sayde wrote:Is there anyway possible to save the .tmp (temporary) file that is created while ffxii2mov is extracting the fmv's? Because I've noticed that though the program may extract mpeg2 files that are 0 mb in size, at least the temporary files it creates are the appropriate size the fmv's should be. I know this because if I keep refreshing the folder the 2 .tmp files are in, I can see them gradually increase in file size. One .tmp file seems to be for the mpeg2 stream. And the other seems to be for the audio stream. The problem is, once the program is done extracting an fmv, the 2 .tmp files reset back to 0mb in order to extract the next fmv. And instead of the data from the .tmp files being sent to their respective m2v/wav files, they aren't (obviously). It's almost as if the program were broken. It seems to perform one half of the extraction process ok, but fails miserably at the 2nd half.
If there was somehow a way to copy the 2 .tmp files *mid way through the extraction process of at least one fmv* I think I could figure out how to get the fmv's from there. Unfortunately, if you stop the program from extracting mid way, the .tmp files dissappear. And if you try copying and pasting the .tmp files, you'll get an error since the file is currently being utilized by ffxii2mov. Cutting and pasting or renaming the files doesn't work either just in case you were wondering.
I'm shooting from the hip, here, but is it possible to simply set the program up for one FMV, and when it's finished to pause it (and if that's possible, are the .tmp files still intact)?
Should that pan out, the Windows Backup utility can be used to backup the Local Settings folder (or wherever these temp files are being stored), and then later restored to any folder on the hard drive without fear of being deleted. This was actually how people could capture the free music videos from iTunes before the advent of 6.0 (or before a way was found to convert the iTunes URLs into real URLs - still prior to 6.0).
Also, when running ffxii2mov, are there junk characters on the screen at all? If this is the case, try running it using AppLocale to run it with a Japanese codepage. This might solve the issue (heck, running it under AppLocale may do it anyway). I know this because the extractor for Peace@Pieces wouldn't extract while using the English encodings, but using Japanese on it through AppLocale allowed it to dump the images like it was supposed to.
AppLocale can be downloaded from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/tools/apploc.mspx