@jstnj said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@khronik said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@orffen Or just edit the 3 lines in the file manually via notepad instead of spending 25x the time trying to reverse engineer the auto patcher.

or take 25x less and just upgrade to a non-deprecated operating system

In some instances it can be quite difficult and time consuming to simply “update” due to existing installed programs and/or large data to migrate. System compatibility can also be an issue if using older hardware.

I’d be weary to suggest someone nuke their entire OS and pay for a new Win10 key when the task at hand is a text file edit consisting of 3 lines but to each their own method.

@oakdesign said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@khronik said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

I’d be weary to suggest someone nuke their entire OS and pay for a new Win10 key when the task at hand is a text file edit consisting of 3 lines but to each their own method.

No need to pay even today it’s still possibile to upgrade a Win7 to Win 10 official and legally through the Windows Upgrade assitant for free

That’s assuming the hardware is capable of running Windows 10 without issue. Some legacy peripherals or hardware do not have the proper driver model to be supported by Windows 10. It could be a pandoras box without all the information.

@orffen said in Falcon Campaign Video Format:

@khronik I don’t have the exact parameters but from memory MP3 licensing prevented the codec’s inclusion into software - might be why Vegas/Premiere don’t have it included.

When I (rarerly) need to convert between formats I use https://ffmpeg.org/ - you should be able to convert your AVI with a CLI command with the right parameters.

Alternatively if you can’t be bothered with CLI, https://handbrake.fr/ is another good option. It includes the MP3 encoder.

LAME MP3 codec exists and installs to Vegas but errors out due to some incompatibility or issue with the inf / registry so was close but no cigar on that front. I’ll mess with FFMPEG some more, and will take a look at handbrake.

EDIT : Got it working!

@orffen Or just edit the 3 lines in the file manually via notepad instead of spending 25x the time trying to reverse engineer the auto patcher.

@orffen

Turns out you don’t need to render via the x264 codec. H264 can be read by BMS.

@semlerpdx said in Falcon Campaign Video Format:

@khronik said in Falcon Campaign Video Format:

@orffen

Turns out you don’t need to render via the x264 codec. H264 can be read by BMS.

That makes perfect sense.

Wondering if there is some confusion here between those two?

For clarification:

H.264 is the standard that defines how video streams should be encoded. As part of this encoding, it defines among other things, how the video should be compressed, how color planes should be represented etc. A video stream correctly encoded in the H.264 format should be playable by all players that support the H.264 format.

x264 is an encoder that produces H.264 compatible video-stream. x264 is a very high quality encoder and produces remarkable quality in bitstreams. It is almost exclusively used by all the open source video platforms out there (such as ffmpeg, gstreamer, handbrake etc.)

I meant encoder rather than codec. BMS implements x264 while you can use standard h264 video format when rendering out from Vegas / Premiere.

@orffen

Turns out you don’t need to render via the x264 codec. H264 can be read by BMS.

@oakdesign said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@khronik said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

I’d be weary to suggest someone nuke their entire OS and pay for a new Win10 key when the task at hand is a text file edit consisting of 3 lines but to each their own method.

No need to pay even today it’s still possibile to upgrade a Win7 to Win 10 official and legally through the Windows Upgrade assitant for free

That’s assuming the hardware is capable of running Windows 10 without issue. Some legacy peripherals or hardware do not have the proper driver model to be supported by Windows 10. It could be a pandoras box without all the information.

@rusher0600 said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@khronik The issue is that it’s not just a single xml file, it’s one for every theater you installed or plan to install (if it hasn’t been updated yet).
FYI, it’s also not reverse engineering, I simply shared the source code that I compiled the auto-patcher from. If you can’t execute the .exe, installing the python interpreter and executing the source code will likely still take less time and annoying repetitive labor than manually editing everything.

My post was referencing the time it takes to upgrade to Windows 10 vs. making the edits to the xml file manually. If someone wants to install python and then figure out how to execute your source code, then it’s up to them. I’d argue, if they need a script to edit a few xml files, then installing and executing python script would also pose a challenge.

Just not sure why everyone is so bent up about editing a text file manually. Maybe I’m too old school? LOL

Sometimes it’s good to know what and how you are editing something, especially when it’s a trivial edit.

@orffen said in Falcon Campaign Video Format:

@khronik I don’t have the exact parameters but from memory MP3 licensing prevented the codec’s inclusion into software - might be why Vegas/Premiere don’t have it included.

When I (rarerly) need to convert between formats I use https://ffmpeg.org/ - you should be able to convert your AVI with a CLI command with the right parameters.

Alternatively if you can’t be bothered with CLI, https://handbrake.fr/ is another good option. It includes the MP3 encoder.

LAME MP3 codec exists and installs to Vegas but errors out due to some incompatibility or issue with the inf / registry so was close but no cigar on that front. I’ll mess with FFMPEG some more, and will take a look at handbrake.

EDIT : Got it working!

@jstnj said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@khronik said in RWR <M> Fix for 4.35.3:

@orffen Or just edit the 3 lines in the file manually via notepad instead of spending 25x the time trying to reverse engineer the auto patcher.

or take 25x less and just upgrade to a non-deprecated operating system

In some instances it can be quite difficult and time consuming to simply “update” due to existing installed programs and/or large data to migrate. System compatibility can also be an issue if using older hardware.

I’d be weary to suggest someone nuke their entire OS and pay for a new Win10 key when the task at hand is a text file edit consisting of 3 lines but to each their own method.

I’ve had mixed success attempting to create new campaign videos for BMS.

All the professional software I’ve tested ith (Vegas / Premiere) can render out to x264 but will not allow MP3 as an audio codec. Because of this, I’ve tried rendering the audio as PCM uncompressed then using FFMPEG to convert the audio stream as MP3 while keeping the video stream intact (copy method).

It works but the audio starts to drop in and out after a few seconds of playback. I’m suspecting some type of keyframe or audio interleave de-sync.

TLDR:
Does anyone have a proper method (GUI or cmd line program - ie Virtuadub or other) to encode videos for BMS or possibly specifics about codecs and/or their specific required parameters?

@orffen Or just edit the 3 lines in the file manually via notepad instead of spending 25x the time trying to reverse engineer the auto patcher.

I like Turtles…