MAME Video Snaps #-S / v0.120 / 020708 (EmuMovies)

[Circo]

EmuMovies
Your #1 Resource for Video Game Artwork
Videos-Snaps-Titles-Boxes-Carts-Manuals






2/07/08
Release Type Video Snaps (WIP)
System M.A.M.E.
Naming Convention M.A.M.E. .120
Country All English Playable
Format AVI
File Count 6309
Total Size 27.2 GB

Release Info

02/07/08

Sorry the the delay between releases, things have been very busy for me besides the project.  This is the last torrent update before the full set is released.  I have added P,Q,R & S to the set. 

10/03/07

There was a mistake in the directory structure which was forcing everyone to basically start over on the entire torrent.  This has now been corrected, so it should resume with no problem. 

Sorry for the inconvienience.

10/02/07

Updated to version .119
Added M,N,O
Added or replaced about 10 videos due to feedback (Thanks!)

08/28/07

Updated to version .118
Added J,K & L
Added SQ Set
New Directory Structure:

-M.A.M.E. Video Snaps (EmuMovies)
  -HiQ
     -Artwork
        -Cropped
        -Full
     -Horizontal
     -Vertical
  -SQ
     -Artwork
        -Cropped
        -Full
     -Horizontal
     -Vertical

When opening torrent in uTorrent all you need to do is download the version that you need. 

HiQ files are encoded at 640x480 Horizontal and ###x480 Vertical.  SQ sets are encoded at 320x240res Horizontal and ###x240 Vertical.  If all you intend to use them for is in a preview window the SQ set is perfectly fine, and there is a huge space savings. 

HiQ set is currently 1,886 files and 11.3GB in size
SQ set is currently 1,886 files and 4.11GB in size


07/02/07

Added 520 new previews E-I

06/22/07

No long introductions here as this is an incomplete work in progress release.  This is a completely new set and does not include any previously released game previews.

What's New??

- No more mame watermark!
- Includes a complete set of previews with MAME artwork (cropped and non-cropped)
- Horizontal Previews (includes vertical games @ 640x480 w/black bars on sides)
- Vertical Previews (vertical games in their native aspect)

The reason for horizontal and vertical previews is that if you have a horizontal monitor in your cab, video stretching will not affect the vertical games.  If you have a vertical monitor set-up the vertical set will work perfectly for you.

Feedback is always welcome!

[NIVO]

just curious, but why an arcade classics watermark?  I commend you for your efforts Circo, always good to see updates. I have tested one of your samples and it is done well. But I personally will have to pass due to the watermark.

[Havok]

Nice, but I'll pass too with a watermark. It's not like you own the rights to these images? I understand this is a lot of work, and you are to be commended, but that kind of ruins it for me. This is just like back when they started doing watermarks on tv shows. Now everyone is doing it. Pretty annoying, it totally detracts from the image - I personally find myself staring at those darn things!   

[jcrouse]

I have to second the first two posts (is that possible?). The quality, however, is outstanding. Great work as always.

John

[Circo]

The reson for the watermarks is because in my cab the FE randomly plays through the videos for all systems in screensaver mode.  If you have checked any of the other HiQ sets you will see a system logo watermark as well.  Since the screensaver is playing videos from all of the different systems the watermark shows you what emulator the preview is for.  For the same reason I capture the title sequence, it helps me to better utilize the screen saver.

The reason for the watermarks has nothing to do with rights or anything like that, It just makes these videos better for what I use them for.  It is not very noticable or detracting (for me at least) when playing in a preview window.

Shame it's not just a simple thing to make two sets, I would keep the watermarks for me and the have a non-wm version.  But it's a huge pain to make two so I doubt I will ever get around to that.

[youki]

In that case you should talk with FE authors .

In AtomicFe i could easily put the watermarks from the FE on above your video where you want and as you want.  I can even superpose Video on video with some transparence effect.

As the FE knows where the video comes from and to what emulator there are linked , it should be very easy.

I can work with you for that feature for AtomicFE , if you are interrested in.

The advantage is that you will have a video set without water mark and you can put the watermark you want afterwards.  And if in the time you want change watermark , you will be able very easly without re-encoding your video.

#edit: the watermark would be of course an option of the FE , and coud be removed if you don't want them.

[squirrellydw]

I really wanted to use these but I guess I won't now because of the watermark.  Nice job though

[Silver]

Hmmm, looking at these I find the system identifier watermarks quite useful for the consoles, but I have to say I'm not a fan of the arcade classics WM either.

I think I would vote for no WM at all (seeing as it would not be hard for the modern FE's to add in to identify systems), but I especially find the AC one quite "busy" with all the little logos. Looks especially bad on vertical games where is just  over laps the game image.

Apologies if any of this sounds critical - I'm very aware of the huge time taken to generate all these. But if you are interested in changing tack - now is the time while you are only at letter A or B.....

[Aurich]

Vertical games were full screen captures so that when used in a preview window they will keep their aspect even when stratch mode is on.

I'm so glad you didn't do this with the first smaller set. Those of us who actually run real vertical cabinets aren't going to find that useful.

