Final Fantasy VII and VIII cinematics

KristapZ · Post by **KristapZ** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 1:16 pm

Hello I have decided to make amv about FFVII and VIII.
and my question is how can i get movie files (cinematics) from thease games? atm i have FFIII cd this kinda files on cd's DISC1.PAK, FIELD.FS etc... so if there is anyone who could help,please.

Org Profile · Post by **LantisEscudo** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 11:20 pm

Quu's guide on using video game footage has a section on using PlayStation 1 games on this page. I don't know if the link there still works (and the program requires ASPI to be installed, check here for more on how to do that), but Google should still find the program pretty easily.

M.H.A.Q.S. · Post by **M.H.A.Q.S.** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:36 am

get FFVII and FFVIII cd's first. Use PSXMC to scan all CDs from both games and it will give you STR files, extract them, save them, convert them to AVI. Load in edit program, enjoy

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KristapZ · Post by **KristapZ** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:15 pm

ok, got that programm. and i started to check cds for movie files but only thing this programm found was wave files about 0,2 sec long, each. And now i wonder mybe something with programm aint right or mybe game cds aint right. (thease FFVIII are for playing on pc)

M.H.A.Q.S. · Post by **M.H.A.Q.S.** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:46 pm

FFVIII was never released on PC. It must be an FFVIII cd burned all together with an emulator to self boot and load the game or maybe its FFXI

. Make sure the four buttons on the bottom left of the file list are pressed, and you WILL see the files. There is a possibility that the CD is ripped, if you have not bought a pressed copy.

sayde · Post by **sayde** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:39 am

M.H.A.Q.S. wrote:FFVIII was never released on PC.

Actually, FF8 was released for PC. I own it so I can vouch for KristapZ's problem. The FF8 cd-rom for the PC version is formatted differently from the ps1 version. As KristapZ already stated, most of the data for each cd seems to be stored in a single file with a .pak extension. And no, I haven't got a clue as to how to locate and extract the fmv's from that file. Especially since I don't know what format the fmv's are in.

M.H.A.Q.S. · Post by **M.H.A.Q.S.** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:04 am

sayde wrote:
M.H.A.Q.S. wrote:FFVIII was never released on PC.
Actually, FF8 was released for PC. I own it so I can vouch for KristapZ's problem. The FF8 cd-rom for the PC version is formatted differently from the ps1 version. As KristapZ already stated, most of the data for each cd seems to be stored in a single file with a .pak extension. And no, I haven't got a clue as to how to locate and extract the fmv's from that file. Especially since I don't know what format the fmv's are in.

REALLY!!

. This is news for me, I'll definitely check it out. Umm, for the .pak files. You can still try the Extractor program and scan the pak files for sound and video files. Moreover, you can find a pak extractor online for this, as pak files are sometimes archived using a generic archiving algorithm. I'm pretty sure Extractor will help you.

sayde · Post by **sayde** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:31 pm

*update*
http://www.19.5degs.com/element/208.php

This program can rip FFVIII's fmv's also.

sayde · Post by **sayde** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:31 pm

^^PC version of course.

threetwoone · Post by **threetwoone** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 2:30 am

I think I managed to extract the files from the .pak file, and it ends with several .bik files... I think the video and audio are in different files? Because there are twice as many .bik files as there are FMVs on the disc. So... how do you convert .bik files to, say, avi? (and join with the audio?)