Post by: BritneysPAIRS on June 30, 2009, 04:02:00 AM
please put it somewhere even the standalone and source onto xbins... I wont be doing this stuff as I dont know how and they never contact me. Its now 100 percent xbox ready (all other soures wont be). Please spread this I dont want to reinvent the wheel, it will build both xbes exactly as they are in CoinOPS IGNITE R2 Standalone
Cheers everyone
Its time for budding dev to have a go (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) make a diff if I like the code and the idea and you supply the source ill add it or a close variant to "CoinOPS IGNITE RX"
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Post by: pCeSlAyEr on July 02, 2009, 12:35:00 PM
thanks for all your work!
Post by: edwardar on July 02, 2009, 01:01:00 PM
I think it's great that you share the source... just look at surreal 64 - even if no-one picks it up straight away, it may get a renaissance a year or two down the line.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 02, 2009, 06:03:00 PM
but this will clear the way for people to start helping or doing there own mods.......anyways ive picked up some mods over at another forum it seems to be going strong.
Is someone going to fix the commandline launching
Search for natedogg in the files and you will find the changes to do with commandline launching even better ask natedogg to fix the code and give it to me and it will be offically forever onwards
if you come to offical kind of orums there will be requests about new features and how features are best put in soon.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 05, 2009, 04:09:00 AM
so many requests for this and now its downloaded so many times and no offers of help....come on guys show the love.... ps if you want to there are new sources let me know ive altered quite a bit of underlying code
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Post by: kenshiro on July 07, 2009, 05:52:00 AM
QUOTE(BritneysPAIRS @ Jul 5 2009, 12:09 PM) 
No help yet.....
so many requests for this and now its downloaded so many times and no offers of help....It was request not necessary to give you help, but mostly to respect licence and the work of people like my friend Bendermike who worked on MameOx few years ago.
Honestly, do you think it's really surprising that no one gives help? Me not.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 07, 2009, 06:10:00 AM
its funny cause I actually have alot of bug fixs for 1.28 fba that I havent given you... it surprises me that the most simple of bugs isnt fixed yet.... anyway the sources for the fixes are actually in R2 and just need patching in
kenshiro..... I should go into your threads and say what a newbe this is so easy to fix but I stay out of your stuff....... I stay in my own threads but its good to see you here its always nice and extremely helpfull. Anyways I am not going to reply to you kenshiro if you want im on MSN you can insult me there face to face this is just ground hog day.
Peace
PS Ignite R3 is close now and in Final bug bashing if people want to offer help or suggestions find the offical support site as its not far away
This post has been edited by BritneysPAIRS: Jul 7 2009, 01:23 PM
Post by: kenshiro on July 07, 2009, 01:18:00 PM
QUOTE(BritneysPAIRS @ Jul 7 2009, 02:10 PM)
kenshiro..... I should go into your threads and say what a newbe this is so easy to fix but I stay out of your stuff.......
lol go for it Lordy.
Post by: sotu on July 08, 2009, 08:28:00 PM
Perhaps you could take out your frustrations on upgrading each others code to see who can make the better build?!? I can't speak for the rest of the community but that's the kind of fighting I'd like to see.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 08, 2009, 10:05:00 PM
its been discussed elsewhere and if the vote came out people wanted a new FBA it would have allready been out, but people wanted some finishing up on CoinOPS and it won the vote hands down, so this project went on hold for now. This really has nothing to do with this thread its been discussed in alot of detail elsewhere...along with alot of other stuff sorry to say this but it has had alot of time spent on these subjects already and this is just repeating the past. the threads are still alive and active elsewhere and I keep an eye on them.... here is the preview 
im all good working with my team some of the team are the same people so we do get the best of both worlds
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 08, 2009, 10:34:00 PM
New Settings
New Reset Settings Options
improved launching screen
improved OSD for cheats and gamepad etc
gameselector Background Music
New Very fancy intergrated Random game/fav selector/launcher
Mouse/Trackball Support
Bug Fixs (like R2 you couldnt set more paths in hiddensettings)
Tidyups
More sensitivity adjustments for analog games
Post by: + T + on July 09, 2009, 11:47:00 AM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 09, 2009, 12:25:00 PM
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Post by: + T + on July 09, 2009, 03:17:00 PM
I believe that kenshiro is really taking the project in the direction it needs to go. He has the right vision and the support of some of the most talented coders in the scene. In all likelihood his build is going to be the future of FBA on the Xbox. I would think it better to see your work become a part of that than to keep it to yourself.
