Posted: 11/4/2018 6:17 AM
Post subject: Help with Video and Audio Dumping for Dolphin 5.0?
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FionordeQuester
Joined: 3/20/2010
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I took a look at the Encoding Guide, which pointed to this thread here... http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=349931#349931 But it seems to be outdated, and I'm also confused on some of the terms it uses (like "concanate"). Should I be using any different steps, since I'm using Dolphin 5.0 now? Or does the guide listed here still apply, and I'm just not understanding it right?
Posted: 11/4/2018 8:06 AM
(Edited: 11/5/2018 12:54 PM)
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Dimon12321
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After 3 years of my first freelook of this thread, I still don't get in what am I supposed to do! 40% of encoding guides are written in such a technical language that ordinary mortals like we can only guess the true meaning of it. The same concerns some odd emulators like JPC-rr. Why doesn't anybody record video manuals of how to set up this and that??? You don't want to enhance our community? About the guide: you can either trust me or not, but I dump movies in a different way. The step sequence is changed! 1st step is supposed to be done before you have recorded any TAS movie. Even without dumping a video, it will desync. So, any speed-up tools must be disabled. 2st step: no-one seems to use Gamecube BIOS nowdays. If you've recorded your TAS with BIOS on, it should remain checked. 3st step: I've never faced a game that would desync because of an Emulated Wiimote, so I don't think you have to Clear this field. 4th: do as it says. 6th: In order to get a video in 1080p, your game window must be enhanced to 1080p (adjusted to 3x Native resolution), so choose the resolution you want in advance. The higher resolution is, the more time you have to wait until your TAS is dumped. Check auto-adjust Window size and set AA and AF parameters, quit the settings, and play the game without dumping or playing back your TAS. Then your window will change its size. 5th: Close the game. Go to Play input recording and choose your .dtm. Pause the movie with a hotkey when your game window shows up. 7th: Go to Options->Graphics Settings just uncheck Auto-adjust Window Size and turn on Dump Frames and Dump Audio. 8th: this step is also supposed to be done before you have recorded any TAS movie. DSP LLE recompiler should be checked all the time. 9th: skip it since you have already done Step 6 and 5. 10th: pause the movie with a hotkey, uncheck Dump Frames and Dump Video, unpause the movie, and then close the emulator. I have to warn you, that you can't record a video with a bigger resolution than you monitor is. For example, if you're using a FullHD monitor, you can't record a 4K video. Also, don't use FFV1 codec! I had enough trouble with it and I found nothing but YouTube that can process it and show the actual video instead of grey screen. =)
TASing is like making a film: only the best takes are shown in the final movie.
Posted: 11/4/2018 8:48 AM
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FionordeQuester
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And how do you mix the Video and Audio together once all is said and done?
Posted: 11/4/2018 9:09 AM
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Dimon12321
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FionordeQuester wrote:
And how do you mix the Video and Audio together once all is said and done?
Using MAGIX Vegas Pro 16. It's a slow method, but it's the best for me. Dolphin 5.0 is unstable in syncing Audio and Video, so you also have to sync Audio track with Video manually and watch the preview to check whether it suites well. Fortunately, you don't have to speed up the Audio like in 4.0, but it's a piece of cake comparing to the operation above =)
TASing is like making a film: only the best takes are shown in the final movie.
Posted: 11/5/2018 7:18 AM
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JosJuice
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Dimon12321 wrote:
8th: this step is also supposed to be done before you have recorded any TAS movie. DSP LLE recompiler should be checked all the time.
Unless the TAS was made using DSP HLE, in which case you should be using DSP HLE to avoid desyncs.