I've heard about certain videos being submitted, but they never appear. Snake Rattle n Roll was submitted, but day after day goes by and it never appears. Battletoads Single Player, The Legend of Zelda II (even though I eventually found it elsewhere).
Is the site admin viewing them and tossing them out?
I'm sorry that some of us don't have infinitely free time.
I'm maintaining the site on my free time as my hobby.
I have about 30 movies currently in queue, and I'm holding them because I'm developing the new site that will also have a place for SNES and Genesis movies and user-editable pages/entries.
Handling the movies takes time. Just learn to wait. :)
I'm sorry that some of us don't have infinitely free time.
I'm maintaining the site on my free time as my hobby.
I have about 30 movies currently in queue, and I'm holding them because I'm developing the new site that will have a place for also SNES and Genesis movies and user-editable pages/entries.
Handling the movies takes time. Just learn to wait. :)
Can you please put up Snake Rattle n Roll and Battletoads Single Player? I've been coming back several times a day hoping to see them. :(
Can you please put up Snake Rattle n Roll and Battletoads Single Player? I've been coming back several times a day hoping to see them. :(
Battletoads is now there (no video, sorry).
Snake Rattle'n Roll will be handled and reviewed when it's its time. Sorry.
Regarding Zelda 2, I have published all Zelda 2 movies that have been submitted. What do you mean? Have you read this discussion?
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i'm working hard on making a good battletoads video using techsmitch codec or anything as close to lossless as possible, if i get a good result i'll send to bisqwit. i already have a movie with perfect quality + well synced sound, but it's almost 300 mb. running at 30 fps.
I'm sorry that some of us don't have infinitely free time.
I'm maintaining the site on my free time as my hobby.
I have about 30 movies currently in queue, and I'm holding them because I'm developing the new site that will also have a place for SNES and Genesis movies and user-editable pages/entries.
Handling the movies takes time. Just learn to wait. :)
do you think you can release a list of movies that are in queue say...weekly or something?
The video is what I am looking for. SOmeone should make a sticky note on here that says:
FMV DOES NOT WORK ON NON-WINDOWS SYSTEMS AND NOT EVERYONE LEGALLY OWNS THE ROMS.
That would justify the existence of the AVIs that so many people seem to oppose. It's so frustrating when we plead for an AVI only to hear the same two replies:
"AVI is too big!" and "Get the FMV".
We know that AVI's are large. Me? I don't care about the size. You can always put up a smaller version when you achieve it. Just put up anything. :( AVI's are the only option for non-Windows users and people that do not legally own the ROM.
Snake Rattle'n Roll will be handled and reviewed when it's its time. Sorry.
What sort of bandwidth does being a torrent tracker for these things take?
I haven't measured, but it has never disturbed me. It could be less than 2 kB/s by average.
But seeding takes as much bandwidth as you can spare. Anyone can seed.
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what codec should i use for making the movie then? i have a mpeg movie already it's slightely above 100 mb, but bisqwit didn't answer my offering the file. it's quality is far from perfect though...
What sort of bandwidth does being a torrent tracker for these things take?
I haven't measured, but it has never disturbed me. It could be less than 2 kB/s by average.
But seeding takes as much bandwidth as you can spare. Anyone can seed.
I have a machine that can host these. Perhaps as a mirror. The machine has been up for years as a personal mail and web server on a fast connection. WHat sort of space would it need for all the movies?
Nrg's quick guide to video compression!
Generally, when I compress videos I've recorded, I use 2-pass DivX video with mp3 audio. Virtualdub and Goldwave are the utilities I use to handle this.
From the source mpeg, you can open it directly in Goldwave, then you can just go and choose Save As.. and choose the mp3 encoding you want.
For the video, you open the source again in Virtualdub, and pick the DivX compression, head to the advanced config and choose multipass, 1st pass. Audio won't be converted. Save as AVI.. choose a filename. Then when it's done we change the config to multipass, n-th pass, and save as AVI, using the same filepath.
Close the mpeg, open the new avi, get the wave file for audio, and get the option to match framerate to audio. Save as our final avi, and it's done!
Of course... this may not be the preferred method for everyone, but :/ whatever.
For video: Like I said and resaid , I prefer XviD which is FREE. It is more configurable.
For audio: I use fastenc, which is FREE too.It creates a .mp3 file.Which is not correct for VirtualDub.You need to change the header to wav.For that I use Wavemp3 which is FREE too.
For sure I use VirtualDub, FREE.
DivX and Goldwave aren't FREE.
Btw FODA , the movies must be at 60 fps, not 30.
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i need a lecture! why do i need to make the movie twice? first make "multipass, 1th" then make multipass nth? what does that do? doesn't it have an option to do both at once? does it add compression? or you told me to do that just to mix with the audio?
i have the project ready on camtasia (video + sound, the sound is in mp3, the video is in techsmith codec). do i still have to export twice? doesn't saving a movie again ignore all codecs compression done earlier????
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you can't read frames from hd at 60 fps... it's really insane... real time graphics are at 60 fps no problem... but not pre-rendered frames. 30 fps is already fast enough.
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i mean, it's CRAZY to put 60 fps videos here's why:
- it's gonna double the file size, or will be close to that.
- it will have more kb/s, making it more likely to drop frames, especially when played on an older (or busy) computer, or from a cd-rom. many people put their videos on cd after watching, it should be able to be played from a cd without dropping frames.
- the difference is hardly noticeable on 2d games. it's not worthy to waste double amount of frames for such little diference.
Well there's a difference.
Ex. Sometimes when the hero is flashing or something else. It disappears ½ frames so sometimes at 30 fps the character is invisible or just stay visible.