Ultimately none of this should be about egos. No one developer can single-handedly sustain the Xbox emulation scene. And since you've released the CoinOPS source so that others may contribute I'm sure you realise that a community spirit is the best thing to keep this scene alive and take it forward.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 09, 2009, 10:31:00 PM
PS ive released the sources at least 5 times before has anyone actually put it in a place so it doesnt dissapear and nag me about these again? its allways fun listening to stuff about yourself from misinformed information. (this is second ignite source released)
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Post by: DarthMingus on July 10, 2009, 03:29:00 PM
Holy crap, I never thought I would see that! Thank you!
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Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 11, 2009, 07:17:00 AM
Cheers
Post by: ressurectionx on July 11, 2009, 10:41:00 PM
Why are you being so mean and defensive in all your posts here man? Honey works much better than vinegar. There's a lot of noobs out there that are annoying and ask dumb questions but that hasn't happened here.
At this point, all I can help out with are sample videos for the Video Support. I'm not skilled enough to implement it, and the guy who did on both the ZSNESXBox and XPORT emus won't talk to me. (He posts here on very rare occasion, but my posts must not mean anything to him since he never replies to me. He did reply to me one time to tell me how busy he is.)
You're just not an easy guy to work with BP. People who offer limited help and just want to help improve your vision seem to have little problem with your methods. Somebody who has their own vision, like me, quickly finds it impossible to work together. I've put out enough and worked with enough people in here to say that I know exactly what I'm talking about and have about 2,000 plus posts in here to illustrate that. We've done a ton of work together.
When I wanted your source we got in a flame war that spanned three pages of a thread. When nobody is around that wants to work on code you release it and then insult everyone for not jumping right on it and fixing stuff. I'm just trying to understand where you're coming from.
I think you need to relax a bit. Everyone appreciates all of the hard work you've done, but nobody can understand why you talk to people the way you do.
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 11, 2009, 11:23:00 PM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 11, 2009, 11:45:00 PM
I know a lot of people have had negative things to say about you and I'll admit I've been one of them in the past, but the truth is you get a lot done on your end and the whole time I've done this project you've kept pushing the limits of MAME on XBox.
I'm not saying I get hundereds of people helping or anything, but I've made some great friends in this project who are able to do things on the side that I would probably eventually have gotten around to but can't afford to spend time on now. I know the desire to control a vision and micromanage every single little thing, but that would require me to work on this alone the next 15 or 20 years to do that. I'm hoping to cut that down to just another year or two by being flexible and working with others who have their own ideas (for example, Stupot1 adding 150 plus games to NES after I put my final version out.... He provided all the boxarts and videos with perfect names so they'd work right after FTPing them. When he wasn't doing that, he finished the Gameboy videos and is now starting to work on Atari 2600 videos.) Now I will have to make synopsis entries for all of them after testing them myself and making the Titleshots and Action shots.
These are all things that I could have done myself someday, but if people are interested I'm happy to let them help with the project.
