PSX Capturing? Ripping?

Mero Goat · Post by **Mero Goat** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 6:14 pm

what's the best way to capture PSX files to your computer other than TV capturing?

I tried PSMplay but it catured at a lower resolution.

i wanted somethign that saves it 680x480.

any suggestions?

VegettoEX · Post by **VegettoEX** » Thu Jan 23, 2003 7:16 pm

Read through Quu's guide to video game footage (under the "Guides" section over in the navigation in the main site). PSMPlay rips the footage to.. well.. what it is.

In FF7's case, for example, that was 320x244, 15 fps.

Follow Quu's guide. Upsize your footage in VirtualDub, apply the proper filters, downsize it again... you'll get a damn good looking product. I did this in my latest video, and I was damn happy with the results.

Knowname · Post by **Knowname** » Fri Jan 24, 2003 1:15 am

UPsized video doesn't ever look as good as the original (still... only to trained eyes

) but DOWNsized is cool, UPsized is a gamble at best.

Bushido Philosopher · Post by **Bushido Philosopher** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 1:49 pm

PSXMC is another good little program also mentioned in Quu's guide. You can double the clips' size.

However, like knowname said, UPsizing is not really taht worth the extra hard drive space.

Mero Goat · Post by **Mero Goat** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 2:34 pm

thanks guys! i really appreciate it!

VegettoEX · Post by **VegettoEX** » Sat Jan 25, 2003 4:19 pm

Upsizing the video, applying the proper filters, and bringing it back down was DEFINITELY worth the hard drive space...

I didn't use more than 15 gigs, total, either...

If you're working with PSX footage, I can't stress and endorse enough following Quu's guide straight through.

(halfway shameless plug) You're more than welcome to check out the video I did using FF7 footage to see for yourself what the advantages are.

Quu · Post by **Quu** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 12:59 pm

i find that its good to edit int he upsized space... but eventually... you have to downsize it back to the oroginal size....

sometimes you don't get what you want ^_^ and psx footage is best at 320x240 (somtiems with black bars added)

but... in all things... experiment with that you want... mine is only a guide... you have to find your own balance

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 4:17 pm

Hey Quu in the guides when talking about PSX Video. Is it really 150Kbits or is it 150Kbytes ?

I just really can't see a MJPEG codec making semi-decent looking encodes @ 150Kbits

Quu · Post by **Quu** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 4:40 pm

i think it might be bytes...

its what ever a 1X cd-rom is.... i was sure it was bits....

and MJPEg can do a good job... when its 16-bit colour and 15 frames a second...

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Jan 27, 2003 4:44 pm

Well a 1x CD is 150KBytes. I think it's probably bytes as 150kbits would only allow about 1250bytes(about 1.25KB) worht of data per frame which doesn't seem like it would be enough.

~klinky