[loadman]

This conformation may help with your watermark decision,  .....

As you requested, the next version of MaLa allows me to change my 'Serial Display' plug-in so it can display details of the currently displayed screensaver Vid on a LCD or BetaBrite.

[FrizzleFried]

Hmmm...I too was a bit disappointed with the watermark...enough that I will only be updating my set with the new games animations...I won't be replacing any of the old lower quality set.

Bummer...

...but life goes on!   Thanks for your efforts though!

[Circo]

OK OK you guys win 

I will kill the water marks, the idea of making them an option in a FE is not bad either. 

For those of you with vertical cabs, would you like a vertical only set as well with a more suitable aspect ratio.  The way I am doing it now is great if you have a standard cab, but if there is enough interest I am not against doing a special set.  It is just a crop issue, so no big deal just big space.

I thought the watermark was a spiffy idea but it DOUBLED the time it took to make each preview.

[Silver]

OK OK you guys win 

I will kill the water marks, the idea of making them an option in a FE is not bad either. 

Excellent, sounds good. And I do vote for FE support for this for highlighting systems being shown....

For those of you with vertical cabs, would you like a vertical only set as well with a more suitable aspect ratio.  The way I am doing it now is great if you have a standard cab, but if there is enough interest I am not against doing a special set.  It is just a crop issue, so no big deal just big space.

I've not used a vertical monitor, but thinking about this having the video at the correct verical size (3:4) should not be a problem. Any FE displaying videos in a preview area should - IMHO - have an option to 1) scale them to fit the area 2) Maintain aspect. I can only assume there is a problem if they stretch without maintaining aspect, which is never a good idea in scaling video.... just my thoughts.

I thought the watermark was a spiffy idea but it DOUBLED the time it took to make each preview.

Ouch. Least the rest will be quicker...


Also once again want to say huge kudos for doing these sets. Absolutely awesome.

[squirrellydw]

are the original ones still only updated to 106?

[Silver]

are the original ones still only updated to 106?

I believe there are updates within the torrent linked at the top. They are in a seperate directory.

[youki]

Circo (or somebody else) could you put a snap shot of a video with a WaterMark you did here?

I can not access Torrent , and i want just see how looks your watermark to see how i can reproduce that from the FE dynamically.

Thanks

[jcrouse]

Youki,
    Try this.

Good Luck,
John

[Havok]

OK OK you guys win 

I will kill the water marks, the idea of making them an option in a FE is not bad either. 

For those of you with vertical cabs, would you like a vertical only set as well with a more suitable aspect ratio.  The way I am doing it now is great if you have a standard cab, but if there is enough interest I am not against doing a special set.  It is just a crop issue, so no big deal just big space.

I thought the watermark was a spiffy idea but it DOUBLED the time it took to make each preview.

Awesome! Besides, we're just thinking of you - doing all that work will now only take half the time!

Thanks for these previews, they really add polish to any front end!

 

[youki]

Youki,
    Try this.

Good Luck,
John

Thanks

I can do this kind of thing very easily.  I would just need the images used for the Watermarks. 

[jcrouse]

Or, better yet, allow the user to specify their own. Preferably transparent GIF's.

Just a thought,
John

[squirrellydw]

are the original ones still only updated to 106?

I believe there are updates within the torrent linked at the top. They are in a seperate directory.

I don't use torrents, would rather just pay for the whole set.

[Circo]

Or, better yet, allow the user to specify their own. Preferably transparent GIF's.

Just a thought,
John

Yes, this would be the preferred method for myself as well.

[FrizzleFried]

For those of you with vertical cabs, would you like a vertical only set as well with a more suitable aspect ratio.

I would LOVE to get a vertical set...ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.   

...and thanks for reconsidering the watermark!   You are "THE SHIZ"...

 

[loadman]

I would LOVE to get a vertical set...ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.   

Me too please 

[youki]

Or, better yet, allow the user to specify their own. Preferably transparent GIF's.

Just a thought,
John

Yes, this would be the preferred method for myself as well.

Of course, it will be like that. You will precise a path to the watermark image you want use for each config/emulator ,  where you want place the watermark on the video  , and if you want display the watermark only in screensaver mode or only on snapvideo display or both.
and you will choose the level of transparency of the watermark on the video.

Do you see other thing that could be interresting?

[Circo]

Of course, it will be like that. You will precise a path to the watermark image you want use for each config/emulator ,  where you want place the watermark on the video  , and if you want display the watermark only in screensaver mode or only on snapvideo display or both.
and you will choose the level of transparency of the watermark on the video.

Do you see other thing that could be interresting?

All I can think of is effects  maybe fade in fade out, or only show for the first 5 seconds of the clip.  But your current plans are more than enough!

For those of you with vertical cabs, would you like a vertical only set as well with a more suitable aspect ratio.

I would LOVE to get a vertical set...ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.   

...and thanks for reconsidering the watermark!   You are "THE SHIZ"...

 

This is not turning out to be as easy as I thought, I know that it is possible to encode the video in a 3:4 aspect ratio, but I cant get it to encode in xvid.   Does anyone know the best trick to do this?

