Posted: 5/30/2023 7:20 PM
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Mikewillplays
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So I was about to continue to work in a gba movie file, then, my computer turned off , the problem is that it wasnt saved, my pc crashed very slightly after I started editing the movie, the problem is that said movie is now corrupted (also the bizhawk setting resetted for some reason), everytime I open this movie file TASstudio displays an error message and doesn't open the file, so, how do I fix this movie? I really don't wanna lose over 30 minutes of TAS and like 20 hours of work so any help would be apreciated.
Posted: 5/30/2023 7:32 PM
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CoolKirby
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Might it have autosaved your movie in the folder (BizHawk folder)/Movies/backup? I can test that myself when I get back to my computer.
Posted: 5/30/2023 7:45 PM
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Mikewillplays
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Nope, its not in the backup folder
Posted: 5/30/2023 8:12 PM
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CoolKirby
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Try loading your most recent savestate. If it loads and plays your movie back successfully, save the movie file and it'll retain your progress to that point. You might lose some progress based on when you made the savestate, but it should be easy to redo since it's the most recent part you TASed.
Posted: 5/30/2023 8:14 PM
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Mikewillplays
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Savestate, what savestate, the only data I had of the movie file... Was the movie file itself
Posted: 5/30/2023 8:21 PM
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CoolKirby
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My apologies, I haven't used TAStudio before. Can you post your movie file? I could take a look at it to see if we can salvage it.
Posted: 5/30/2023 8:25 PM
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Mikewillplays
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ok how do I annex a file in these forums
Posted: 5/30/2023 8:28 PM
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CoolKirby
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I don't think there's a way to attach a file to a forum post here. If it won't upload to your Userfiles, you can upload to Sendspace without creating an account, for example.
Posted: 5/30/2023 8:31 PM
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Mikewillplays
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Ok here's the movie file (btw I tried to post it on UserFiles but it was to big): https://www.sendspace.com/file/at76lj
Posted: 5/30/2023 9:02 PM
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I managed to make a .bk2 from the file. The .tasproj file format is just a .zip file so something like 7ZIP can open and check it. The greenzones were the problem as they got corrupted but there seemed to be other issues when opening it as a .tasproj file. I deleted other files to pare it down to a .bk2 file which you can open to make a new .tasproj file for you. User movie #638210771936783704 A small note: this movie is using version 1.1 of the hack, not version 1.0.
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Posted: 5/30/2023 9:24 PM
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Mikewillplays
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OMG thank you very much!
Posted: 5/30/2023 9:45 PM
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CoolKirby
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Thanks Darkman425, I had the same idea with repacking the file. After I did that, I managed to keep it as a tasproj with a GreenZone file still included. It's available here. Mike, try both the bk2 and tasproj and see if one of them works for you.
Posted: 5/31/2023 3:31 AM
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I love movies with happy endings =D Now for the "hindsight is 20/20" comment: my tip is to setup Bizhawk to do regular saves and backups. And not only that, but work on a GoogleDrive/OneDrive folder, such that every single change you make gets insta-uploaded into the cloud with versioning and all. This should cover you in case your whole computer or SSD goes kaputt. Finally, also make regular uploads of your WIPs into TASVideos.org userfiles.