Post subject: Can't playback movie (ends automatically)
Joined: 6/7/2008
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Location: Portugal
This is really confusing me. I didn't wanna ask about it, but I don't think it's me doing something stupid any more, just some glitch or something. Certainly there must be someone with an answer. Anyway, I tried recording a movie in Brawl, and when I play it back, Dolphin decompresses the state, and immediately ends the movie. Here are the steps I followed:
    Started the game Started a match Emulation>Start Movie Goofed around a bit Emulation>Stop Saved movie file Closed Dolphin Re-opened Dolphin Emulation>Play Movie... Chose the file.
That's it. I must be doing something wrong. I tried everything. I tried recording from the start, tried a GC game, tried disabling everything pointed out here, tried recording with Read only checked and unchecked, tried playing with Read only checked and unchecked. I read you could save a state right after starting the movie, but how do you choose to play back from that save? And is that even the answer to this problem? I don't think so, Dolphin can load the save just fine, it just can't play the movie. Nothing works. Am I really recording it correctly or what?
I'm Espyo from the SRB2 Forums. Current project: A Pikmin fan engine, Pikifen
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Is the movie in the same folder as the save? Dolphin saves the movie state in the root folder (where your Dolphin.exe is). Try moving your dtm to that folder.
RachelB
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Starting recording from savestate does not work properly. Don't do it.
Joined: 6/7/2008
Posts: 124
Location: Portugal
Ah, recording from startup worked. Again, sorry I had to ask, this was such a trivial question, with such a trivial answer, and having to waste both your times... But... there really isn't any info anywhere, so thanks for the answer. Maybe a quick guide on how to record with Dolphin, as a sticky would come in handy.
I'm Espyo from the SRB2 Forums. Current project: A Pikmin fan engine, Pikifen