BG Scripts

I've already made an on-sync KICK THE CAN script and verified it, and I am looking to getting around to getting the three movies required for it; frog2r, sun3r, and film2r.

never let you down (MAXUSA)


Aaaand it's obviously not an official script, but I made a custom one for "patsenner" since I play that song so much.

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All of a sudden a bunch of my files no longer play back properly. Instead of looping, the video just stops.

Example- Script for "Follow Me", 6th mix-

#BGCHANGES:19.750=ring12.avi=1=1=0=0,
35.750=lady11.avi=1=0=0=0,
43.750=ring12.avi=0.75=0=1=0,
51.750=dancers6.avi=1=0=0=0,
59.750=ring12.avi=0.75=0=1=0,
67.750=lady11.avi=1=0=1=0,
75.750=ring12.avi=0.75=0=1=0,
83.750=dancers6.avi=1=0=1=0,
91.750=ring12.avi=0.75=0=1=0,
95.750=cards1.avi=1.75=0=0=0,
99.750=computer1.avi=1=0=0=0,
115.750=lady11.avi=1=0=1=0,
116.750=lady11.avi=1=0=1=0,
117.750=lady11.avi=1=0=1=0,
123.750=dancers2.avi=0.8=0=0=0,
124.750=dancers2.avi=0.8=0=1=0,
125.750=dancers6.avi=1.15=0=0=0,
131.750=film1.avi=1.5=0=0=0,
163.750=lady11.avi=1=0=1=0,
171.750=ring12.avi=0.75=0=1=0,
179.750=dancers6.avi=1=0=1=0,
187.750=ring12.avi=0.75=0=1=0,
195.750=circle8.avi=1.5=0=0=0,
207.750=lady11.avi=1=0=1=0,
208.750=lady12a.avi=1=0=0=0,
209.750=lady8.avi=2=0=0=0,
210.750=lady12r.avi=2=0=0=0,
211.750=follow me-bg.png;


For some reason most of the changes are now tagged "stretchnoloop". How can I fix this?

Wrong;

#BGCHANGES:19.750=ring12.avi=1=1=0=0,

Correct;

#BGCHANGES:19.750=ring12.avi=1=1=0=1,

Matsuri Japan (MAXUSA)


Radical Faith (MAX2USA)

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I used to have a BGScript for Boy Euro Mix, but I lost it. However, I made a stepfile for the extended version of the song... with BG changes to match it.

Here's a list of the videos I KNOW it used. Not sure what version it was replicating, but it seemed to match the music exactly, and I only ever got scripts from a few sources, mainly Amy from DDR:UK.

Blizzard1.avi
ring12.avi
Ring5.avi
Bricks1.avi
Ribbon1.avi
Colors1.avi
Girl1.avi

I'd post more of my scripts, but a bunch of them are no longer in sync. If people are willing to look them over and perhaps adjust them, let me know. I do wish that we had the resources to emulate more in Stepmania, like Shooting Star and Follow The Sun (90 In The Shade Mix).

These are the movies you report using.



Here is the trick to sync BGMovies (I learned this from SpyHunter29);

You must have beware's 2013 pack. His 2005 pack will not work.

Let's try syncing this one.



Videos at normal speed are 30fps and run at 80 frames, and are 2.667 seconds long, whereas 80 / 30 = 2.667. Assuming they run for eight beats, 8 / (2.667 / 60) = 180 beats per minute.

So what do we do to actually sync the videos? It's easy. Simply divide the song's BPM by 90.

BOYS (EURO MIX) has a fixed BPM of 155.307 (changing a tiny bit during measures 91 and 92). So to set Ribbon1 at that BPM, it has to go at 1.726x speed.


You can do this for the following movies too;



And then there's this movie.



...but... Uh-oh. This movie actually goes faster than 90 BPM automatically.

How do we sync THIS pesky one?

Well, 30 (raw video framerate) x 3 = 90 (bpm raw videos go at). Ring12 goes at 50 fps. So what if we divide the song BPM by 150?


1.035 is the speed Ring12 has to go at.

So that's how to go at your script for syncing movies. But what if you made a custom one with, say, Bear4?



The problem with this is that there is an unrounded framerate to this movie. You'd assume it's 42, but it actually has 3 subdigits. It's actually 42.530. For fool-proof accuracy, you'd have to divide the song BPM by 42.530. Bear4 being synced in BOYS would be 1.217x. Additionally, to get it playing at the default speed (90 BPM), it has to play at 0.705x.

