Posted: 8/3/2014 12:50 AM
Post subject: Movie editting on BizHawk
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Odongdong
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Hi, I want to edit the BizHawk movie a little so that I can correct the small mistake. I could do the trick with .bkm extension by opening it on Notepad+, but not anymore on .bk2 extension. Word processor doesn't read it properly. What am I supposed to do here?
Posted: 8/3/2014 1:00 AM
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http://tasvideos.org/Bizhawk/BK2Format.html
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Posted: 8/3/2014 1:01 AM
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Buddybenj
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The movie is compressed using a .zip file renamed to a .bk2, right click on the file and choose to open in any archiver you have (I recommend 7-zip). http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/BK2Format.html
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Posted: 8/3/2014 12:20 PM
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Odongdong
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I got it, thanks for giving a help guys.
Posted: 9/17/2014 12:59 PM
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TheReflexWonder
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I am currently trying to edit an SNES .bk2 input file. I can unzip and edit it, but I don't know how to save/archive the new file(s) so that it will play back. Can I get some help here?
Posted: 9/17/2014 1:00 PM
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If you are using 7z (recommended), just drag and drop the edited file back into the archive
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Posted: 9/17/2014 6:05 PM
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What should I be using to open it? If I use Notepad, the file is saved as a .txt file (rather than as a...well, a file; there's no extension listed for Input Log, Comments, etc.), and as far as I can tell (I'm not very computer-literate), opening the .bk2 files breaks it apart, and simply zipping it back up and changing the file type doesn't make it run as a movie.
Posted: 9/17/2014 6:08 PM
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adelikat
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1) Use the latest BizHawk (1.8.1) and those files will have .txt extension. 2) You don't know how to control the file extension? really? That is more of a computer literacy issue, no offense. 3) Use Notepad++ and you will be a much happier person 4) Enable the display of file extensions in windows explorer and you will be a much happier person.
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Posted: 9/17/2014 6:15 PM
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TheReflexWonder
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Downloading that now; I should've checked that, for sure. My mistake. I know how to control the file extension when I'm saving a file, but I don't know how to keep it extension-less (or, at least, that's what those files suggest when I check the properties immediately after extracting from the .bk2; I don't actually know what that means) after saving an edit on Notepad. Either way, no offense taken; I'm the one having problems, so that's clearly my bad.
Posted: 9/17/2014 6:16 PM
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When saving a file in notepad or just about any other app, simply pick "all files" instead of "text files" in the dropdown when saving. But you will be getting notepad++ which means you won't have that problem anyway
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Posted: 9/17/2014 6:21 PM
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TheReflexWonder
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I thought that specific drop-down option was only for locating any and all existing files in a folder, not for saving as an extension-less file. I learned something important today. Thanks for bearing with me; just got the most updated BizHawk and Notepad++; hopefully I'll be able to make something happen now. EDIT: Heck yeah, I'm in there. On with the show.
Posted: 9/17/2014 7:13 PM
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Posted: 9/18/2014 4:11 AM
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TheReflexWonder
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This will sound like a stupid question, but, how do I play a movie back, add extra inputs afterward (as in, continue working on the movie), and then save it? Using the Read+Write option doesn't seem to let it play back correctly the next time I open the file. I don't know how it was working fine before, but now one of my savestates causes the game to crash, presumably because it is ahead of where the movie is, even though that shouldn't be a problem...?
Posted: 9/18/2014 8:23 AM
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Scepheo
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Open in Read Only mode, play back to where you want to continue. Pause, save a state, toggle to Read+Write and load the state again. Save states contain the entire movie file up till then (to ensure a certain feature called bullet-proof rerecording; look it up), I presume some sort of mismatch in this data causes problems when you try to load your old state.