrate exponentially (And the time needed additionally).
So far, the encode's bitrate is only going at half of the YouTube cap, which is good (The cap, as far as I am aware, is 30 megabits a second for 1080p videos, I've not tested for Original mode videos yet).
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I remember trying to play this hack when it was released. I was too crap at it to do a decent job of it, heh. It's a wonderful hack technically, enough so to actually make me feel very uneasy inside.
I'm going to attempt a HD encode of this, but I really really really really cannot promise anything, even for a movie this short. It's really too damn fast paced.
I place a Yes vote for it being a technical demonstration of what can be done. Though, unfortunately, I do see this being ultimately rejected... unless precedent is broken, anyway.
Also, suggested screenshot below:
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sgrunt wrote:
Suggesting that something else now constitutes "high quality" discourages our normal encoding efforts and suggests that there's something inherently low quality with our stock encoding process.
Considering the amount of time it takes to create a HQ encode, there isn't really any discouraging going on. People are still far more focused on making SD encodes, from what I've seen.
Also, semi-related; Grunt and I have been working on rewriting the Encoding Quality page and... have hit a snag. We both have editions of the page, and sort of need the audience to decide which is more relevant, especially encoders.
My editionGrunt's edition
Personally, I far prefer a categorical system due to the fact that... it's categorical. Lacking categories could confuse people as to what's which.
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Just a quick question for TASVideos members out there, would you prefer that High Quality encodes have the _highquality convention that Earthbound Zero or follow the same convention as non-high quality encodes published so far, such as _1344 in the case of Sonic 3 and Knuckles newgame+.
This'd be a poll, but publishers can't make them in the Sites forum.
Also, yes, Grunt and I are arguing again. I'm personally siding with _highquality.
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Link to videoArchive collectionArchive download
I've also created an experimental ZMBV based encode, due to incompatibilities with MKV (!), I've had to package it inside an AVI file. Good think I know how to make MP3 files. Anyway, this encode is not to be published, due to seeking errors, inability to set the aspect ratio inside the AVI file. Shame, because it's lossless, RGB based, and has an incredibly low bitrate.
Click here to download it
I'll be investigating 100% lossless RGB codecs, mainly to find one that is designed for 2D based imagery, and can be packaged into an MKV.
May it be filled with goodness and happiness!
I have no idea what the rule about Birthday topics is.
Ignore the Tweaker part, it turns out they happen to share a birthday, as Wilon and I accidentally found out.
And yes, Alexra and Wilon are the same person.
