Frame Dumping: Difference between revisions

From Dolphin Emulator Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(add temporary draft from original PR warning message)
(Added instructions for MacOS, and reorganized the article.)
(8 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
==Under construction==
Frame Dumping captures each frame from gameplay and exports the frames as individual PNG files. However, if you have FFmpeg, Dolphin can also export the frame dump as an AVI file.


==FFmpeg Installation (Win64) ==
== Installing FFmpeg ==
You can download FFmpeg from [https://ffmpeg.org/download.html https://ffmpeg.org/download.html] or you can use a package manager.


You must manually download and install these files to enable frame dumping.
=== Windows ===
You must manually download and install additional files to enable frame dumping. The required files are:
* avcodec-58.dll
* avformat-58.dll
* avutil-56.dll
* swresample-3.dll
* swscale-5.dll


Required Files:
They are included in ''\bin\'' folder in the recommended compatible package of FFmpeg. Extract and place them into your current Dolphin root directory, then restart Dolphin for changes to take effect.
avcodec-58.dll
avformat-58.dll
avutil-56.dll
swresample-3.dll
swscale-5.dll


Compiled FFmpeg shared libraries are usually available at this location: https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/win64/shared
=== macOS ===
On macOS, Dolphin is built to export the frame capture as individual PNG files. If you wish to export an AVI file rather than PNG files, you will need to install FFmpeg, then [https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin#building-for-linux-and-macos build Dolphin from source.]


Recommended compatible package: "ffmpeg-4.0-win64-shared.zip" by Zeranoe.
To install FFmpeg for macOS, the best way is to use [https://brew.sh/ Homebrew Package Manager] by typing this command into Terminal:


The files are located inside the "bin" folder of the downloaded package.
<pre>
brew install ffmpeg
</pre>


Extract and place them into your current Dolphin root directory.
== Dumping Frames ==
To dump frames in Dolphin, go to Movie > Dump Frames.
You can set the output folder in Preferences > Paths > Dump Path.


Please restart Dolphin for changes to take effect!
By default, Dolphin exports to the "Dump" folder in its root directory.
 
----


[[Category:Tutorials]]
[[Category:Tutorials]]

Revision as of 22:35, 31 May 2020

Frame Dumping captures each frame from gameplay and exports the frames as individual PNG files. However, if you have FFmpeg, Dolphin can also export the frame dump as an AVI file.

Installing FFmpeg

You can download FFmpeg from https://ffmpeg.org/download.html or you can use a package manager.

Windows

You must manually download and install additional files to enable frame dumping. The required files are:

  • avcodec-58.dll
  • avformat-58.dll
  • avutil-56.dll
  • swresample-3.dll
  • swscale-5.dll

They are included in \bin\ folder in the recommended compatible package of FFmpeg. Extract and place them into your current Dolphin root directory, then restart Dolphin for changes to take effect.

macOS

On macOS, Dolphin is built to export the frame capture as individual PNG files. If you wish to export an AVI file rather than PNG files, you will need to install FFmpeg, then build Dolphin from source.

To install FFmpeg for macOS, the best way is to use Homebrew Package Manager by typing this command into Terminal:

brew install ffmpeg

Dumping Frames

To dump frames in Dolphin, go to Movie > Dump Frames. You can set the output folder in Preferences > Paths > Dump Path.

By default, Dolphin exports to the "Dump" folder in its root directory.