ripping videos from PC game

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:15 am

well I have a PC game that I would like to use for an amv. so I was wondering if there was a way to just if the cutscenes out so I can use them instead of installing FRAPS and taping it

Rapture** · Post by Rapture** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:39 am

Cutscenes can often be found in the folder of the game >.>

Bauzi · Post by **Bauzi** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:23 am

Rapture** wrote:Cutscenes can often be found in the folder of the game >.>

Joke, eh? That´s not often the case.

A friend of mine streamed the PC to his TV and than captured the TV display with his camera (he plugged in the camera too etc

). I saw the ressults on DVD ressolution. It was really impressive and good. It´s a lot better than Fraps.

Anybody has a better idea? I don´t have much experience at this topic.

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:34 am

Bauzi wrote:
Rapture** wrote:Cutscenes can often be found in the folder of the game >.>
Joke, eh? That´s not often the case.

Actually, if you're on a mac it is the case - executables are simply folders of content in that case.

dj_ultima_the_great · Post by **dj_ultima_the_great** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:53 am

I don't know if this is really going to help you out, but I hope it'll at least point you in the right direction. I'm sorry to say that I don't know much about PC ripping.

- Jen

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:41 am

Depending on the game, there may be a modding community formed for it. In which case you may want to find some of their tools and see if there is a tool that can convert the game files and cutscenes to usable filetypes. I have not done any modding or game mapping in a long time, but there are quite active modding communities and said tools for many of the pc games out there. One of the benefits of pc gaming IMO.

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:59 pm

thanks everybody for commenting and helping =D

to tell the truth I dont even have the game installed on this comp cause it is is a box somewhere in garage and im gona find it this weekend and ill see if what you guys have told me helps =D

and thanks ultima ill check it out

Qyot27 · Post by **Qyot27** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 5:22 pm

vinylvengeance wrote:Depending on the game, there may be a modding community formed for it. In which case you may want to find some of their tools and see if there is a tool that can convert the game files and cutscenes to usable filetypes. I have not done any modding or game mapping in a long time, but there are quite active modding communities and said tools for many of the pc games out there. One of the benefits of pc gaming IMO.

This is actually generally true for H-games in particular. ExtractData can be used on many games, as can hcgconvert, amongst others (like the WESTSIDE CD libraries, which include hundreds, if not thousands, of extraction programs - it's a friggin' gold mine).

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:49 pm

Qyot27 wrote: This is actually generally true for H-games in particular. ExtractData can be used on many games, as can hcgconvert, amongst others (like the WESTSIDE CD libraries, which include hundreds, if not thousands, of extraction programs - it's a friggin' gold mine).

oooh thank you =D

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:58 am

ok I have the game installed on my computer. I cant find cutscenes in any folder...

I dont know how else to do this so ill take a screen cap of each folder in the game folder. sorry im totaly despreat here =/

PSU folder:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/shinodude/PSU.jpg

PSU DATA folder:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/sh ... folder.jpg

PSU GameGaurd Folder:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/sh ... folder.jpg

and I dont think the uninst folder is nessicary cause its the uninstall application >.>

would think they would be somewhere in the DATA file but none of the files in there have ".(avi,mpg,wmv, ect.)"

anybody think they know what to do?