I'm one of your biggest defenders now, even though you and I had a bigger blowout than you've had with anyone else in these or the other forums. I'm coming to you as a friend and saying that you need to just chill a bit. We're all friends here, for the most part, and those that aren't can just be ignored.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 11, 2009, 11:46:00 PM
If you have your own vision you must do it yourself as ive done I have no issues there RX and never have. I must move forward you once told me platium 2 was as good as you needed to me I saw a different direction. Im sorry I dont have time for nice talking but I have so much stuff to do with my project. I am actually very relaxed and mostly am amused by this stuff. I just snipe from a comfortable position cause I allready know where im headed and its fun to remind people of theres. But hey im out again this is really to say the sources are availble take up the chalenge and make your dreams happen....no excuses. If you want to move along with CoinOPS vision and can offer, help you or anyone will get the support and love you guys need .
Sorry guys i will support CoinOPS on my threads this thread is just what the title says. Peace and good luck everyone there is definatly some good stuff coming from here, if anyone wants into the CoinOPS teams and has some skills all the help is actually welcome, google the threads.
Post by: ressurectionx on July 11, 2009, 11:49:00 PM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 11, 2009, 11:58:00 PM
Trust me I am short on this forum because I know people support different views than CoinOPS and I hear alot about people wanting the source and saying it not released. Even though it is. Just wanted to clear the air and get it put into a well know place for everyone. I do actaully wish the HK / Mame people good luck in there vision it has its advantages but I cant stay to far from my vision as I believe its the best one for me.
Post by: ressurectionx on July 12, 2009, 12:16:00 AM
I think it's great what everyone who has worked on this stuff has done, but personally, right now, I'm only concerned with those who are currently working on projects and those who have worked on projects with me in the past.
I could be wrong, and I certainly don't mean any offence to him and his friends, but I'm thinking that most of the people who were friends with HK just don't post here much anymore either.
So.... It's cool that you like the other forum better than here and do your posting there. Just don't be like you've been being when you do post here.
Hopefully somebody decides to help out on that code. Can't beat anybody into doing it though. I put out little "projects" all the time as bait and hope somebody jumps on them. It's about the presentation man. More often than not I get somebody who wants to help. Bummer when nothing comes of it, but I try to focus on what everybody is doing instead of what people aren't helping out with and move on.
Check out this thread man: WIDE ICON PROJECT
Nate1579 just did an awesome and totally underrated thing here. I'm hoping his work will inspire more people to help out with that end of the total project.
That was something I wanted to do at some point, but I'm too busy doing other things. It's only one of the many things that people have done to contribute.
Later, and thanks for your work,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 12, 2009, 12:40:00 AM
1) I dont want the Tail to Wag the dog
2) Unless its for a good reason I wont update the Dats (will do for games to get them working or fix major issues otherwise all your old games will work in new builds)
3) I dont release stuff It up to others to release stuff, this includes sources. I hand them over but its up to others to distribute.
if you notice ive budged on so much other stuff but never these things and I actaully never will I would guess
Never say Never :S
PS RX when you wanted to add every game I was opposed to do this due to 2 reasons the code didnt support quick filtering very well and the time to go though every game. When your ready to do this project im sure you will and ill patch it in but I know the massive time it will require and also the massive time it will require for me to insert it and go though it all. Its allways been up to you if you wanted it in and as said the code is now ready for it when it comes but I know its not an easy job or I would have embarked on it by now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Post by: ressurectionx on July 12, 2009, 05:56:00 AM
In the mean time, if you need some videos for testing .XMV's let me know which ones you need (a reasonable amount) and I'll see which ones I have and what I can get to you.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 12, 2009, 06:28:00 AM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 12, 2009, 09:25:00 AM
What are the MAME file names for those roms? The videos are already matching the romnames, but I'm not sure which are the ones you have included in your set.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 12, 2009, 10:21:00 PM
rx its sfa3.zip but anything is good really
Post by: DarthMingus on July 13, 2009, 05:44:00 AM
I did check the mappings and it seemed the like the X-Arcade trackball was just not being read by the emulator. The only spare USB optical mouse I had around here to test with was an Apple one and it didn't seem to work either. I'll try to borrow a more standard one from work today.
