Using Video Game Footage - Part 2 AddenumAdvanced Sega Saturn Ripping
Tools The tools we'll be using are different from what Quu reccommends. Note that in the case of Cinepak, this is an alternative, as cpk2avi can be used if it works for you. The two tools we'll be using are Winvdt2, and TMPlay. The versions we'll be using are from http://shareware.foruto.com/freeware/fw17.htm. Read the enclosed readme files carefully for additional setup details. If you've got time enough to make a music video, you've got time enough to read. Also note that the original programmer of Winvd2 and TMPlay is at http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley/3114/. If you speak Japanese, I encourage you to register the products, as he's the only person who supports any other kind of Saturn video. "Hey! This is all well and good, but which tool do I need to use?" Well, I'll tell you. You could poke and prod files on the CD, but there's an even easier method. Simply look on the back of the CD case(you DO have the original, don't you? ;P). Since Sega licensed the codecs, the codec's tag will be listed on the back. Either a small box detailing "Cinepak Codec licensed from Radius", or "The Duck's TrueMotion" will be listed. Games that use TrueMotion often have a credit to The Duck in the opening movie as well. Easy! Cinepak with Winvdt2 Winvdt2 is a nice GUI alternative to cpk2avi. It will also apparently fast-recompress Cinepak into the current version you have on your machine, so you won't have to worry about using an old Cinepak DLL. Open the program in the standard Windows way.
Another window will pop up for viewing the files. We don't have to worry about that now. Also, it probably won't display the menus in anything intelligible without proper language support. Don't worry about that either, just open the leftmost menu.
Go ahead and pick the command starting with "O" and trailing off. This opens up a File Select dialog.
Navigate to your desired files. Remember, they don't have to be on the Saturn CD(but Winvdt will stare at you uselessly if you don't give it a Saturn video file).
Now that we've opened a file, many more options are available(the "S" menu deals with display options, and the "H" is for program operations, such as About). The only one we're interested in is the "T" option, in the middle group of three.
Now we get a file destination dialog. Go ahead and pick where you want the file to end up, making sure to give it a name. Don't worry about the "save as type" selector. Hit OK and watch the percentage fly by on the main panel. Nothing to it! TrueMotion with TMPlay TMPlay is an even simpler tool to use. Simply open the program as standard.
Open the file desired as you would Winvdt2, or any other Windows program. Interestingly enough, TrueMotion files usually have an .avi extension. I haven't opened any up with a hex editor to see if they contain a standard RIFF AVI structure, but it's an interesting possibility. I don't have any of my Saturn games here, so you'll just have to imagine me opening the TM file.
Simply choose "Convert" once the file is open, and select your destination. Even easier! WARNING!
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