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Posted: 8/14/2004 3:05 AM
Post subject: Problems with desynching
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Zurreco
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Joined: 8/1/2004
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Location: Seattle, WA
So far, no one in the IRC room has been able to help me with my problem, so I've brought it here. I have been making a Demon's Crest movie using SNES9x. I am running the program at default specs and have made sure that there are no desynchs when I watch my movies. However, whenever I send my .smv file out to others, they report seeing desynchs at points where the movie runs smoothly for me. They are running the exact same ROM (Demon's Crest (U).smc) and are playing their movies with the exact same program and default specs. Does anyone know what would cause this? Also, if someone could tell me how to fix said problem, that would be dandy. edit: Please don't tell me to submit an .avi file. The movie is 45 minutes long (roughly) and has med-high graphics, which would result in an awfully large file transfer.
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Posted: 8/14/2004 3:39 PM
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Joined: 4/11/2004
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First, check that the CRC32 of the ROM you're using is the same as everyone else's. Mine is E8236AD2. (File->ROM Information in snes9x will show you the CRC32). Second, disable sound and see if your movie continues to play back fine for you. (Sound->Playback Rate->No Sound).
Posted: 8/14/2004 6:56 PM
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Zurreco
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Considering I've sent out the ROM I am using with the movie, there is no doubt that the versions are the same. Testing your sound theory as we speak. The movie plays fine for me, so the sound on my end doesn't matter. It's only on other systems that the movie desynchs. edit: nope, muting the sound doesnt help at all.
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Posted: 8/14/2004 7:53 PM
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Zurreco wrote:
The movie plays fine for me, so the sound on my end doesn't matter. It's only on other systems that the movie desynchs.
Did you, personally, try disabling sound and playing your movie back? From the way you phrased your response, I can't tell if you did. This is an important test to ascertain whether the sound bug is occurring. The last question is whether everyone is using the same version of snes9x, i.e. the released build and not one of the interim builds, the PC and not the Mac version, etc. Edit: I just noticed in your first post that you mentioned everyone is using the "same program", so disregard the last question.
Posted: 8/14/2004 8:04 PM
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Zurreco
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I have tried diasbling sound in my personal playback. There is no desynch. As for the version theory; I am running SNES9x 1.43. Three people tested my movie: Blechy, dan_, and Xeilos. All three reported the same desynch and frame. Xeilos has told me he is using 1.43.
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Posted: 8/14/2004 9:17 PM
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Bisqwit
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Zurreco wrote:
I have tried diasbling sound in my personal playback. There is no desynch. As for the version theory; I am running SNES9x 1.43. Three people tested my movie: Blechy, dan_, and Xeilos. All three reported the same desynch and frame. Xeilos has told me he is using 1.43.
I tried with using Linux with the following choices: - Loading the movie as soon as possible - Loading the movie a few seconds after game reset (required for Gradius 3 and Umihara Kawase) Both desynced near frame 75190 (20:50) I tried also disabling HDMA, but it then it just desynced within first two minutes. You claimed your movie is about 36 minutes long, but the submission manager received a movie that has 57:20 of data (206413 frames). However, it seems to be suffixed with a large amount of zero frames... Anyway, my only solution suggestion for you is that you rerecord the movie starting from 20:30. We can not accept movies that can not be verified. Sorry.
Posted: 8/14/2004 9:32 PM
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Zurreco
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Once again, I AM NOT SUBMITTING THIS MOVIE. I already know that if i wanted to go forward with submission, i would have to re-record. This is the 5th run that I have done where unexplainable desynchs have occurred. Due to this fact, I will not be submitting a Demon's Crest run until I have had some time to work on my newer runs and/or rewritten the sequence I have been using.
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