Hi. I'm trying to use snes9xw-improvement9 to record Submission #1801: Genisto's SNES Super Mario World in 45:30.42 as an AVI.
However, I hit a snag when I use TSA's AVi encoding tutorial.
I have placed all the file (where they need to go (in the same folder), and I have configured FFdshow the way the tutorial says.
mencoder.exe, mplayer.exe, oggenc2.exe, and all Direct264, mkvmerge.exe,
# FFDshow: Download and install. During installation, install all components. For "select supported video codecs", make sure to select H.264. The rest of the options should be left to the default.
# Configuring FFDshow to capture: After installing, go to the start menu > ffdshow. Select VFW codec configuration. Under the encoding tab, select H.264 lossless. Under FOURCC, select H264. Other settings can be left on default. Select the Decoder tab now, and click Codecs in the left hand list. A new menu should now appear. Find H.264 in the list and make sure it is set to libavcodec by clicking on it in the decoder column.
I start the snes9x, select the rom, up the emulator speed to 425%, then I pause snes9x.
I then select the submission file.
The I select "Record Avi" and select a file name.
But if I choose "ffdshow" as the codec and hit "accept," snes9x crashes.
I am forced to use another codec to record the AVI.
Again, I am using snes9xw-improvement9. How do I fix this?
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I am assuming that you used the link on the page to download FFDshow; is that the case? (Having a relatively recent version is always a good idea.)
It would be a good idea to see if you can dump with another codec - FFV1 with the RGB32 colourspace would be another possible option for dumping (it is one that I use on occasion where there's significant loss in the transform to YV12 inherent in using the H.264 codec). Alternatively, you could try using a more recent version of the emulator (but given that AVI dumping there has been proven stable for quite some time, I don't see how that would make a strong difference).
You might try dumping the video to a different format (as sgrunt suggested) then transcoding it to whatever codec you want with another program. I personally have had good results doing that with AVIDemux.