[youki]

All I can think of is effects   maybe fade in fade out, or only show for the first 5 seconds of the clip.  But your current plans are more than enough!

Good idea, i will do that too.   

[Silver]

[This is not turning out to be as easy as I thought, I know that it is possible to encode the video in a 3:4 aspect ratio, but I cant get it to encode in xvid.   Does anyone know the best trick to do this?

What kind of problem are you having? Is it erroring out when you try and start the encode?

I just did a quick test by cropping 1942.avi (cropped 138 pixels off the left and the right) and it seemed to create a perfect (vertical, 3:4) video. Disadvantage of this is that its been encoded twice so will be slightly lower quality.

Note, make sure you have an even number of pixels after a crop - cropping 137 pixels off caused an error as the remaining video to be encoded was an odd number of pixels. This varies from encoder to encoder - some will only do multiples of 8, 4 or 2. I think Xvid will do multiples of 2.

[Circo]

What program are you using to crop the video?  This is something that I have not tried before, and I spent 4 hours last night trying to figure it out.

[Silver]

I was using VirtualDub.

You need to add a Video Filter, called "null transform", which basically allows cropping. You can then set the cropping by pixel from each side.

To use filters you have to be in "Full Re-processing" mode, so the the video must be re-encoded. However, you might find quality not an issue using this approach. I

Note that I don't believe it is physically possible to crop videos like these without re-encoding. So you can either re-encode after the case (you could probably set up a batch run) or you need to create them from scratch as 3:4.

I cropped and re-encoded your HiQ 1943.avi as an example. I encoded it to be around the same size as the original (4 meg or so) so you can take a look. I can't spot much of a quality loss myself. Take a look:



I just re-encoded with Xvid, not sure what settings you use.

VirtualDub Instructions:
1) Open avi in Vdub
2) Select Full Processing mode from Video menu
3) Select Filters from Video Menu
4) Add "null transform" filter, hit OK
5) Hit cropping button, select pixel offsets to crop (I used 138 on the left and 138 on the right)
6) Select Compression options from Video menu and set your encoder
7) Make sure "Direct Stream Copy" is selected in Audio menu.
Save as AVI....

[Circo]

You should be making these, not me 


That is just what I needed silver, thanks!  Believe it or not I just loaded up virtual dub last night, and it is VERY different from the commercial programs that I am used to like premiere.  So I will give this a go and should knock this right out!!!

[Silver]

Believe it or not I just loaded up virtual dub last night, and it is VERY different from the commercial programs that I am used to like premiere.  So I will give this a go and should knock this right out!!!

Yep, sure is different. But is single-handedly the most useful video capture/processing program I have ever used...

Also, When you select "Save as AVI", there is a tick box at the bottom saying "run this job later". This lets you setup everything you want it to run, and then process them all in one batch.

It also has a scripting language which could be used to do all this automatically - its how Buddabings version of mame converts mames MNG output to AVI's.

[Circo]

Ok here is how I am going to do it:

File structure will be like this:

- Mame AVI Game Previews HiQ
   - Horizontal
   - Vertical

Horizontal will include all games including vertical ones captured full screen with the bars on the side to keep the correct aspect on a horizontal cab.  Also many of the vertical games that have artwork are captured with cropped artwork to fill in the sides.

Vertical will be all vertical games cropped with a height of 480.  This should be perfect for those with a vertical monitor.

At this time I am skipping over non-english playable games (quiz and majong types) I may revisit these later but I have absolutly no use for them and I would rather not see them in a screensaver mode.  I may return to this and add them in another folder if there is enough demand.

Using virtualdub things are going VERY quickly, I expect to catch up to the old set by next week and as soon as I get through "B" I will rerelease.

In the updates I will continue to capture every new game since they can be used with cdbrown's set.

On another note:

Before I called it quits last night I tried a couple of N64 captures.  With this new 8800 GTS video card I maxxed out all of the video options and the HiQ captures are perfect.  This is a small set so I may rerelease in the next few weeks.

[jcrouse]

My 2 cents ...... turn off artwork. I certainly don't want to see cropped artwork filling in the edges.

Just my opinion,
John

[Circo]

My 2 cents ...... turn off artwork. I certainly don't want to see cropped artwork filling in the edges.

Just my opinion,
John

Am I the only one who likes the new cropped artwork on the vertical games?  I am definately open to sugesstion on this, now remember the vertical set will have NO ARTWORK, but I was going to include it in the horizontal set. 

How do the rest of you feel about this?

SAMPLE W/ARTWORK


BTW ignore the watermark, it's gone on the new ones.

[jcrouse]

Well, if it's a democracy, I vote for no artwork, just the video.

John

[loadman]

Well, if it's a democracy, I vote for no artwork, just the video.

John

Me 2   

[squirrellydw]

me 2  but I really don't care.  They both look nice

[um3k]

Another vote for no artwork,  I just don't like seeing the artwork appearing to be cut off like that.

