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Ffmpeg was updated to latest stable version. This fixed a bug in Windows where the bitrate settings didn't affect the quality of the dumped video.
To account for this, I added a new configuration option in the GFX ini called BitrateKbps. To get the best quality out of XviD encodes, set this to some really high number like 50000 (it won't actually do 50000kbps, it just puts it in a really high quality profile).
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The first ending (the one you get in the TAS) can happen on any level? Or does it only happen on the last level? If it happens on any level, then it doesn't complete the game.
For language differences, we generally prefer US versions of games unless there are version specific glitches and tricks, such as Ultra Hammer Early in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
We have our movies rules page, which explains our general guidelines for a TAS to be submitted at TASVideos.
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It's definitely a lot better compared to when it was originally considered for BizHawk. I was attempting to add re-recording support myself, but it turned out to be too much of a challenge for myself to complete.
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On BizHawk, I started using TAStudio for THPS2, and I really like using it. For emulators that don't have something like TAStudio, I just use a controller with specific hotkeys bound.
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It's very trivial to TAS. The game is literally press the Story mode button in the menu and end input. Game completes itself without any interaction (except to keep the wiimote from disconnecting).
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An official Discord channel has been created. However, it's not a replacement for the TASVideos IRC, it's simply an alternative.
Only the TASVideoAgent is mirrored from IRC, no IRC mirroring between the Discord channel and IRC is being done.
The TASVideos IRC channel is still the preferred and recommended way to communicate with other members of the site.
Invite link: https://discord.gg/GySG2b6
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For savestates with movie recording/playback, the two files created are foo.dtm and foo.dtm.sav. Both should be shared together if playback is to be achieved, and must be in the same folder.
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No, the original boot up can cause epileptic seizures because it's a lot of flashing colours. Because of that, it's edited to prevent possible seizures.