What to do with a raw movie

magicmoped · Post by **magicmoped** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:18 pm

I've been playing around with the movie part of the emulator and I dont quite understand it. What am I to do with a huge .bin file that is supposed to be my movie? Can somebody please explain this to me?

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:23 pm

The .bin is raw movie data. You need to convert it a video format of your choice.

magicmoped · Post by **magicmoped** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:24 pm

And how would one go about this converting?

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:25 pm

With a tool such as VirtualDub. http://www.doom9.org should help you with that program (and any other converting/video editing problem you might have for that matter).

magicmoped · Post by **magicmoped** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:32 pm

I have virtualdub and adobe premiere pro2. Neither can open a .bin file. Changing the extension doesnt help either.

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:36 pm

...Hm. I could have sworn that VirtualDub can handle raw files.

Well, then you have to looks for some other program that can work with raw data.

The video recording option in ZSNES will see improvements in the future.

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:11 am

MEncoder?

Nach may have some input on this, since he wrote that feature.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:39 am

yea searching via google doesnt help as it only shows what a raw file is or its to do with particular cameras etc. it never tells of a program that can simply convert the godforsaken filetype to a known filetype.

if you dont like it then use fraps instead... i havnt actually tried it but it seems like it would work.

Post by **pagefault** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:46 am

You can use mencoder to convert it to another format. See mplayerhq.hu.+

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:12 am

ill give mencoder another go... but im after something with a gui... not a command prompt. (i also hate programes that require commands to be passed to them.)

does anyone know how to setup mencoder to work? (such as switches etc.)

edit: this is retarded i seriously hate mencoder... if there is a program witch does the encoding of raw files while using a gui could someone list one.

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:44 am

With power (MEncoder) comes complexity.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:51 am

just noticed the music/sound fx are stored in a seperate file to the bin file. also i noticed how crap it sounds when played compared to when actually playing the game in zsnes.

edit again: fraps is retarded... fraps v2.72 build 5535

it runs but doesnt do anything meaning the hotkeys to use any of its parts are screwed they dont work at all, i can change the hotkeys but there is still no effect when i use them.

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:32 am

If you can't read the mencoder manual, don't expect us to help.
We're not gonna do it for you.

If you hate CL apps, tough luck. Code your own mencoder frontend.

Post by **Nach** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:53 am

We have a thread on how to do this properly.
Also, hopefully within a week, my AVI library should be ready.

franpa_9 wrote:just noticed the music/sound fx are stored in a seperate file to the bin file. also i noticed how crap it sounds when played compared to when actually playing the game in zsnes.

If you don't set your sound to 32000Hz and Stereo, it won't output correctly. If you do output it correctly, it sounds better than ZSNES does.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:17 pm

"Announcement: FORUM RULES and other useful info. ALL NEW USERS READ THIS!"
if thats the thread your talking about then i have already looked at it... if it isnt then where is this thread you speak of?
also what do you mean by avi library? do you mean...

a) a library of avi files to download

or

b) a dll file? (codec/encoder/decoder [a / means or])

if its b) then i would almost jump for joy

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:29 pm

franpa_9 wrote:"Announcement: FORUM RULES and other useful info. ALL NEW USERS READ THIS!"
if thats the thread your talking about then i have already looked at it... if it isnt then where is this thread you speak of?

The forum search is a brilliant feature of phpBB2. I suggest you use it.

http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic ... hlight=avi

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:56 pm

hoorj 4 serch!

Hyos · Post by **Hyos** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:56 pm

While I'm all for peace and happiness, franpa_9 just pisses me off. Any post I read made by him makes me furious.

Post by **Nach** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:00 pm

franpa_9 wrote: a) a library of avi files to download

or

b) a dll file? (codec/encoder/decoder [a / means or])

Neither, and both would be illogical.

Jipcy · Post by **Jipcy** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:13 pm

Nach wrote:
franpa_9 wrote: a) a library of avi files to download

or

b) a dll file? (codec/encoder/decoder [a / means or])
Neither, and both would be illogical.

I don't think he knows what "library" means in a development environment, so he was just making guesses based on what he knows library does mean.

Jester · Post by **Jester** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:32 pm

franpa_9 wrote:edit: this is retarded i seriously hate mencoder... if there is a program witch does the encoding of raw files while using a gui could someone list one.

I think you're retarded, don't be lazy and RTFM. What's the difference between clicking a checkbox with the option you want or typing -option ? Anyway, I salute the patience of devs and regulars who answer retarded questions like that on a daily basis

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:49 am

GUIs are not really important if the functionality is still there and exposable. The fact that the command line is downplayed since Win2k (and moreso XP). In any case, of course a frontend/GUI should be implemented.. but I do think it can't hurt for people to spend a little time learning the command line. I'd swear you gain so much more by taking some extra time to learn some things...

Library:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%2 ... science%29

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:05 am

deathlike2 the link you posted says dll files are libraries as well but if its not what was being referred to then meh ok.

(dll = dynamic link library)

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:32 am

franpa_9 wrote:deathlike2 the link you posted says dll files are libraries as well but if its not what was being referred to then meh ok.

(dll = dynamic link library)

Sometimes I'd swear I'm wasting my time with certain people..

the link wrote:In computer science, a library is a collection of subprograms used to develop software. Libraries contain "helper" code and data, which provide services to independent programs.

If you spent time at least reading the first paragraph.. you'd understand that Nach isn't making a "dll" file as you are claiming... he's writing code in use for ZMV/AVI conversion I believe (though I'm not entirely sure)

I'm not going to waste further time explaining this to you.

Aerdan · Post by **Aerdan** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:40 am

A library in the development context is a group of functions necessary to write programs that perform a given task. Libraries generally end in .so [shared objects; Linux/BSD, includes MinGW despite it being a Windows compiler] or .lib [Microsoft Visual Studio].

In this case, an AVI library is a library that allows one to write programs that do things to AVI files.