To record a video you need one of the latest work in progress builds of ZSNES. Get them here: http://zsnes.ipherswipsite.com/
You will need a copy of mencoder. For Windows users, I recommend getting mencoder here: http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php
Place mencoder.exe in the same location as zsnesw.exe, you do not need any codecs or other movie programs installed.
Linux users, having mencoder in your path is fine.
If you want to compress the outputted audio, or compress it before it goes into the video as opposed to during, you will need a copy of LAME.
If you use Windows, you must get LAME from here: http://geocities.com/joecool22us/lame.zip
Any other copy of LAME for Windows will not work due to a bug in LAME.
Before you are able to dump an AVI, you must have recorded a movie first, it converts movies, it does not just dump video on the fly.
To play back movies, you'll either need the proper codecs or a video player with built in decoding of the video mode you selected.
I recommend getting mplayer which decodes anything created with mencoder. For Windows, you can get mplayer here: http://oss.netfarm.it/mplayer-win32.php You can download the GUI version.
Advanced users can edit zmovie.cfg and tweak the settings if they want, and even use something other than mencoder and LAME as long as it supports encoding via stdin and you set it up properly.
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Why do you make such absurd assumptions? If you forgot how to do something, check the manual. But what you're looking for is to press F1 while in game.coruscadragon wrote: so i recently downloaded zsnes1.42, and the feature appears to be gone... (removing features? what's up with that??)
Make sure you're using a ZSNES which supports this feature (which as this thread says isn't in v1.42), loading the game, opening the movie menu, selecting the appropriate slot, the appropriate encode options, hitting dump movie.coruscadragon wrote: Only problem is, i have no idea how this is supposed to work...
the instructions aren't very clear, at least to me... i've downloaded the mencoder and put it in the same folder, i've made a znv video... now what?