[KDOG]

I like the artwork so I say keep it. I will also say that this is for you more than it is for us so do what you like.

[csa3d]

I vote no artwork, as it could interfere with a custom FE layout in regaurds to design.  You're a man with a mission, keep going!

-csa

[Circo]

OK, this is what I will do.  Check out the new file structure.

-Horizontal
-Vertical
-Artwork
  -Cropped
  -Non Cropped
(Non cropped will include Horizontal games with artwork as well)

Should work for everyone.

Thanks for all the good feedback!

[Silver]

Wow! A monster collection.... hope you have a good system for doing this efficiently! (How are you doing it by the way?)

[Circo]

I have gone through 4 computers since I started this project, trying to get enough horsepower to do this right.  Here is what I am currently running:

Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 OC to 2.9Ghz per core
2GB DDR2 800
BFG nforce 680i Mobo
BFG geforce 8800 GTS 640MB Video
Sound Blaster X-Fi
WD Raptor 10000RPM 74GB
Seagate 750GB HD
500GB External HD
Some other HD's I have almost 2TB of workspace.
Logitech G15 Keyboard with LCD display (for fraps)
Samsung 20" LCD
Sony 19" LCD
Xbox 360 Controller
Dual Boot with vista and xp pro.  XP is only for EmuMovies, nothing else is installed but what I use for this project.  I use Vista for everything else.

I set the sony monitor to 640x480 res then run the emulator fullscreen.  Using FRAPS for capturing, I then start the emulator, check through the intro sequence to see if it is good enough.  Usually I actually play the game for a minute or so while capturing then reset the emulator to capture the intro sequence.  I then exit the emulator then drop the capture into virtualdub.  I do sone quick editing, my target size per fille is about 30 seconds (usually about 20-25 seconds of gameplay then the title screen).  If it has a really good intro it may be longer.

In virtualdub I export into Xvid using quant level 4 and MP3 audio at 56kbps.  I used to use 128 but I can not tell the differance in quality and it help keep the file size down a bit. 

Last night using this process I was able to get through about 75 games.

[KillerArcades]

wow! I commend  you for your persistence and I envy you for the time you're able to make for this.

[Circo]

I just wanted to clarify that when saying artwork I was referring to bezels.  Actual ARTWORK ie: backgrounds and overlays WILL be in the captures.  Tron, Armor Attack, Asteroids Deluxe etc.  That was how the games were meant to look so those will always be in the video.

[Dariusz]

Hi Cisco,

Just wondering if you have yet released the movie pack for mame but without the watermark. I have attempted to visit your website for any news but the web site indicated you have exceeded you bandwidth. Is there a torrent (one torrent) available for just the mame movies for  .1 to 0.13? Thanks,

Dariusz

[jcrouse]

Not yet. He just started last week and is looking at a huge undertaking, MANY hours. I would imagine it will be two months or so. He may even release them in smaller sets as he goes.

Be patient,
John

[jimjim]

Went to Circo's house yesterday and got to check out how the set is coming.  He is doing a great job.  One of the things that always amazes me about his set is how he captures scenes from the games, and not just the attract mode. 

Considering all the sets that he has done, I kid him that he should be in the world record books for playing the most games.  If you count Mame, NES, SNES, SEGA Systems, Wonderswan, etc... he has played thousands of games and has the documentation to prove it.

Back to the topic, I think people will definitely be impressed. 

[Dariusz]

Thanks for the news, I'm impressed, and appreciate all the work that circo is doing.   Dariusz

[Circo]

Quick update:

- Had an 8lb 4oz Baby girl last week so that has been taking up lots of time.

- The NEW mame set is completed up through C so even with distractions is is going much faster.  I will probably post a new WIP torrent once I am through D.  Here is a complete status:

Horizontal #-C Complete - Includes all games including verticals with black bars on the sides.

Vertical #-C Complete - Includes all vertical games at a * X 480 resolution

Bezel Artwork Cropped #-Z Complete

Bezel Artwork Full #-Z Complete

- Emumovies.com is down as well as my email (circo@emumovies.com) I lost my old server but not to worry I am working on a new server to host the site and will be up hopefully next week.  My apologies but it was unavoidable, so if anyone has tried to contact me in the last two weeks and I have not responded that is why.

[squirrellydw]

congratulations

[edge]

Quick update:

- Had an 8lb 4oz Baby girl last week so that has been taking up lots of time.

Congrats, Circo!  Maybe she can help with the movie captures?

I love how you mixed in a birth announcement with your movie to-dos. hehe.  Your wife would love it.

[Circo]

At least it was tops on the list 

[ShAddiX]

Can't wait for the new release
Keep it up 

[Circo]

Figured I would drop in and give an update, I am currently waiting for the nameserver to catch up so I can upload what is left of my website and get it going again.  So hopefully it will be up tonight.  I never fully realized what time was going to be like after the arrival of my daughter.  Needless to say it shook everything up A LOT. 

