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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).
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.)
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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
Definitely easier, but I find it hard to believe it's better than that perfectly scaled 1080p 50fps from fuse.
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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.)
"The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from"
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Guesser wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 1:15 pm
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.)
"The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from"
True dat. ’Sept FLAC and MKV ain’t one of ’em. ;)
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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.
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Seven.FFF wrote: Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:32 pm That’s awesome @Guesser, cheers. I’ve never been happy with how video recording mashes nice crisp pixels into a mush
Nothing to do with me, though I agree with you :)
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Lol, oops!
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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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Thank you. I'll add these examples to the fmfconv manual.
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MrPixel wrote: Sun Apr 01, 2018 9:16 pm 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? :?:
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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[mention]lister_of_smeg[/mention]

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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pavero wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:18 pm Unfortunately recording AVI videos in Spectaculator doesn't work anymore under Windows 10.
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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Neil Parsons wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 9:35 pm
pavero wrote: Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:18 pm Unfortunately recording AVI videos in Spectaculator doesn't work anymore under Windows 10.
Still works to me and I use W10.
Interesting, what setting do you use?
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pavero wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 9:38 pm Interesting, what setting do you use?
I've just edited my previous comment. :D
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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.

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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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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.
That's the bug which i thought.

But it seems, Intel IYUV is functional. Thanks!
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Thank you for this! I upgraded to Windows 10 and then hit this problem. I have over an hour's worth of footage of a text adventure that has this.

I'll give this Intel IYUV a try!
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I never had much luck with Spin recording to include audio and video, despite changing various settings. Currently using version v0.7 for the benefit of the 64 colour ULA. Ver 0.6 I think was the same.

Having said that I just use Spectaculator when I need to record a short video in a 'non rzx' format. :)

I do have Fuse and Zero installed but I've not checked (no need yet really) to see what a/v recording capabilities they have. Having said that I better check they are the newest versions had them for ages.
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