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Post #1 · Posted at 2024-10-23 10:18:40am 2.1 months ago

Offline Biku
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I been creating my own stepcharts for almost 4 years now but never add a bg video before but theres a song called "Secret Rouge" from the new IIDX and i want to use the video but don't know how to make it play on time with the auso and charts.

Is there something i should focus to "sync" the bgvideo?

Post #2 · Posted at 2024-11-14 10:44:20pm 1.3 months ago

Offline magallanes2023
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Long story short:

You have two options. Edit the #BGCHANGES

Quote

#BGCHANGES:-0.500=16A7.mpg=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormal====,
99999=-nosongbg-=1.000=0=0=0 // don't automatically add -songbackground-
;

-0.500 = is the measure, of where the song must start. It's funny because many songs start with a negative measure BUT a negative could do nothing (it starts at zero regardless of the negative value).
Example: if the video must start 1.2 seconds late then, you must calculate this time in MEASURE and put the right value here 1.8.
Using ArrowVortex:
https://i.ibb.co/sqNTtHb/p1.png
Example: If the video must start 1.2 seconds early, then it's up to the program to accept a negative value. Most programs don't accept it. So, if this is the case, then you must cut the video. You could use VLC to cut part of the video. I use Adobe Premiere because I am seasoned with it. Also, VirtualDub allows to cut videos for free.


16A7.mpg is the video.


or, you could rename the video the same as the .ssc, sm, or .sma file. However, it only works if the video and audio are in sync.

Post #3 · Posted at 2024-11-15 12:31:42am 1.3 months ago

Offline Biku
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Quote: magallanes2023
Long story short:

You have two options. Edit the #BGCHANGES

Quote

#BGCHANGES:-0.500=16A7.mpg=1.000=0=0=1=StretchNormal====,
99999=-nosongbg-=1.000=0=0=0 // don't automatically add -songbackground-
;

-0.500 = is the measure, of where the song must start. It's funny because many songs start with a negative measure BUT a negative could do nothing (it starts at zero regardless of the negative value).
Example: if the video must start 1.2 seconds late then, you must calculate this time in MEASURE and put the right value here 1.8.
Using ArrowVortex:
https://i.ibb.co/sqNTtHb/p1.png
Example: If the video must start 1.2 seconds early, then it's up to the program to accept a negative value. Most programs don't accept it. So, if this is the case, then you must cut the video. You could use VLC to cut part of the video. I use Adobe Premiere because I am seasoned with it. Also, VirtualDub allows to cut videos for free.


16A7.mpg is the video.


or, you could rename the video the same as the .ssc, sm, or .sma file. However, it only works if the video and audio are in sync.

Thank you so much to be honest im really bad with numbers but i really want to use bga on my simfiles i will give it a try and hope for the best.

Muchas gracias, la verdad soy malísimo con lo que tiene que ver con números pero le daré un intento y esperar que resulte.

P.D: saludos desde chile me alegra conocer a alguien que tambien hable español. Big Grin

Post #4 · Posted at 2024-11-15 07:19:14am 1.3 months ago

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Last updated: 2024-11-15 07:32am
Correction: -0.5 is the beat number, not the measure number. So, if you want to start the bg movie at measure x, the value would be x*4 (if using default time signature 4/4)

Tips for syncing simfile: always start the music at measure 1 (or measure 2 in some cases) *and* make sure your song offset is not a negative number. You will encounter issue adjusting bg video sync if the song offset is a negative number.

Post #5 · Posted at 2024-11-15 09:17:12am 1.3 months ago

Offline Biku
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Quote: razorblade
Correction: -0.5 is the beat number, not the measure number. So, if you want to start the bg movie at measure x, the value would be x*4 (if using default time signature 4/4)

Tips for syncing simfile: always start the music at measure 1 (or measure 2 in some cases) *and* make sure your song offset is not a negative number. You will encounter issue adjusting bg video sync if the song offset is a negative number.

Thank you so much, for the moment im trying with just one song but is kinda hard to sync, maybe is a negative number idk is kinda confusing, over 100 simfiles and is the first one i try with bg Oops

Post #6 · Posted at 2024-11-15 07:09:46pm 1.3 months ago

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Last updated: 2024-11-15 07:09pm
In order to avoid getting negative number song offset, try adding the song offset by 1 beat and repeat until the song offset is a positive number *and* the music starts at measure 1.

Edit: Here is the demo video on how to sync simfile using ArrowVortex. See that you get a positive number song offset and the music starts at measure 1 in the end of the video.

https://streamable.com/aqjwe2

Post #7 · Posted at 2024-11-28 01:46:06am 4 weeks ago

Offline chewi
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"It's The Vibe."

Last updated: 2024-11-28 01:49am
Any way to use ArrowVortex on Mac? I can't figure out how to use Wine.

Edit: Nevermind, I got it working. For anyone curious: https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/how-to-get-started-with-wine-80-on-your-mac
https://zenius-i-vanisher.com/simfiles/Vibe%20Vibe%20Relaxation/Vibe%20Vibe%20Relaxation.png?1677865262
Vibe Vibe Relaxation... it's the vibe!

Post #8 · Posted at 2024-12-15 08:51:55pm 1.5 weeks ago

Offline sanchny
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Reg. 2020-10-24

Quote: chewi
Any way to use ArrowVortex on Mac? I can't figure out how to use Wine.

Edit: Nevermind, I got it working. For anyone curious: https://appleinsider.com/inside/macos/tips/how-to-get-started-with-wine-80-on-your-mac
You already got it, but if you want to try something different I recommend Whisky, which is a modern Wine wrapper for macOS.

Further Mac tip: there's also SMEditor, which now has a native Apple Silicon desktop app. There's an issue where macOS says the app is damaged, but here are the instructions to bypass it.
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