Thanks again
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 13, 2009, 06:03:00 AM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 13, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 14, 2009, 02:22:00 AM
big big big thanks to Ez0n3 he supplied a patch that worked great I tweaked it abit just a little......as I found some errors with my code that he didnt spot but his patch worked great so you guys can thank him.......cut file example is
<shortcut>
<path>E:\Emulators\CoinOPS\default.xbe</path>
<label>Street Fighter Alpha 3</label>
<thumb></thumb>
<custom>
<game>sfa3</game>
</custom>
</shortcut>
Will be in R4 release and works in XBMC and evox
peace onto video support hopefully
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 14, 2009, 03:01:00 AM
Cheers RX for the xmv s
perfect to what I want
Post by: ressurectionx on July 14, 2009, 04:18:00 AM
Later,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 14, 2009, 06:27:00 AM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 14, 2009, 07:15:00 AM
Post by: ldotsfan on July 14, 2009, 07:54:00 AM
QUOTE(BritneysPAIRS @ Jul 14 2009, 09:15 PM)
if a game is exited with start+back when it has been launched from the commandline should it reboot or should it go back to the CoinOPS rom selection menu? or should the start+back be disabled if launched from commandline?
Go back to the dash? Looking forward to the finished CUT file feature in CoinOPS
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 14, 2009, 10:03:00 PM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 15, 2009, 02:49:00 AM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 15, 2009, 04:00:00 AM
-Added rebooting to dash when exiting from commandline.... (set that way from default and no GUI switch yet? )
-More tightly intergrated Commandline feature to CoinOPS for seemless intergration
-Added commandline changine of game location will except full path or just romname with or without .zip.(thanks Ez0n3)
-Added prelim code for new screen on its side hidden settings
Fixed all the bugs now its fully operational and fully intergrated with all background code in place for future tweaking of how it works (like so many features ive added I only put in the tip of the ice burg to save clutter and I try and intergrate it in a simple and easy to use way)
Post by: ressurectionx on July 15, 2009, 04:35:00 AM
I haven't gotten any help from anybody in the XBMC forums on this but I believe you've said you know a bit about XBMC.
I was wondering if there could be a way where XBMC could load back to the folder you loaded a .CUT file from when you exit the emu. Madmab's cut the load time for XPORT emulators in half to about 8 seconds (it used to be close to 15 seconds). BombBloke's made a program that will easily incorporate the Xtras boxart into the .CUT files for all the games (and I'm sure we could get it to work for MAME too).
It would be cool if you launched a .CUT file and when you exited it brought you right back to the spot you left XBMC, like if you were to watch a movie or TV show and it brings you right back to that spot when it's done.
Any ideas on this?
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on July 15, 2009, 05:15:00 AM
Do you have any ideas who "on top" in the XBMC community I should talk to about this. Maybe get it put in as a permanent feature that nobody who didn't launch .CUT files even knew was part of it? I really think it would be a great feature, but if it doesn't carry over from build to build that would suck. I don't want to be stuck with one version of XBMC without any updates forever because this code isn't in the updates.
Thanks,
~Rx
Post by: DarthMingus on July 15, 2009, 07:16:00 AM
QUOTE(BritneysPAIRS @ Jul 15 2009, 12:03 AM)
ask trig on the offical threads he will help you out...a few have tried and are using it stf is one.... just not here.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 15, 2009, 07:29:00 AM
it will be obvious
Post by: Antiriad on July 15, 2009, 01:26:00 PM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 20, 2009, 06:52:00 PM
So commandline launching and xmv video is now supported
Still have to think about setting... how to define in the skin (not sure if I can do alpha effects like PNGs)
also need to think about setting for background music and what is needed
EG No Sound....background and video sound.... video only sound..... background only
ill think about what is really needed and make the settings... I dont want to many options
Any suggestions are welcome but the feature is now up and running
Post by: ressurectionx on July 20, 2009, 07:07:00 PM
I've got a few days off coming up. I'll get to work on converting the AVI files to WMV and getting packs available. This will be a TON of work since there are 4 DVD's of MAME videos, but well worth it. (The other 6 DVDs worth at emumovies were dedicated to all of the other emulated videos by comparison).
