AVI Capture Crashing with GLideN64 [Mupen64 0.5]

[ghost]

Hello All, After recently trying to use GLideN64 with Mupen64 0.5, the plugin works fantastically. However, one issue became apparent after trying to use Mupen's built-in AVI Capture tool. Trying to AVI Capture with GLideN64 as the video plugin, results in an immediate crash of the program. As a result, no video is encoded. Not even a singular frame. The program crashes before loading up the "Video Compression" dialog box.

Here's The AVI Capture Button:

Here's The "Video Compression" Dialog Box I Normally Encounter Before AVI Capture:

And Here's What Happens With GLideN64:

All other video plugins (internal and external) don't crash, which led me to believe the plugin was the case.

Video Plugin's That Don't Crash :

• glN64 v0.4.1
• Direct64 v0.5.03.25
• Glide64 v0.7 ME SP8
• Jabo Direct3D6 (1.5.2) + Direct3D8 (1.6)
• Mudlord's Rice Video Build (6.1.3 - DX9) + (6.1.4)

RSP Plugin:

• RSP Emulation Plugin 1.6

My Computer's Specifications

Hardware Specifications: (ASUS ROG G551JM)

• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4710HQ CPU @ 2.50GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
• Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
• 16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)

Software Specifications:

• Windows 8.1 - 64 Bit (6.3, Build 9600)
• DirectX Version: DirectX 11

Emulator Specifications

Mupen64 0.5:

• mupen64-rerecording-v8
• Version 0.5.0
• No Compatibility Settings Are Used

GLideN64:

• GLideN64_Public_Release_3.0

GLideN64 Settings

• Default

Side Note: I am extremely new to GitHub, so I apologize if this is in the wrong category/discussion area. I also just wanted to give my thanks to all the developers behind the scenes. Keep up the fantastic work! You all are amazing.

[gonetz]

Hello Bretaigne,

I can confirm that GLideN64 has problems with Mupen's built-in AVI Capture tool. I recorded my early videos with that tool, but due to the problems I switched to OBS. First of all, not any codec can be used. As I remember, I used xvid. Then, sometimes only debug build worked, some other time only release build. I tested it with my current WIP build - application crashes before codec selection dialog, debug and release. Since the issue triggered not exactly in GLideN64 code, it is hard to understand what to do. I doubt that it will be fixed anytime soon, sorry.

[ghost]

If video capturing is your goal, a good alternative option is to use a multi-platform emulator called Bizhawk. For N64 emulation, it utilizes the Mupen64Plus core and has the ability to dump via VFW or ffmpeg without dropping frames. You can get it here: http://tasvideos.org/BizHawk/ReleaseHistory.html

The only catch is that a few modifications have to be made from the standard GLideN64 to get it working correctly. Luckily, it comes packaged with public release 3. If you'd prefer something more recent, here's both the 32-bit and 64-bit compiled from the fix texture filtering branch, modified to work correctly with Bizhawk: GLideN64.zip

You can just replace the DLL in the files (32-bit if Bizhawk 1.x.x or 64-bit if Bizhawk 2.x.x) and it'll work!

[Lasvigne]

Currently having the same issue, then switched to GlideN64 release build 2.0 and recording movie works in sacrifice of other parameters. (I got a weird black bar of 4 pixels on the right, but I can crop it with ffmpeg)