Author Topic: [FF7PC-98/Steam] FMV Restoration (Discontinued, use Steam FMVs) (Read 312461 times)

Template · « **Reply #250 on:** 2011-04-29 08:17:47 »

Hi. I'm new... Bought this game yeaaarz ago and could never get it to work. Now it is working really nice Since i found this forum few days ago.

This is the one mod I cannot get to work. Ive rebuilt ff7 5+ times now in last few days, but the videos will not run for me.

I suspect it is because I am on XP. Heres my App.txt:

INFO: FF7/FF8 OpenGL driver version 0.7.10b
INFO: Auto-detected version: FF7 1.02 US English
INFO: ATI Technologies Inc. Radeon X800 Series (Omega 3.8.442) 2.1.7169 Release
INFO: OpenGL 2.0 support detected
INFO: Found swap_control extension
INFO: Max texture size: 2048x2048
INFO: Number of texture units: 8
INFO: Original resolution 640x480, window size 1280x960, output resolution 1280x960, internal resolution 1280x960
INFO: Shader limits: varying 44, vert uniform 512, frag uniform 512
INFO: vertex shader compile log:
Vertex shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.

INFO: fragment shader compile log:
Fragment shader was successfully compiled to run on hardware.
INFO: main program link log:
Fragment shader(s) linked, vertex shader(s) linked.
INFO: FFMpeg movie player plugin loaded
INFO: FFMpeg version SVN-r25886, Copyright (c) 2000-2010 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
LOCK UNLOCK TEST
MATRIX INITIALIZE
INITIALIZE DD/D3D END
initializing sound...
creating dsound primary buffer
reading audio file
loading static sounds
sound initialized
INITIALIZING MIDI...
selecting device 0:Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth, mid=1, pid=102,
midi data type: GENERAL MIDI
using midi data file: C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII\Data\midi\midi.lgp
midiOutGetVolume returned: ffffffff
MIDI INITIALIZED
set music volume: 127
MIDI set volume: 127
100% of 127 = 127
set music volume: 127
MIDI set master volume: 100
MIDI set volume: 127
100% of 127 = 127
Entering MAIN
Exiting MAIN
START OF CREDITS!!!
INFO: C:\Program Files\Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\Movies\eidoslogo.avi; h264/aac 1280x960, 15.000000 FPS, duration: 9.800000, frames: 147
ERROR: unhandled exception

that is the logo avi from this thread. with aali .7.9 itl play that same file, at about half speed, and then crash on the sqlogo file. the movies are sooo much better ;p please help me i want to incorporate them into the game ;p its keeping me up at night

yarLson · « **Reply #251 on:** 2011-04-29 21:01:10 »

you need version 0.7.10b of aali's driver to use these videos
also make sure your movie path in the registry is setup correctly to wherever your movies are located on the hard drive. That should do it.

Template · « **Reply #252 on:** 2011-04-29 21:55:46 »

/facepalm

i appreciate the response

from the APP.txt readout there u can see i was running aali's 7.10b and that it attempted to run a video at high res (the OP's eidoslogo) and crashed.

sl1982 · « **Reply #253 on:** 2011-04-30 00:32:43 »

Turn of texture compression in aali's driver. 0.7.10b with texture compression and AMD cards do not play nicely.

Template · « **Reply #254 on:** 2011-04-30 00:44:47 »

yah, took me a little while to figure that out but, unfortunately it doesnt make these videos play in game ;(
i wonder if its a setting from opengl config or not. Somehow i suspect if i had windows 7 wouldnt be having this issue. If anyone with XP is able to use these FMVs please lemme know :p

crackinglazer · « **Reply #255 on:** 2011-05-01 00:34:02 »

newbie here, you guys do exellent work... anyway, ive downloaded the fmv files and the installer and ive installed them, but there appears to be no change in the cutscenes when I play ff7, I imagin ive got the folder in the wrong place or something, Ive got it in the ff7 directory, so if anyone could help me out id be much abliged.

thank you

Template · « **Reply #256 on:** 2011-05-01 01:00:44 »

that's an easy fix ;p need to run regedit and modify the movie path setting for the FF7 registry. The path is the place on your hard drive where you installed this movie pack, by default the game will play the avis off the CDs. You'll also find you need an eidoslogo.avi file in that directory since the pack doesnt actually come with one. if they work for you, im jealous, cus the quality is unbelievable compared to orig. I'm working on getting these files to play in game myself, no luck so far.
some of the files provided by Trojak in a different thread do work for me, including a nice opening.avi
anyway, good luck

crackinglazer · « **Reply #257 on:** 2011-05-01 01:49:10 »

how do i get regedit?

Vgr · « **Reply #258 on:** 2011-05-01 01:49:45 »

Windows + R then regedit

crackinglazer · « **Reply #259 on:** 2011-05-01 02:01:56 »

how do i get to the ff7 folder from regedit?

Vgr · « **Reply #260 on:** 2011-05-01 02:02:42 »

are you running 32 or 64 bits?

crackinglazer · « **Reply #261 on:** 2011-05-01 02:07:14 »

how do i tell?

Vgr · « **Reply #262 on:** 2011-05-01 02:08:51 »

do you have one Program Files or two? if so, is one called Program Files (x86) ? then you're 64 bits. if not, you're 32 bits

crackinglazer · « **Reply #263 on:** 2011-05-01 02:11:03 »

you meen in the c drive right? just got the one

Vgr · « **Reply #264 on:** 2011-05-01 02:13:58 »

ok, then, in regedit :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Square Soft, Inc.\Final Fantasy VII

crackinglazer · « **Reply #265 on:** 2011-05-01 02:15:56 »

ok yeah, i got it, but exactly what do i do?

Vgr · « **Reply #266 on:** 2011-05-01 02:17:29 »

copy/paste the directory where your videos are in the moviepath field. Add "\" without quotes at the end.

crackinglazer · « **Reply #267 on:** 2011-05-01 02:22:47 »

could you be a ta..................ad more specific please?

Vgr · « **Reply #268 on:** 2011-05-01 02:25:27 »

Can you see it?

crackinglazer · « **Reply #269 on:** 2011-05-01 02:34:30 »

nope, it skipped the cutscenes, do I need that eidios logo thing?

Vgr · « **Reply #270 on:** 2011-05-01 02:35:11 »

crackinglazer · « **Reply #271 on:** 2011-05-01 02:36:33 »

how do i get it?

Vgr · « **Reply #272 on:** 2011-05-01 02:37:09 »

it's included... isnt it?

crackinglazer · « **Reply #273 on:** 2011-05-01 02:38:56 »

where?

Vgr · « **Reply #274 on:** 2011-05-01 02:39:45 »

in the download package...