To be perfectly honest it has been about a month since I have fired up the cab.  Also I was a little disheartened when the new Mala came out and it seems all of the video stuff is broken, and I have no idea how to quantify the problems I am having to Swindus and Loadman but I am hopeful that it will eventually get sorted out.  Not to take anything away from the frontend, for everything it does: Speech, Beta Brite, LCD, LED WIZ (all features that I have a use for) these work fantasticly.  For some reason I can't get my new game previews to work, and I have never been able to get the screensaver mode to function in the least.  Anyway with everything added together (including the loss of my server), it has been a good time to take a semi break. 

Anyway I ramble......

In the new world this project has surely slowed.. but there is still life in the project.  I have not stopped making the previews, and lately I have done quite a few.  So while my timelines to have things back to normal keep passing, it really does seem like I am finally making progress.  Stay tuned!!

[Hoopz]

Thanks for the update and good luck with the family.   

We'll be here when its ready. 

[loadman]

To be perfectly honest it has been about a month since I have fired up the cab.  Also I was a little disheartened when the new Mala came out and it seems all of the video stuff is broken, and I have no idea how to quantify the problems I am having to Swindus and Loadman but I am hopeful that it will eventually get sorted out.  Not to take anything away from the frontend, for everything it does: Speech, Beta Brite, LCD, LED WIZ (all features that I have a use for) these work fantastically.  For some reason I can't get my new game previews to work, and I have never been able to get the screensaver mode to function in the least.  Anyway with everything added together (including the loss of my server), it has been a good time to take a semi break. 

I feel partially responsible for that as I did not have any issues and gave the 'thumbs up' to Swindus to release RC9. It seems that did not test thoughrally enough. After release I found issues with the screensaver (if enabled) and video previews on other PC'S.   

Anyway..... as you know Swindus works 'sporadically' on MaLa, he fits in between his 'Real life' and work. But when he does work on it he goes 110% for quite some time.

Anyway my point is I have no doubt these two issues will be solved its just a matter of when.  I am standing by to beta test your videos on beta versions of MaLa when you are both ready.

My best guess the cause is a combination of a MaLa bug (not looking in the right directory for vids in some scenarios) and the current video playback driver MaLa is using...

Anyway Good Luck with Family life and let us know what name you pick out for your next Mini-Cab for your daughter to play when she is old enough 

Cheers   

[Trebeck]

Can't wait til they are ready to download again.  What a sweet idea!

Beck

[Circo]

Well I can say that I have never had so many problems getting on a new server.  Website is up and limping, I will be working on it all night to get fully back up and running.  Email finally back up and boy do I have a lot of work going through all that.  Soon as I get the site done the new mame torrent is ready to put up.  Will post here when done.

[ShAddiX]

Is there any wip news?
I check this board, [romsite name redacted] and emumovies.com every day for this release. ^^"

Or would it be possible to release a part which is already finished? (like the #-A release)

Ansyways, keep this great work up!   

[mrclean]

ok? MAME HiQ Work in Progress   ?? i see that torrent is 9 gigs! whats missing? and is it close to being complete ?

[Silver]

Those are just letters A-I, (and numbers). J-Z still to go, so its going to be a lot bigger than 9 gig...

[mrclean]

Those are just letters A-I, (and numbers). J-Z still to go, so its going to be a lot bigger than 9 gig...

ok? but the only thing im slightly confused about is the way that the folders are within this current torrent? some w./ artwork from mr. do's site with the bezels and some without and some in native 16:9 and others in 4:3 etc etc.. is it just to suit everyone because some people want it with the bezels etc and some don't? or is this strickly for orginizational purposes, so this means 20gigs!? round and abouts for the whole collection?

[Silver]

Yes, basically Circo is doing a highly impressive "keep everyone happy" effort.

For example, there are 4 versions of 1943.avi

1 in the Horizontal folder   --- 4:3, so as a vertical game, 1943 has black borders at the side.
1 in the Vertical folder        --- 3:4, so no black borders video
1 in the Artwork/Cropped folder --- like horizontal, but black borders filled with game artwork
1 in the Artwork/Full folder --- full artwork on all sides, so game video is smaller inside artwork

[Zero_Hour]

Just finished pulling down the W.I.P HiQ movies.
They are Sweet.
Can't wait for the next batch.


Thanks for putting theses together Circo. 

[Circo]

I am on vacation all of next week, with nothing but this to do.  BTW, anyone who has known me for awhile on these boards knows that I have had pretty regular website issues since it's inception.  I have now officially moved everything over to my own server and I am no longer dependant on others for bandwidth, hosting, etc.  So if you havent yet please check out the new site, I would say that it is about 85% complete (I have a guy who is doing some work on it for me that should be done by this weekend).  Also everything has been placed on the ftp so if you have ever ordered a dvd set from me drop me a line and I will hook you up with ftp access for updates and such. 

[Circo]

Yes, basically Circo is doing a highly impressive "keep everyone happy" effort.

For example, there are 4 versions of 1943.avi

1 in the Horizontal folder   --- 4:3, so as a vertical game, 1943 has black borders at the side.
1 in the Vertical folder        --- 3:4, so no black borders video
1 in the Artwork/Cropped folder --- like horizontal, but black borders filled with game artwork
1 in the Artwork/Full folder --- full artwork on all sides, so game video is smaller inside artwork

Thanks for the breakdown Silver, I hope that this clarifies it for everyone.

