Movies on FINALFANTASY9

siegfried · December 21st, 2003

when i play ff9 with epsxe 1.6.0 and 1.5.2 theres's problems with the movies .they're really trashed (green ,purples...etc blocs of color) and sometimes the game freezes.what's the hell is that ? cd trouble ?

**Kane** · December 21st, 2003

Most likely. Try a different CD plugin, or try running from an ISO

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**hushypushy** · December 21st, 2003

what plugin are you using? what settings are you using for them?

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siegfried · December 22nd, 2003

so used all the plugins that exist and i tryed different conbinisations.....the results it's the same ! why it happen to me ? not to else. I'm the only one who meet these problems....help me please

s|rens · December 22nd, 2003

You have to be more specific with what settings you have tried for the cd and/or iso plugins and what video plugins.

edit : Have a look at Kane-Sama's site. It has the configs proven to make this game work.

http://www.lordkane.co.uk/epsxeconfigs.php

siegfried · December 22nd, 2003

i used all !!!all and all !all plugins ,you can't imagine !

**Kane** · December 22nd, 2003

Have you tried running from an ISO? Is your CD itself scratched?

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The Unknown One · December 27th, 2003

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Originally Posted by siegfried

i used all !!!all and all !all plugins ,you can't imagine !

Hm..., I don't think so. What is your Graphics Card and the other statistics of your computer? Letting us know will allow us to help decide the best plugins and configurations to use.

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**Betamax** · December 27th, 2003

Hmm my gut tells me it's a damaged cd. Apart from kanes suggestion of making an iso from it, there's probably not much else to try.

If you want you could also try the latest beta of my frontend, Delta. It attempts to setup ff9 correctly for you. I'd appreciate any feedback you have as well

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Devil N · January 2nd, 2004

This is a more common problem, I have it too. I already know for sure that it doesn't have anything to do with scratched CD's, nor with ePSXe.

Let me explain:
I first got FF9 the illegal way (sorry for that

), by simply downloading all four ISOs using a certain P2P sharing program. The game ran fine then, no problems at all.
Understandably, while I was still busy on the earlier discs, I burned the ISOs of the last couple of discs to CD-Rs, to save some valuable HD space. I would be able to recreate the ISOs from those CDs when I'd get to the later discs.

So when I finally got to CD 4, and made a new ISO from the CD I had burned, the problems began: Ugly green and purple artifacts in the FMV's, and some FMV's even broke off halfway through. The game itself was fine, just the FMV's were totally screwed up.
So I figured I'd just watch those FMV's using PSMPlay. But the problems were there too, worse even. So that ruled out the possibility of ePSXe being the troublemaker.
Making those ISOs at a lower reading speed got rid of those artifacts, but the FMVs still weren't perfect: The sound would skip now and then, or go out of sync. Not as bad as those artifacts, but still quite annoying.

Nevertheless, I finished the game, and as a loyal FF fan, I also got the US version of the game legally later on. Having new, pristine and virginal CDs would also fix those nasty FMV problems, I figured.
I figured wrong. Still the same FMV problems. Whether I make ISOs or play straight from the CD, slow down the reading speed or speed it up, read subchannels or not, the sound on those FMVs still skips and gets out of sync.

I've tried making ISOs on at least 4 different CD/DVD players on varying speeds with countless different ISO creation tools, but all with the same results.
The problem isn't with the CD's, they're absolutely not scratched. I got the game new, and I've hardly ever used those CD's, except to make ISOs every once in a while.

Well, I've tried everything I can, but I'm still left clueless. Other games always work fine when I make ISOs of them, only FF9 has this weird problem, and it's only the FMVs that are problematic. I really wonder how the hell those proper ISOs that I downloaded a long time ago (but that I obviously don't have on my HD anymore) were made. I just don't seem to be able to pull it off.

REi_FoX · January 2nd, 2004

downloading ISO is ratherly pointless

if you have a friend who has the game just birrow it make an ISO image of it using ISObuster or other ISO software (not encouraging piracy...)

and ive also expierienced this problem on FF9 (worse is it hangs up on the ending FMV!) all i did was use EPSXEcutor...

just savestate the part before the problem occurs then exit, run espxecutor then try some stuffs in there its just the a matter of TRIAL AND ERROR

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**@ruantec** · January 7th, 2004

i think the problem is on the driver you´re using with you VGA... try a diferent one.

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Devil N · January 7th, 2004

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Originally Posted by @ruantec-Man

i think the problem is on the driver you´re using with you VGA... try a diferent one.

Oh, so when I convert a random FF9 movie to AVI using PSMPlay, a process which doesn't output anything to the screen, and the green blocks are also visible in the resulting AVI movie, then that's a problem caused by my videocard drivers? Doesn't sound very logical to me. Besides, the problem has persisted through multiple driver updates, and I only use official WHQL drivers from nVidia. I'm pretty sure neither my computer nor my drivers are to blame.