I wouldn't expect the packs to be available for download immediately, and it will probably take people a long time to actually download them once they're up, but I'll get started on it and hopefully have them available by the time your newest public version is available.
Great work man!
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on July 20, 2009, 07:53:00 PM
Otherwise, I was just going to convert them all and upload them all. With all my other projects at this point I really don't have the time to narrow all of that down and research it. I was just planning on copying the DVDs to my computer and running the AVI to WMV program Horscht made, zipping them up into files under 1GB and then uploading them one at a time. It would take a long time to do, but I don't really have to babysit it since it is all pretty much automatic and I'd only need to check in on the process every few hours.
A best-of, or several best-of lists sounds like a good idea, but I don't have time to research it. Do you have a list or two available?
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 20, 2009, 08:25:00 PM
;; Rom Status 4 is ALL TIME CLASSIC
;; Rom Status 5 is HOT GAME
so you can find all the Status 4 games (think they will all be in a row)
if you make all status 4 and status 5 games its about 350 of the best games for sure....
I can make you a list if you really need one but for now ill have to setup some features
does anyone want the background music to be removed when videogame sound is on?
right now you can ENABLE/disable Background Music
and ENABLE/disable Video Preview Sounds
so the only option you wont have would be to remove background music while video music is on..... its easy to add but more settings
Post by: ressurectionx on July 20, 2009, 09:52:00 PM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 21, 2009, 04:32:00 PM
Do you have a datfile with the top 100 games BP. (Or the top 350 like you mentioned below?)
Oh... I think it would be good to have an option to turn off hte background music if a video is playing. Is that what you were asking?
Post by: madmab on July 21, 2009, 11:36:00 PM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 22, 2009, 02:33:00 AM
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 22, 2009, 05:14:00 AM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 22, 2009, 06:04:00 AM
I'm going to need a little R&R right now, but when I get to this making those videos you need is the first thing on my to-do list for the weekend BP.
I figure after that I'll start a mass conversion while I wait for you or someone you know to put together a best-of datfile or two and then I'll separate those videos from the rest for the time being and get them uploaded.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on July 22, 2009, 06:20:00 AM
An excel file is doable, but a datfile would be the best. A list of games is nice, but a datfile that I could use to separate the roms and then use to separate the videos would be by far the easiest way for me to get the video packs put together. Instead of an hour or more of sorting manually I could have that part done in about 2 minutes with the datfiles. I use CLRMAMEPro to create datfiles. I'm sure somebody you work with knows how to do it if you don't have the time. I know a guy named Gavin at the other site was able to put some together for a prior release but I figure you've made some changes since then so I'd like to have the newest optomized set to work with.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on July 22, 2009, 08:05:00 AM
I'm going to bed now. I'll see what I can do about this when I get back to work tonight and get those requests to you (I'm assuming they're in the top 109, so I could just upload the whole thing when I get it done and they'll be in there)
Hope to see the dats when I get back. If not, I'll see what I can do with your lists. I've never even looked at the vids yet, so I can't say what is and what isn't there yet.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: Mega Man (?) on July 22, 2009, 02:32:00 PM
Thanks BP
I'll try to help Rx, when I can.
Post by: ressurectionx on July 22, 2009, 02:56:00 PM
Since there are pretty much two different ratios here (vertical screens and horizontal screens), what do you think is the best way to handle this?
There are some games with the set labeled "Artwork" where the artwork on the sides of the old school vertical cabinets like Pac-Man show up, giving it the same ratio as the horizontal games like TMNT and the Simpsons. Unfortunately, only around 85 of them were done that way and I don't know what we'd have to do to get more like that.
Suggestions?
