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Vote: Should this movie be published? (Vote after watching!)



Note: Because of abuse that has happened, lurkers can't vote anymore. No 3% [ 1 ] Yes 89% [ 25 ] Meh 7% [ 2 ] Total Votes : 28



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Dada





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Posted: 2012-03-09 22:45:14 Post subject: The Amarant one is good :)

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Posted: 2012-03-09 23:21:31 Post subject: Yeah Amarant one is truly hilarious. I'd definately use that one.

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Posted: 2012-03-10 00:05:34 Post subject:

(this is taken from Dada's somebodys WIP encode, thus it has some artefacts. It's at 3:12:56 into the video, at the end of the second gargant ride, before meeting ramuh.)

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m00 (this is taken fromsomebodys WIP encode, thus it has some artefacts. It's at 3:12:56 into the video, at the end of the second gargant ride, before meeting ramuh.)



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Posted: 2012-03-10 01:28:46 Post subject: As funny as that image is, I think word screenshots are discouraged. A lot of people wanted the "It's not a simple tas" screenshot for Majora's Mask, too.

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Posted: 2012-03-10 09:56:13 Post subject: So what about Goldeneye? "Too slow James!"

Dada





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Posted: 2012-03-10 10:26:18 Post subject: Tub wrote:



(this is taken from Dada's WIP encode, thus it has some artefacts. It's at 3:12:56 into the video, at the end of the second gargant ride, before meeting ramuh.)



I don't think I made that.



Thanks for looking up when that is, though, here's a higher quality screenshot.







Another good one:







Encode for FF9 is delayed a slight bit because Youtube apparently doesn't handle VBR audio too well.



bkDJ wrote:

I don't think I made that.Thanks for looking up when that is, though, here's a higher quality screenshot.Another good one:Encode for FF9 is delayed a slight bit because Youtube apparently doesn't handle VBR audio too well.bkDJ wrote: As funny as that image is, I think word screenshots are discouraged. A lot of people wanted the "It's not a simple tas" screenshot for Majora's Mask, too.



Author preference is important/leading in deciding on a screenshot.

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Posted: 2012-03-10 16:03:16 Post subject: Wyster wrote:

So what about Goldeneye? "Too slow James!"



It wasn't just the text that made it funny, but that he was ACTIVELY SHOOTING 006!

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Posted: 2012-03-12 03:01:44 Post subject: Any updates for the encode?

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Posted: 2012-03-12 03:15:16 Post subject: Now with links to all four CDs Pasky13 wrote:

Any updates for the encode?



Sorry about the delay. It's very nearly there. In fact the last pieces are being uploaded right now. I had some trouble with the audio because I was forced to use something other than regular uncompressed PCM, which caused some problems for Youtube's processing. Plus some issues with psxjin and audio sync.





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The fourth disc hasn't started uploading yet so I don't know the URL yet.



This encode is much larger than the longer run of FF8, by the way. FF9 has more complex scenery and does a lot more screen panning, which looks great but is poison when using a fast lossless codec that doesn't use motion vectors. So the full FF8 encode (2560x1792, 30fps, lossless, close to 9 hours long) was 19.5GB, the full FF9 encode (same specs, just over 8 hours long) is 41.97GB. Well over the 20GB limit imposed by Youtube. Maybe I'll make an H.264 version at some point so we can have the full HD encode without segmentation, but it's a lot priority since it won't get processed properly anyway.



edit: okay, so the FF9 encode uses 32-bit color mode and I'm pretty sure I used 24-bit mode for FF8, so let's say they're more like 19.5GB versus 31.5GB. Still a major difference. Sorry about the delay. It's very nearly there. In fact the last pieces are being uploaded right now. I had some trouble with the audio because I was forced to use something other than regular uncompressed PCM, which caused some problems for Youtube's processing. Plus some issues with psxjin and audio sync.The fourth disc hasn't started uploading yet so I don't know the URL yet.This encode is much larger than the longer run of FF8, by the way. FF9 has more complex scenery and does a lot more screen panning, which looks great but is poison when using a fast lossless codec that doesn't use motion vectors. So the full FF8 encode (2560x1792, 30fps, lossless, close to 9 hours long) was 19.5GB, the full FF9 encode (same specs, just over 8 hours long) is 41.97GB. Well over the 20GB limit imposed by Youtube. Maybe I'll make an H.264 version at some point so we can have the full HD encode without segmentation, but it's a lot priority since it won't get processed properly anyway.edit: okay, so the FF9 encode uses 32-bit color mode and I'm pretty sure I used 24-bit mode for FF8, so let's say they're more like 19.5GB versus 31.5GB. Still a major difference.



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Posted: 2012-03-12 04:20:18 Post subject: Why not make a 20GB per disc target output?

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Dada





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Posted: 2012-03-12 12:12:50 Post subject: exileut wrote:

Why not make a 20GB per disc target output?



No need, only the full encode of all discs combined is so large. The individual discs are neatly under 20GB. I might do a H.264 encode targeting 20GB for the full thing.

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Posted: 2012-03-13 04:25:23 Post subject: Watched this today. Can't see any reason not to vote yes. Well done.