[ARTIFACT]

what's the link for the lower resolution versions?

(my cab is not displaying these high res ones well... it's slow ... and I resize it to 320x240 in my MALA layout anyway...

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!  good job!

[loadman]

what's the link for the lower resolution versions?

(my cab is not displaying these high res ones well... it's slow ... and I resize it to 320x240 in my MALA layout anyway...

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!  good job!

How fast is your PC?  It needs to be Decent to play Hih Rez Vids

Are you using the latest beta version ?: 
http://mala.arcadezentrum.com/MaLa_v1.0RC9a_beta2.7z

And the latest XVID Driver (with Divx uninstalled first) ? : http://download.divxmovies.com/XviD-1.1.3-28062007.exe

[Circo]

what's the link for the lower resolution versions?

(my cab is not displaying these high res ones well... it's slow ... and I resize it to 320x240 in my MALA layout anyway...

THANKS IN ADVANCE!!  good job!

When I finish I will probably do a batch recode at 320x240 for Mala compatabilitly.  The other mame videos were not mine but if you follow the info link tab next to them on my site, it will tell you where to download.

[ARTIFACT]

OK

I am good now...

What I did is use iRiverter (a small, free video re-encoder for small media devices) and batch encoded my videos folder to 320x240, 300 Kbps bitrate, 32 Kbps audio...

Then I batch-renamed the files (iriverter added a ".zvm" to all the files) using another free utility

IT WORKS GREAT NOW! SUPER FAST SWITCHING

Pic of my custom layout in my project thread (sig link)

[Circo]

Virtual Dub also has a job setting that is very efficient for re encoding the files, I just set the video filter to make the videos 50%. 

[ARTIFACT]

Circo, do you have a (simple) tutorial on how to create these?

thanks

[Circo]

I have updated the torrent link and information on the first post.

[Cananas]

Thank you for your hard work. Great stuff, including all possible options to keep all the people happy (HiQ, SQ, Artwork, Horizontal, vertical,...).

[mrclean]

Not a member of [romsite name redacted].. so i cant download this anychance to make this a "free torrent"? or seed it on another tracker ?

edit : works now! no torrent issues / restrictions...thanks!.. will continue to seed
its going slow..then fast..then slow again.. maybe its my client not sure but can't complain because I know how much work was put into this thanks circo!

[FrizzleFried]

Not hard to apply bro...


...or have you already been shitlisted?

[Circo]

You should not need to be a member of the tracker, these are linked to a special acct they made for me so that anyone can use the torrent for my releases.  What is happening when you open the torrent?

In fact you should never have to visit the tracker at all to download.  But you still need to stay and seed it no grab and runs as that is just rude.

[Circo]

Thank you for your hard work. Great stuff, including all possible options to keep all the people happy (HiQ, SQ, Artwork, Horizontal, vertical,...).

Thank you Cananas, yeah when looking at the size keep in mind that there are quite a few versions you will not have to use all of the files at the same time.  Most folks will do a mix and match of them to get the right config on their cabinet.

[Circo]

FIXED!!!!

UPDATE:  Torrent should work for everyone in a few hours or so (Fixed)

The tracker that I use is a private one but they change a setting on mine that makes it freely distributable without being a member of the site.  Until they flip the switch so to speak it doesn't work.  I expect that it will be fixed in the next couple of hours.  I will post an update here once it has been done.  Next time I will wait and not jump the gun but I didn't know.

You will not need to download another file it will just start working. 

[FrizzleFried]

I started the torrent at 65% about 24 hours ago...I am now at 80%...there is only a SINGLE seeder....ugg...I'd recommend that everyone wait a little until more people can seed.  I am seeding as I go and once I get the full torrent I will remain seeding for a week or two...

[Avrus]

I started the torrent at 65% about 24 hours ago...I am now at 80%...there is only a SINGLE seeder....ugg...I'd recommend that everyone wait a little until more people can seed.  I am seeding as I go and once I get the full torrent I will remain seeding for a week or two...

That's probably me.  I think I'm the only seeder.

[FrizzleFried]

10-20kps sucks...but it is what it is...

[Katana Man]

I'm new to torrents. Does the whole torrent need to be download in order for the .avi files to work?  That doesn't seem like that would be the case.  But I can't run any of these .avi files on 2 different computers.

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file".
Yes, I have Xvid codec installed on both machines. All other videos work fine, including the DVD's I purchased from EmuMovies.

[Katana Man]

Ahh, nevermind.  Upon looking closer at the individual files inside the utorrent program, I can see that many are on the hard drive, but the download is not fully completed. 

[Circo]

10-20kps sucks...but it is what it is...

Sorry it's just little old me......  40kbps upload is all that comcast will give me.