Post by: ressurectionx on July 22, 2009, 03:30:00 PM
I've just got them converting from AVI to WMV now, I'm doing about 800 of them at a time. If I remember right there will be abends and I'll have to keep babysitting it from time to time.
Once I get the WMV's done I'll sort out which ones are in the favorites lists and start getting them uploaded.
Post by: Ez0n3 on July 22, 2009, 04:43:00 PM
QUOTE(ressurectionx @ Jul 15 2009, 06:35 AM)
I was wondering if there could be a way where XBMC could load back to the folder you loaded a .CUT file from when you exit the emu.
...
It would be cool if you launched a .CUT file and when you exited it brought you right back to the spot you left XBMC, like if you were to watch a movie or TV show and it brings you right back to that spot when it's done.
A bit off topic but I tried figuring this out. I dropped xport a PM to ask him if his emu's launch the dash when exited with any parameters that could be used from within XBMC to determine if it was an xport emu that launched it. Still waiting.
Really all it would need to know is, if it was an .xbe that launched it or not. If it was, then have it activate "ActivateWindow(MyPrograms)" like when you click on "Programs" in the main menu.
If you use "B" to back out of programs, it will go through each level. When you click Programs again, it will start out at level 1 (where you can add a source).
But if you hit "Back", it will drop you at the main window. When you click on Programs it will take you to the folder you where in before you hit Back.
So activating "ActivateWindow(MyPrograms)" on startup after launching with a .cut should put you back in the folder you where in when you launched the .cut because you didn't use "B" to back out.
If there is a way to determine that XBMC was launched from an XBE, it should work. Or recompile each emu and tell it to pass a new param that can be picked up by XBMC to trigger it
.As far as getting stuff added to the SVN, don't hold your breath. You can try, but I've been told that since the XBOX version was dropped - chances are slim on getting anything new added
.
Post by: ressurectionx on July 22, 2009, 06:01:00 PM
I'm real dumb when it comes to this stuff so most of that was over my head.
Thanks for the suggestion though. It would be awesome to see this come to life.
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 23, 2009, 06:35:00 AM
Please leave artwork out... same sizing as orig in xmv format......
if you can start with the all time classic 100 games that would be a great start ... then the hot. Then maybe the full dats supplied.... then maybe a full set you may do one day
WARNING Big project
to do all games that can be played and rekeymap etcAlso log on to MSN and ill give you a BETA tommorrow night NZ time.... its all going including aspect ratio features etc and at good speed
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 07:16:00 AM
It's really a pain in the ass because when I'm converting I can't do anything else. I went online and finished up the editing of the licensed US games for the NES synopsis and it killed the conversion program 6 times. I just rebooted and got it going again. I'm going to take a break from the synopsis work today and see if we can get all the horizontal games converted. Then I'll get those ones you requested out to you.
I think they might be downgraded from the originals just slightly, unfortunately. I don't know how to edit the conversion program that was created for me a year ago and it's the same ratio we've used for all videos for all systems so far. I don't think it's much of a downgrade, but I'm pretty sure it went from something like 320x??? to 256x???. Overall, not really noticable, but the thought of finding somebody who can fix that ratio and then re-doing he 1,400 videos that are already complete is not very appealing to me. It wouldn't be a problem if I could do my other work while this was going on, but it's really screwing up my free time to get the NES stuff ready for release.
Nevermind. I didn't see you posted twice until I already finished this post.
Later,
~Rx
You've seen the videos that were converted BP. Did you really notice a difference between the AVI and WMV files in terms of quality in your emu?
That's exactly how these are currently being converted now.
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 07:40:00 AM
The vertical stuff was recorded orginally at 180x240. I will alter the program when I get to those as well.
You said that you know how to handle the ratios with your code, so I won't alter them from there.
Just fyi...
Horizontal will be 320x240
Vertical will be 180x240
Later,
~Rx
Post by: Mega Man (?) on July 23, 2009, 01:14:00 PM
I believe this is the program: avi to wmv converter
be sure and open the profile to change the aspect ration. I had it last set to 640 x 480.
later
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 01:51:00 PM
Like I said, I figured out how to change it. I'm converting the AVI's to WMVs at the exact size now.
