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).
recording zxspin for youtube
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Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
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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
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"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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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.)
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.
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.
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
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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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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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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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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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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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!
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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!
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.
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.