[Silver]

---

(ignore I was talking rubbish)

[mrclean]

don't understand why previously I had "verticle" videos and they were showing up the way they should in mamewah.. now that i updated to this 118 my verticle videos are all stretched// outside of mamewah in windows the video is fine but now when its running in the front end its stretching them?? didnt do that before ? previously i had HQ Now I went with SQ ??

[Circo]

The horizontal folder has the vertical games in horizontal format "Letterboxed".   This is what you want to use with MameWah. 

The vertical folder has the vertical games in a vertical resolution.  This works better with vertical displays.

I checked the torrent and it is fine, so I assume that you took the files from the vertical folder and addded them to the files from the horizontal folder.

[mrclean]

so I assume that you took the files from the vertical folder and addded them to the files from the horizontal folder.

Thats exactly what I did.. and now I corrected the issue.. no problems! thanks again circo for all your hard work.. looking foward to the other letters.   

[Circo]

Need to get back on it, been splitting time between MAME videos and all of the new artwork packs on the website.

[ARTIFACT]

Suggestion:

split it into several torrents... chances are, not everyone wants vertical AND with artwork AND horizontal AND high quality AND preview quality...

You mention on your site that you are concerned about the torrent getting to 60 GB ... this splitting of things would solve that problem... people would download what they really wants/use.


THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT AND HARD WORK!!!
I hope this suggestion helps.

[retrometro]

Suggestion:
split it into several torrents... chances are, not everyone wants vertical AND with artwork AND horizontal AND high quality AND preview quality...

...must collect.  cannot stop.   

[Circo]

The reason that the sets are in Massive Torrents is because with utorrent when you first load up a torrent it displays the directory structure.  You can pick and choose which directories you would like to download.  Having many small torrents would eventually have a hard time staying seeded, that is how I used to distribute them and they were combined because of that. 

In the picture below after opening the torrent in uTorrent the first thing that comes up is the "Add New Torrent" window.  I have expanded the directories and selected ONLY the Vertical and Horizontal SQ directories.  Nothing else will download but those. 

Hope this helps 

[jcrouse]

Circo,
     
What version of uTorrent is the screenshot from?

Thanks,
John

[Circo]

Circo,
     
What version of uTorrent is the screenshot from?

Thanks,
John

uTorrent 1.7.2 is what I am currently using.

[jcrouse]

Where is the setting to allow selection by folder? My selection screen just shows a single list of file with the complete path. I looked through the options but can't seem to find it.

Thanks,
John

[ARTIFACT]

same as john here.... huuuge list of files and thousands of checkboxes... latest utorrent version

id argue that the end experience for the user cant be predicted ... some use browser add-ons, etc. hence my suggestion

great work with the stuff thanks!

[Circo]

For me, utorrent has always had this screen pop up to select the files every time that I first open a torrent.  Of course if the torrent was already in the queue then 4I would have to remove it and re open it again.  If that is not working for you here is the screenshot of the settings location.

[jcrouse]

As stated, I get the window to select files, however, they are all listed in one list, not in a tree format.

John

[Circo]

Hmm, when I get home tonight I will play with it and find out why it is doing that, are you running the latest version?

[jcrouse]

Yep!

[Circo]

I am running 1.7.4 now and it still works like my screenshots, I will keep flipping setting until I can make the folders disappear.  Then maybe I can figure out your problem.

[um3k]

If memory serves me correctly, a new feature called "tree view"  was added in uTorrent 1.7.2 but removed in 1.7.3, because of problems with it (should appear again in 1.8+ ).   It looks like Circo may be running 1.7.2 and jcrouse 1.7.3 or higher.   More details at http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=29180

[Circo]

Your absolutly correct, i looked a little closer and that feature is gone in 1.7.4

Now I wish that I had not upgraded 

Good to hear that it will be back.

[retrometro]

Your absolutly correct, i looked a little closer and that feature is gone in 1.7.4

Now I wish that I had not upgraded 

Good to hear that it will be back.

Can you recommend a uTorrent like client for OSX?

[DaveMMR]

Your absolutly correct, i looked a little closer and that feature is gone in 1.7.4

Now I wish that I had not upgraded 

Good to hear that it will be back.

I noticed that I had to click each file individually too.   Most of you will already know this, but I just did the "shift-click" routine on the first and last file I didn't want to download.  Not as fast as folders but quick enough.

[FrizzleFried]

Your absolutly correct, i looked a little closer and that feature is gone in 1.7.4

Now I wish that I had not upgraded 

Good to hear that it will be back.

Can you recommend a uTorrent like client for OSX?

Yes...it's called WINDOWS XP + uTorrent!

[Circo]

Just need parallels or boot camp 

[loadman]

Just need parallels or boot camp 

Boot Camp is so cool on the Mac.  I was blown away how easy it was to set-up a 2nd partition with Windows XP on it.

Sorry.. Back to EmuMovies

[retrometro]

Your absolutly correct, i looked a little closer and that feature is gone in 1.7.4

Now I wish that I had not upgraded 

Good to hear that it will be back.

Can you recommend a uTorrent like client for OSX?

Yes...it's called WINDOWS XP + uTorrent!

Man... walked right into that one!