It almost has to have something to do with the way those FF9 ISOs are made. For some reason something is probably not read properly from the CDs, but it's still strange that it affects only FMVs then, and only in FF9. That's also why I've tried making ISOs on different computers using different CD/DVD readers/writers, with different software packages on different settings. But I still haven't found the answer to the problem.

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siegfried Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 25	Movies on FINALFANTASY9 when i play ff9 with epsxe 1.6.0 and 1.5.2 theres's problems with the movies .they're really trashed (green ,purples...etc blocs of color) and sometimes the game freezes.what's the hell is that ? cd trouble ?

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December 21st, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	Most likely. Try a different CD plugin, or try running from an ISO __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

December 21st, 2003	#3 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,978	what plugin are you using? what settings are you using for them? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994.

December 22nd, 2003	#4 (permalink)
siegfried Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 25	so used all the plugins that exist and i tryed different conbinisations.....the results it's the same ! why it happen to me ? not to else. I'm the only one who meet these problems....help me please

December 22nd, 2003	#5 (permalink)
s\|rens till the end of time Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 330	You have to be more specific with what settings you have tried for the cd and/or iso plugins and what video plugins. edit : Have a look at Kane-Sama's site. It has the configs proven to make this game work. http://www.lordkane.co.uk/epsxeconfigs.php

December 22nd, 2003	#6 (permalink)
siegfried Banned Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 25	i used all !!!all and all !all plugins ,you can't imagine !

December 22nd, 2003	#7 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	Have you tried running from an ISO? Is your CD itself scratched? __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

December 27th, 2003	#9 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,508	Hmm my gut tells me it's a damaged cd. Apart from kanes suggestion of making an iso from it, there's probably not much else to try. If you want you could also try the latest beta of my frontend, Delta. It attempts to setup ff9 correctly for you. I'd appreciate any feedback you have as well __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

January 2nd, 2004	#10 (permalink)
Devil N Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Groningen, The Netherlands Posts: 53	This is a more common problem, I have it too. I already know for sure that it doesn't have anything to do with scratched CD's, nor with ePSXe. Let me explain: I first got FF9 the illegal way (sorry for that ), by simply downloading all four ISOs using a certain P2P sharing program. The game ran fine then, no problems at all. Understandably, while I was still busy on the earlier discs, I burned the ISOs of the last couple of discs to CD-Rs, to save some valuable HD space. I would be able to recreate the ISOs from those CDs when I'd get to the later discs. So when I finally got to CD 4, and made a new ISO from the CD I had burned, the problems began: Ugly green and purple artifacts in the FMV's, and some FMV's even broke off halfway through. The game itself was fine, just the FMV's were totally screwed up. So I figured I'd just watch those FMV's using PSMPlay. But the problems were there too, worse even. So that ruled out the possibility of ePSXe being the troublemaker. Making those ISOs at a lower reading speed got rid of those artifacts, but the FMVs still weren't perfect: The sound would skip now and then, or go out of sync. Not as bad as those artifacts, but still quite annoying. Nevertheless, I finished the game, and as a loyal FF fan, I also got the US version of the game legally later on. Having new, pristine and virginal CDs would also fix those nasty FMV problems, I figured. I figured wrong. Still the same FMV problems. Whether I make ISOs or play straight from the CD, slow down the reading speed or speed it up, read subchannels or not, the sound on those FMVs still skips and gets out of sync. I've tried making ISOs on at least 4 different CD/DVD players on varying speeds with countless different ISO creation tools, but all with the same results. The problem isn't with the CD's, they're absolutely not scratched. I got the game new, and I've hardly ever used those CD's, except to make ISOs every once in a while. Well, I've tried everything I can, but I'm still left clueless. Other games always work fine when I make ISOs of them, only FF9 has this weird problem, and it's only the FMVs that are problematic. I really wonder how the hell those proper ISOs that I downloaded a long time ago (but that I obviously don't have on my HD anymore) were made. I just don't seem to be able to pull it off.

January 2nd, 2004	#11 (permalink)
REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,649	downloading ISO is ratherly pointless if you have a friend who has the game just birrow it make an ISO image of it using ISObuster or other ISO software (not encouraging piracy...) and ive also expierienced this problem on FF9 (worse is it hangs up on the ending FMV!) all i did was use EPSXEcutor... just savestate the part before the problem occurs then exit, run espxecutor then try some stuffs in there its just the a matter of TRIAL AND ERROR __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

January 7th, 2004	#12 (permalink)
@ruantec Emu author Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Austria (originally from Dominican Republic) Posts: 2,380	i think the problem is on the driver you´re using with you VGA... try a diferent one. __________________ Current development tools: Visual C++.net, Visual C#.net Visual VB.net, Visual Webdeveloper.net Bloodshed Dev C++, Borland C++ Visual Basic 6