320x240 for horizontal
180x240 for vertical
Nothing we can do to make them any bigger since that's the original sizes.
Plus, you'd need the 10GB of AVI files if you were going to do any converting, and I'm not about to upload all of them to megaupload just for that.
Later,
~Rx
P.S. Got 1,400 done at the bad ratio (256x220) and now we've got about 700 with the good ratio (320x240). I'm going to have to interrupt it pretty soon though because I need to get back to the NES synopsis work.
Post by: Mega Man (?) on July 23, 2009, 02:03:00 PM
Many people have it on their pc's and don't even know it. I am sure a guy like BP is aware of it.
by the way.. this is exciting!
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 02:54:00 PM
This wont' be a problem, right?
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 08:53:00 PM
I don't get it.
The horizontals are all going to be 320x240 now, so that's fine....
But...
The vertical ones are natively 180x240.
You want me to try to make them 25% larger, is that it?
I don't know if I can do that, but I'll try. It might be a bit blurry since the originals are smaller than what you're asking for.
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 23, 2009, 09:20:00 PM
can you send me some avis.... once you sent me some files and sfa3 had 2 res one in higher res than the other....
if you send me some base files I can tell you but you should get on MSN really as this will take forever and you are disconnected with the coding side.... so you may waste time untill its clear on what should be done
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 09:55:00 PM
I'll send you the ones you mentioned before and a few samples of other vids.
You want them in AVI format, right?
Post by: ressurectionx on July 23, 2009, 11:02:00 PM
We should probably figure out what you want with the vertical ones before I finish those so I can start on them right away. If you PM me your email I'll send you sample AVI vids.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on July 24, 2009, 02:33:00 AM
I deleted the lower quality videos I converted the other day. Now there are 1,800 videos converted to 320x240. I only have 1,500 more horizontal games to convert now. I'm hoping that more than half of them finish before I wake up.
I'm getting close to the end of the NES synopsis too, so I can focus more on this tomorrow hopefully unless anything unexpected comes up.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 24, 2009, 06:29:00 PM
Im thinking about screensaver features now we have video support??? should it go though videos instead of pics.... have our own long video...... go though pictures... shutdown or all/combination of above? suggestions welcome
Post by: ressurectionx on July 24, 2009, 07:04:00 PM
I think if somebody with some artistic talent wanted to make a video that would be the way to go for the screensaver. Maybe a mash-up of hte best games or something. I'm dumb at that stuff, so maybe you'd like to mention it in the other forum and see if somebody would be interested.
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 24, 2009, 10:12:00 PM
ive also added some speed hacks for MK2 , MK3 and UMK this makes them playable now with sound but still needs some work so they are autoset to no sound...but you can turn off the autosound removal option and let me know what you think (sound or no sound)
Post by: ressurectionx on July 24, 2009, 11:03:00 PM
Like I said before I can't devote much if any time to MAME testing right now with all of the other projects I've got going on, but I am looking forward to a time when things cool down and I can try it out. I'm happy to provide the videos though and I'll try my best to get the "best of" stuff out there for you all to download and try out when the beta is released. I thought I'd be done with the NES synopsis today but it looks like it's going to take one more day (*hopefully*)
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on July 26, 2009, 06:44:00 AM
Post by: ressurectionx on July 26, 2009, 08:04:00 AM
I want to get a little project together where people can catalog on a spreadsheet which videos are good, which ones should be replaced and which ones we still need. I figure if there is enough interest then people might do that while I'm doing my Xtras work on the XPORT emulators. Some people have mentioned that there is an ability to remove the black bars on the sides of the horizontal vids that really should be vertical videos. We'll see how that goes.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on February 03, 2020, 12:06:00 AM
Just a few suggestions....