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Posted: 2012-03-13 17:53:07 Post subject: The run fully syncs with the 1.1 greatest hits US disks as recorded on redump.org. PSXjin 2.0.2 "svn0"



I'm making downloadable encodes (but it's going to be another 16 hours of encoding before they're done, heh). Game looks pretty spiffy.

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Posted: 2012-03-13 18:00:05 Post subject:

II) Thanks a lot for the run Lil_Gecko!

III) It is possible to download the videos from Youtube using Realplayer. Trying to download the first one now, 508 MB. I'll get back to you when I know how the quality holds up.



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Warp wrote:

omg lol this is so fake!!!1 the nes cant produce music like this! I) Thanks a lot for the encode Dada!II) Thanks a lot for the run Lil_Gecko!III) It is possible to download the videos from Youtube using Realplayer. Trying to download the first one now, 508 MB. I'll get back to you when I know how the quality holds up.

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Posted: 2012-03-13 18:04:49 Post subject: Cardboard wrote:

I) Thanks a lot for the encode Dada!

II) Thanks a lot for the run Lil_Gecko!

III) It is possible to download the videos from Youtube using Realplayer. Trying to download the first one now, 508 MB. I'll get back to you when I know how the quality holds up.



If you're in no hurry, you might want to wait for downloadable. I project it will be about 2GiB (which will probably be about the same as the 500MB per segment you're downloading from youtube), and will probably look better simply because of no youtube reprocessing.

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Warp wrote:

omg lol this is so fake!!!1 the nes cant produce music like this! Yeah well, I have already watched them :) But I tend to download stuff to see if they are of good quality. I'll be sure to link to your encodes for everyone who wish to see the TAS though!

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Posted: 2012-03-13 18:24:11 Post subject: natt wrote:

The run fully syncs with the 1.1 greatest hits US disks as recorded on redump.org. PSXjin 2.0.2 "svn0"



I'm making downloadable encodes (but it's going to be another 16 hours of encoding before they're done, heh). Game looks pretty spiffy.



Ah, nice. Glad that you're doing it. I was thinking of doing them but since I have to renew my setup (using a pretty old x264) I wasn't looking forward to it.

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Posted: 2012-03-13 20:11:11 Post subject: Cardboard wrote:

III) It is possible to download the videos from Youtube using Realplayer.





I started watching, but I guess I'll switch to natt's encode when available. Anything that wasn't up- then downscaled again is bound to look better.

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m00 youtube-dl even allows you to select the quality before downloading.I started watching, but I guess I'll switch to natt's encode when available. Anything that wasn't up- then downscaled again is bound to look better.

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Posted: 2012-03-14 00:58:12 Post subject: A Call for Chapters The encodes are going along nicely; Normal and Hi10 are finished at about 1.35GiB each, and _512kb is processing. They look as good as anything on psxjin possibly could.



8 hours is a very long time. I've added a few chapters to the MKV: just the disk switches, the start, and the end. Most encodes have no chapters at all, and I don't think it's terribly necessary, but if someone wants to make more in depth chapter files with major game events, FMVs, bosses, or whatever you think is relevant, I can add that in.

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Posted: 2012-03-14 02:01:50 Post subject: You should really get natt's encodes if you want to look at them outside of Youtube. On Youtube they're massively upscaled and probably not encoded as well.

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Posted: 2012-03-14 06:12:26 Post subject: After lurking on TASvideos for upwards of a year, I finally had to register solely to post in support of this TAS. Hotly anticipating its publishing. :) Well done!

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Posted: 2012-03-14 15:36:46 Post subject:



Archive.org collection

http://www.archive.org/details/PsxFinalFantasyIxusaIn73712.28ByLil_gecko

Primary[1.4GiB]

http://www.archive.org/download/PsxFinalFantasyIxusaIn73712.28ByLil_gecko/finalfantasy9-tas-lil_gecko.mkv

10bit[1.4GiB]

http://www.archive.org/download/PsxFinalFantasyIxusaIn73712.28ByLil_gecko/finalfantasy9-tas-lil_gecko_10bit444.mkv Consider these not ready for publication. I hope to get the author's .srt track in at some point, as well as possibly better chapters, as well as possibly redump because an outstanding bug in psxjin was fixed.Archive.org collectionPrimary[1.4GiB]10bit[1.4GiB]

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Posted: 2012-03-14 16:29:29 Post subject: At last, done watching.

I was afraid you would over-use Limit Glove and Lucky Seven, but I was relieved to see how all the last battles were handled. Amazing. Charge! is pretty incredible.

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Posted: 2012-03-14 17:48:19 Post subject:



Edit: Got some feedback and am going to up aotuv to -q3 for the final encode. That won't be updated for a bit though... For anyone interested in such things, here's http://www.mediafire.com/?5vsxm6d5fwnj34c the audio from the dump from 7:38:56.643 to the end, compressed as FLAC. The idea is to decide if the vorbis compression in the downloadables is sufficient...Edit: Got some feedback and am going to up aotuv to -q3 for the final encode. That won't be updated for a bit though...

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Posted: 2012-03-14 23:03:28 Post subject: It took a long time to watch, but I enjoyed it. Your entertainment choices were nice, moving the cursor to the music, for example. And it was fast. I voted yes.