recording zxspin for youtube
recording zxspin for youtube
is there a way to record avi in Zxspin (i run a gaming channel called Speedruns for charity) so that i can post to youtube?
thanks in advance
thanks in advance
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
[mention]MrPixel[/mention]
I'm not sure about Spin, but you can do it in Spectaculator (It's not free but there is a 30 day trial available):
http://www.spectaculator.com/downloads/
I'm not sure about Spin, but you can do it in Spectaculator (It's not free but there is a 30 day trial available):
http://www.spectaculator.com/downloads/
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
I've only used it for animated .gifs but in SPIN if you choose:
Recording>Video>Configure Output>
AVI is one of the options.
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
As other say there is a recording option in Spin but I wouldn't use it. I only recorded short animated gifs with it and it still sometimes gave me weird problems.
Use Spectaculator instead.
Use Spectaculator instead.
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
Unfortunately recording AVI videos in Spectaculator doesn't work anymore under Windows 10.
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
what about fuse?
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
Yes, Fuse can record emulation at 50 fps into its own format, which you can then convert with fmfconv and an encoder of your choice (I personally use ffmpeg).
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
A nice trick you can do with fmfconv -> ffmpeg is to use the Zip Motion Blocks codec (zmbv). This gives you a lossless conversion with a very low bitrate (~300 kbps @ 1080p - very handy for reducing file size for upload to YouTube).Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:57 pmYes, Fuse can record emulation at 50 fps into its own format, which you can then convert with fmfconv and an encoder of your choice (I personally use ffmpeg).
First you need to generate your own palette from your source material:-
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fmfconv speccy.fmf | ffmpeg -i - -vf palettegen palette.png
Then to encode (here using FLAC for audio and the Matroska container format):-
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fmfconv speccy.fmf | ffmpeg -i - -i palette.png -filter_complex "null [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse" -c:a flac -c:v zmbv -compression_level:a 12 speccy.mkv
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fmfconv speccy.fmf | ffmpeg -i - -i palette.png -filter_complex "scale=960:720:flags=neighbor [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse" -c:a flac -c:v zmbv -compression_level:a 12 speccy.mkv
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fmfconv speccy.fmf | ffmpeg -i - -i palette.png -filter_complex "crop=288:216,scale=1440:1080:flags=neighbor [x]; [x][1:v] paletteuse" -c:a flac -c:v zmbv -compression_level:a 12 speccy.mkv
Example (best watched fullscreen in a 1080p screen mode):-
[media]https://youtu.be/xF0CvLo-Ddg[/media]
Of course - once uploaded to YouTube - it gets encoded and is no longer lossless, but the quality should be optimal as you are not re-encoding already lossy material, and - in my opinion - the main perk is the vastly reduced upload time (the source file for the above was less than 2 megabytes IIRC).
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
A truly easier and better way to record footage from emulators of any kind (including ZXSpin) is to use OBS - Open Broadcast Studio. It's free open-source software that records the output of windows, whether for composing into a video or to stream. Astonishingly good at what it does and fairly simple to use.
As I'm starting a YouTube channel on retrogaming, I've been testing out OBS on things like Fuse, MAME, Fusion (Sega Master System/MegaDrive), VICE (Commodore 64), Caprice (Amstrad) and others.
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
That’s a neat trick. Thanks! (I don’t condone the use of non-standard containers and codecs, though, so I’ll stick to h.264(5) and mp4.)lister_of_smeg wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:23 am A nice trick you can do with fmfconv -> ffmpeg is to use the Zip Motion Blocks codec (zmbv). This gives you a lossless conversion with a very low bitrate (~300 kbps @ 1080p - very handy for reducing file size for upload to YouTube).
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
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and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
Definitely easier, but I find it hard to believe it's better than that perfectly scaled 1080p 50fps from fuse.PeteProdge wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:01 am A truly easier and better way to record footage from emulators of any kind (including ZXSpin) is to use OBS
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
"The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from"Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:17 am (I don’t condone the use of non-standard containers and codecs, though, so I’ll stick to h.264(5) and mp4.)
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
True dat. ’Sept FLAC and MKV ain’t one of ’em.Guesser wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:15 pm"The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from"Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:17 am (I don’t condone the use of non-standard containers and codecs, though, so I’ll stick to h.264(5) and mp4.)
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and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
Re: recording zxspin for youtube
That’s awesome [mention]Guesser[/mention], cheers. I’ve never been happy with how video recording mashes nice crisp pixels into a mush, so I usually record anigifs rather than videos, and live without the sound.
Will definitely try this. I never had any success with fmfconv before, but I was probably doing it wrong.
Will definitely try this. I never had any success with fmfconv before, but I was probably doing it wrong.
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
Nothing to do with me, though I agree with you
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Lol, oops!
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
Thank you. I'll add these examples to the fmfconv manual.lister_of_smeg wrote: ↑Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:23 am A nice trick you can do with fmfconv -> ffmpeg is to use the Zip Motion Blocks codec (zmbv). This gives you a lossless conversion with a very low bitrate (~300 kbps @ 1080p - very handy for reducing file size for upload to YouTube).
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
I've not tried it with ZX Spin but, if you use Windows 10, I'd imagine that operating system's built-in screen recorder will do the job. Initiate it by pressing Windows key+G and then follow the prompts...
(You can also get to it via Start > Settings cog > Gaming > Game DVR)
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Thank you! This finally solved my fmf conversion problems, I tried about a million ffmpeg settings but everything became blurry. Thanks to you it now works!
In order to upload to YouTube I convert the resulting mkv file to mp4 using Handbrake.
Thank you! This finally solved my fmf conversion problems, I tried about a million ffmpeg settings but everything became blurry. Thanks to you it now works!
In order to upload to YouTube I convert the resulting mkv file to mp4 using Handbrake.
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
Still works to me and I use W10.
Control > Video Clip (AVI) > Record: create and put a name to your AVI file.
Next, another window appears (Video Clip options):
- Option 1: Video size - By default Medium (320x256). I always use this parameter for most of my videos.
- Option 2: Compressor - By default Spectaculator selects Microsoft RLE (unless in my case), but choosing to Codec Intel IYUV works fine and records both sound and image.
- Option 3: Frame rate - By default, 25 fps. I just don't touch this parameter.
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Interesting, what setting do you use?
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
For a while, when I tried to play AVI files created with Spectaculator with any of multimedia players installed in my computer, I could only listen it (no visual) with default Microsoft RLE compressor. After testing rest of options, I found that the third one from above "Intel IYUV" is the best one.
For some reason, it appears twice at the dropdown menu but enlighted one is what I select every time I want to record new videos.
For some reason, it appears twice at the dropdown menu but enlighted one is what I select every time I want to record new videos.
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Re: recording zxspin for youtube
That's the bug which i thought.Neil Parsons wrote: ↑Sat May 29, 2021 9:59 pm For a while, when I tried to play AVI files created with Spectaculator with any of multimedia players installed in my computer, I could only listen it (no visual) with default Microsoft RLE compressor.
But it seems, Intel IYUV is functional. Thanks!