1) You're adding code so the game will use the video for the parent zipfile name right? I don't see it doing that yet.
2) For the vertical games, could you have them all the way to the right of the screen? When you switch from a horizontal game (that is all the way to the right) to a vertical game it has a black bar on the right hand side. With the fade effect I don't think you'd notice it on the left side.
3) Any way to "brighten" up the videos at all? Especially for games like Defender and Asteroids. You can barely see the video.
Great work getting that in there. Still a few tweeks to make and we still need to get some improved videos, but it's a great start so far.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on February 03, 2020, 01:29:00 AM
1 Done
2 Easy to change in the skin
Body.ScrollArea.SingleRow.Detail.Screenshot.Area = 5,3,575,322 is the horizontal or streted vert screensize
Body.ScrollArea.SingleRow.Screenshot.Area = 80,3,505,322 is non stretched vertsize they would have to be done in sd and hd skin
3 Cant be done easiest to do is to alter the wmv brightness and convert.
Can you send me simpsons.avi and raiden.avi straight from highquality off emumovies pretty please so I can see what I could download...id like them totally unconverted from the site if possible
the avi you once sent me of sfa3 was 16.8 megs and when convert right looks spectacular I was wondering if the other avis are of this quality or where to get avis of this qaulity....
cheers
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Post by: ressurectionx on August 04, 2009, 01:40:00 AM
Unfortunately, he says he doesn't have enough bandwidth to re-up them to the server we're using when he's done, so that isn't going to happen any time soon. I may get around to it in a few months to a year on my own since MAME is at the bottom of my priority list now.
Whatever...
We will have videos one day when I get around to it.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: ressurectionx on August 04, 2009, 03:53:00 AM
Whatever man...
I'll just do the work on my own when I get to it. I really wasn't expecting any more. You go ahead and keep those videos to yourself.
Post by: ressurectionx on August 04, 2009, 04:15:00 AM
Your original answer to that question: "2much bandwidth sorry"
Then when I call you out on it, you go into a 5 page discussion about why I'm a jackass.
Maybe if you took 5 seconds to explain that instead of being an ass when I call you out on it then we wouldn't be arguing again.
As far as I was concerned, you got what you needed out of me, like the WMV to XMV converter and the converted videos and then you were telling me to f*** off.
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on August 04, 2009, 04:20:00 AM
PS I got a new wmv convert and rewrote some batch files, its on the ftp under the upload folder....also PC did alot of batch tools to make HD video conversion a dream and got them all converted in record time (cheers to him for doing this) to do bit rates etc
im sorry we havent discussed it with you but hey you have made yourself on the back bench not me.
I didnt get what I wanted out of you in the end I paid for access and got some interested people to grab and do alot of the work for me....which went great, you gave me a file that was in the xdk so is allready on my HD its no offense and I know you where tring to help, we have improved it now to make it work better for our project. I want help but it needs to be in a constructive way, I have not in ways talked badly about people on the project and at times have thanked them those that are involved properly, im sorry you feel discarded but the offer has been out there time and time again (but I dont sit back and wait for help I work on the princible I will have to do it myself....its great at times ive been proven wrong and great help happens, that has pushed this project along to new levels)
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Post by: ressurectionx on August 04, 2009, 04:26:00 AM
I thought you were f***ing me...
I'll let you run with it with your people. Like I've said before I've got way too much going on to get involved too deep in that project. As it is, I already wasted two days converting the regular quality MAME videos that you're not even going to use now (I understand and HQ is better, it just sucks that I wasted all that time).
I can't afford any more down time from working on this project and it seems like you've got plenty of help.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: BritneysPAIRS on August 04, 2009, 04:32:00 AM
After R5 though ill be holidaying with my GF for 3-4 weeks so I will take a break but ill pass on stuff to help other sort this stuff out, and pass on what I have at least in a syncable way.
Post by: ressurectionx on August 04, 2009, 04:45:00 AM
Later,
~Rx