[Circo]

I just updated the torrent

The set is now at version .119 and is complete #-O

Go back to the first post for links and information.

[retrometro]

Just need parallels or boot camp 

Boot Camp is so cool on the Mac.  I was blown away how easy it was to set-up a 2nd partition with Windows XP on it.

Sorry.. Back to EmuMovies

Unfortunately, i bought a dual G5 2.3 GHz powermac right before they switched to the intel platform.  DOH!!!!!!   virtual pc is ok but no where near as cool as parallels or vmware for intel macs.

[mrclean]

I just updated the torrent

The set is now at version .119 and is complete #-O

Go back to the first post for links and information.

PM me once this beast is complete! R,S, & T, is a bastard... lots of files ;-)

[Circo]

I don't know if I will remember to do any PM's (Sorry) but if you ever visit my site or keep an eye on this thread, you will know.  I try to keep the news page interesting at emumovies.com so keep an eye on it.

On second thought I wonder if I should offer up a mailing list for releases???

[Circo]

PM me once this beast is complete! R,S, & T, is a bastard... lots of files ;-)

Also your very right, of course #-O have been quite a pain, I will honestly be happy when it's over.  The MAME set is almost as big as everything that I have done before added together, OMG what was I thinking 

[holdennut]

What an amazing set of video snaps, love your work Circo. 

I'll be seeding this one as long as needed.

[BadBoyBill]

Hey Circo,

Just wanted to say that I really appreciate all the time you put into this, I attempted this a few years ago and it was very time consuming,  I ordered your DVD's because I know how much time this takes you and hope it inspires you to continue on. 

Thanks.

[jacenwon]

huge fan here - thanks a billion, brudda 

[Avrus]

Any ETA on the # - S pack?

[Circo]

I have not had much time to work on this lately (but I have been doing what I can) I am 300+ vids into S and have about 50 more to go.  So soon

I should have about 2 weeks off once my store closes down before I start my new job, I intend to make lots of progress at that time.  I am highly motivated to put this MAME set to bed as it has totally kicked ---my bottom---

[roorooroo]

Nice one Circo..look forward to the rest of the mame set..and good luck in your new job.

[Avrus]

I have not had much time to work on this lately (but I have been doing what I can) I am 300+ vids into S and have about 50 more to go.  So soon

I should have about 2 weeks off once my store closes down before I start my new job, I intend to make lots of progress at that time.  I am highly motivated to put this MAME set to bed as it has totally kicked ---my bottom---

Appreciate all the hard work, the vids look awesome on my frontend.

[Circo]

EmuMovies
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Videos-Snaps-Titles-Boxes-Carts-Manuals






2/07/08
Release Type Video Snaps (WIP)
System M.A.M.E.
Naming Convention M.A.M.E. .120
Country All English Playable
Format AVI
File Count 6309
Total Size 27.2 GB

Release Info

02/07/08

Sorry the the delay between releases, things have been very busy for me besides the project.  This is the last torrent update before the full set is released.  I have added P,Q,R & S to the set. 

10/03/07

There was a mistake in the directory structure which was forcing everyone to basically start over on the entire torrent.  This has now been corrected, so it should resume with no problem. 

Sorry for the inconvienience.

10/02/07

Updated to version .119
Added M,N,O
Added or replaced about 10 videos due to feedback (Thanks!)

08/28/07

Updated to version .118
Added J,K & L
Added SQ Set
New Directory Structure:

-M.A.M.E. Video Snaps (EmuMovies)
  -HiQ
     -Artwork
        -Cropped
        -Full
     -Horizontal
     -Vertical
  -SQ
     -Artwork
        -Cropped
        -Full
     -Horizontal
     -Vertical

When opening torrent in uTorrent all you need to do is download the version that you need. 

HiQ files are encoded at 640x480 Horizontal and ###x480 Vertical.  SQ sets are encoded at 320x240res Horizontal and ###x240 Vertical.  If all you intend to use them for is in a preview window the SQ set is perfectly fine, and there is a huge space savings. 

HiQ set is currently 1,886 files and 11.3GB in size
SQ set is currently 1,886 files and 4.11GB in size


07/02/07

Added 520 new previews E-I

06/22/07

No long introductions here as this is an incomplete work in progress release.  This is a completely new set and does not include any previously released game previews.

What's New??

- No more mame watermark!
- Includes a complete set of previews with MAME artwork (cropped and non-cropped)
- Horizontal Previews (includes vertical games @ 640x480 w/black bars on sides)
- Vertical Previews (vertical games in their native aspect)

The reason for horizontal and vertical previews is that if you have a horizontal monitor in your cab, video stretching will not affect the vertical games.  If you have a vertical monitor set-up the vertical set will work perfectly for you.

Feedback is always welcome!

www.emumovies.com
circo@emumovies.com

Updated the first post as well as the topic - circo

[Silver]

Nice one!

NB The "www.emumovies.com" link above is incorrect....

[Circo]

Nice one!

NB The "www.emumovies.com" link above is incorrect....

Thanks, FIXED!

Please note that the (SQ.) directory has been renamed to (SQ)