How do I know the exact frame rate is 42.530?

I use Sony Vegas to check the framerate of a movie;



Whereas Windows would only say 42, Sony Vegas reveals the decimal numbers it doesn't. There are certainly other programs that can check the exact frame rate. As long as you can find it, it's good.

Life would be easier if all of the movies were 30 fps, but beware insists EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of his 2013 pack is symmetrical, down to the exact names, same number of frame (unless the movie can safely be improved, like Circle5) and odd speeds. I don't blame him, it'd take a month to fix all of the scripts we have if they had new names. (But...let's face it. Most of the scripts already have messy playback speeds as they are... ^.^;)

By the way, here's the script for BOYS EURO MIX;

https://web.archive.org/web/20050117093522/ http://ollec2004.ddruk.com/BG_Changes/Scripts/BGCN/BOYS%20(EURO%20MIX)%20(BGCN).script

Holy hell, that's helpful... and a lot of math.

I have almost a complete set of tested 6th mix scripts to share as thanks. I don't see any obvious syncing errors in them. Tested using the newest Zenius I Vanisher packs.

It would take a bit to post them, so I'll zip up the .sm files for anyone that wants them

Scripts that would be missing- YOZORA NO MUKO, Fantasy, LOVIN' YOU (ROB SEARLE CLUB MIX).

http://depositfiles.com/files/quu3gtql7

I have a bunch of others too, but that's the most complete and on-sync mix.

This one was a bit more work than I anticipated. Haha. Got it working pretty good tho, so...

Rhythm & Police (MAXUSA)

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Hey there, happened to stumble upon the old school BG scripts you guys have been posting. They look pretty cool in Stepmania; I'm always a sucker for how the BG Videos looked in DDR 4th Mix and 5th Mix, though...

Anyway, I decided to look at some of the "unofficial" BG scripts for songs that didn't survive into the Max-Max2-Extreme era. While some work nicely, I'm having trouble with some that were scripted on songs from DDR 1st and 2nd Mix. Whenever I play them in-game, they don't start playing their scripts until much later on in the tune. I tried playing around with the syncing in the .sm file, but they always seem to start at the same spot later in the chart. I think it's because the songs back then would have an extended intro before the actual chart started, and therefore their timing is off in some way. This only pertains to six tunes I found in the "BG Change Nation" folder on DDRUK, at this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20051221141920/http://ollec2004.ddruk.com/BG_Changes/bgcn.html specifically Have You Never Been Mellow, Kung Fu Fighting, My Fire, Strictly Business, Bad Girls and Boom Boom Dollar. The others that I found in that folder (that don't lead to 404 messages, at least) all work fine.

How should I get these scripts to work? Am I missing something in the .sm file that I need to change in order to set the sync right? Thanks in advance!

I bet there's a different .mp3 file used now. You'd have to find the old OFFSET or GAP and the new OFFSET or GAP then change all of the BGVideo times accordingly... Or find the old .mp3's which I probably have.

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I found these on the web archive a few days ago. I also had to mess around in the sm file.
So we'll take My Fire. I found out where the video was suppose to start through trial and error, and fixed each BG Change from that. (-16 beats)
Original
#BGCHANGES:24.000=Heart3.avi
My SM file
#BGCHANGES:8.000=Heart3.avi

If you're already doing this, make sure to Reload Songs/Courses in the oprions menu. Should work then.

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Sweet, that did the trick; thanks much! Now all I need to do is change the script around and they should all line up correctly...

IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX) (DDR 4thMix Script)
#BGCHANGES:16.000=tunnel5.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
24.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=====,
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25.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
26.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
26.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
27.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#0000FF=,
27.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
28.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest==,
28.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
29.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
29.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
30.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
30.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
31.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#0000FF=,
31.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
32.000=mesh1.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz=tunnel5.avi===,
40.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=====,
40.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
41.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
41.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
42.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
42.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
43.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalBlue==CrossFade_Fastest==,
43.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
44.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest==,
44.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
45.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
45.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
46.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
46.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
47.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalBlue==CrossFade_Fastest==,
47.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
48.000=mesh1.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
56.000=4thFrogs.avi=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed====,
64.000=4thDancingDDR.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
72.000=4thFrogs.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
80.000=4thHearts4.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
88.000=Instantâneo 1 (02-02-2015 18-35).png=1.000=0=0=1=Visualization2File=4thDancingDDR.avi===,
96.000=4thKaleidoscope.avi=0.700=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
104.000=4thHearts2.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
112.000=4thColors.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
120.000=tunnel5.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
128.000=4thHearts3.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
136.000=kaliedoscope5.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
144.000=4thHearts3.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
152.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=====,
152.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
153.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
153.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
154.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
154.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
155.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalBlue==CrossFade_Fastest==,
155.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
156.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest==,
156.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
157.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
157.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
158.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
158.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
159.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalBlue==CrossFade_Fastest==,
159.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
160.000=mesh1.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
168.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=====,
168.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
169.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
169.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
170.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
170.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
171.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalBlue==CrossFade_Fastest==,
171.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
172.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest==,
172.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
173.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalRed==CrossFade_Fastest==,
173.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
174.000=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalGreen==CrossFade_Fastest==,
174.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
175.000=bgsplit4.png=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormalBlue==CrossFade_Fastest==,
175.500=bgsplit2.png=1.000=0=0=1===CrossFade_Fastest=#000000=,
176.000=mesh1.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
184.000=Instantâneo 1 (02-02-2015 18-35).png=1.000=0=0=1=Visualization2File=4thDancingDDR.avi===,
192.000=4thKaleidoscope.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
200.000=4thHearts2.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
208.000=4thColors.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
216.000=tunnel5.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
224.000=4thHearts3.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
232.000=kaliedoscope5.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
240.000=4thHearts3.avi=1.000=0=0=1=====,
248.000=tunnel5.avi=1.000=0=0=1=SongBgWithMovieViz====,
264.000=IF YOU WERE HERE (B4 ZA BEAT MIX)-bg.png=1.000=1=0=1===CrossFade==,
99999=-nosongbg-=1.000=0=0=0 // don't automatically add -songbackground-
;
bgsplit2.png
bgsplit4.png
Instantâneo 1 (02-02-2015 18-35).png
The position of the videos may be innacurate.

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Awesome.

Here's a custom MAX-EXTREME type script for "Hyena." I've got a few more customs, but since that's not the main focus, I'll only post them after I write some more official scripts.
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Double post, but I forgot. I do actually have some new official scripts I never posted.

MY SUMMER LOVE (MAXUSA)


SYNCHRONIZED LOVE (Red Monster Hyper Mix) (MAXUSA)


Radical Faith (MAX2USA)

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I've read the whole thread, and I've not seen this mentioned, so:

Ripped Official MAX ~ EXTREME Era Background Videos & Scripts

The movies already come with a script, but I can't tell if they're accurate as I haven't checked them. Aeron was to rip music videos from other CS games. He only went as far as this, sadly. Also, great job everyone. I'll share my stuff later.

EDIT: These are some videos from the DS series I've edited to the frame. I did this in Vegas with both the original file, and a capture from the game itself.

All That She Wants (DS Fever)
Come Into My World (DS Fusion)
Mickey (DS Fusion) [this is an official rip from DS Fusion AC. Don't ask me where I found this; I have no idea]
Virtuality (DS Fever)
Wannabe (DS Fever)

Thank you soo much for all of these. I've been looking for the MAX2-EXTREME music videos in original quality since forever, and with a bit of tweaking I got them all synced up properly.
And now I get to start my quest of getting all of my DS packs scripted. Thanks for the hard work.

Also does anyone have the Enter the Dragon EXTREME:USA exclusive videos by chance? haha.

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You think you can grab the 3 exclusive movies in Rapper's Delight?



Also, Aeron disappeared from the internet, and so, that thread has been dead since May 2013. He DID contact me a couple of times in 2014, though. And the thing is, I want to know the original names of these movies;



The only thing I know so far is that they all share 3 letters; "ps???a". However, I went into the name directory of a DDR Extreme iso and there are more than 8 "ps????" items, so...

I honestly have no clue on how to rip MJPEGs from CS games, nor arcade data (which I don't have either). Sorry about that.
Aw, that's kind of sad to hear. That project was really something; I wish I would've been completed.


From which game were those taken? Afaik, all movies' names started with a "j" in arcade files. Unless you're talking about CS movie files...

Well, they technically do come from the arcade, but...


Unfortunately, he lost all of his data before he could get the names of those movies. I never DID get the proper names, he said they were "ps****" but then he never responded again.

However, I think I might know 14 potential names that could go with them.



I wish I could solve this puzzle so I can know ALL of the official names for every DDR movie. I'm trying to figure out if some of those videos (like fire1/stairs1) are part of a group called "js", but it's impossible to tell.

This was the last ever thing he posted, as far as I recall;


...unfortunately, I don't think that ever happened. :/