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[RA2/YR] VQA Movies
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Glukv48
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2014 11:50 pm    Post subject:  [RA2/YR] VQA Movies
Subject description: Use the VQA movies in RA2 or YR		 Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
I will not describe here step by step action. I just explain the basic principles.

Historic information:
VQA movies used in all C&C games to RA2, code responsible for VQA completely preserved in RA2 and YR. However, Westwood did not use the video VQA format in RA2, they used Bink.

Why you may need to use the VQA, when there Bink?
Answer. It's like comparing JPG and PNG or GIF (one frame). Bink more useful for realistic images (captured on camera). VQA useful for animated briefings, charts, text, etc. Also, VQA provides a higher compression ratio.

How can I use VQA in RA2 and YR?
Just like Bink, but there are a few points that need to explain separately.
1. All VQA should be placed in the MIX file.
2. If you have a Movies in Bink format and VQA with the same name, the VQA will be ignored.

What tools do I can use to create VQA?
I know of only one tool capable of VQA encode video. This VQA Encoder from the user with the nickname ugordan

VQA Encoder has a limit on the size of the frame 640x400, is possible to create VQA with a frame size of 800x600?
Yes, but you should use a hacked version of VQA Encoder.



Hacked version of VQA Encoder. Allows to create VQA with a frame size of 800x600.


VQA Enc 0.5b2 800x600.rar
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Hacked version of VQA Encoder. Allows to create VQA with a frame size of 800x600.

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 Filename:  VQA Enc 0.5b2 800x600.rar
 Filesize:  491.02 KB
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Key Words: #Tutorials #RedAlert2 #YurisRevenge #Ares #Videos #VQA #VQAEncoder #Media 
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Lin Kuei Ominae
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Thanks for the nice work, research and info.

Is 800x600 the max supported res by the games?

I haven't converted any video yet, but is the original version able to create radar screen VQAs? I think they are using a small res of only 160x120 (not sure here) or something so they fit in the radar screen.

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CCHyper
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
I did this a while back with TS, but I can not remember the results, would be interesting for someone to play around with it.
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Glukv48
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 12:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
Lin Kuei Ominae wrote:

Is 800x600 the max supported res by the games?

I do not know how to RA2, but YR this is the maximum resolution as the main menu a maximum of 800x600.

Lin Kuei Ominae wrote:

I haven't converted any video yet, but is the original version able to create radar screen VQAs? I think they are using a small res of only 160x120 (not sure here) or something so they fit in the radar screen.


I have not tried, a good question. I'll tried it later.
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CCHyper
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
The game initialises the main VQA viewport buffer at 640x480 IIRC.
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Glukv48
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
you can try to use this video file


screenshot .png
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in game(YR) screenshot
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screenshot .png
Briefing.vqa.zip
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 Filename:  Briefing.vqa.zip
 Filesize:  8.65 MB
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CCHyper
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2014 2:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread
TS plays it perfectly, no problem there. I can not test RA2.
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