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Note: The following procedure was successful using Windows XP SP2

What you will need:

1.) PSS Plex
2.) AVI Synth 2.5.7
3.) DGMPGDec v1.4.9 Beta 9
4.) MF Audio v1.1
5.) Virtual Dub v1.7
6.) Regular old Windows Notepad or any other text editor

STEP 1: Converting .pss to .m2v (Converting to an MPEG2 file or more commonly known as DVD video)

1. Open PSS Plex.

2. Choose “DEMULTIPLEX”.

3. OPEN and select the .pss file you wish to convert.

4 Choose “Start”.

5 When this is done processing, you will have a .m2v file which is your video file and a .wav file which is the audio component.
6 Delete the .wav file that is created because it is junk.

STEP 2: Obtaining a valid .wav file (The audio man!!)

1. Open MF Audio.

2. Open your .pss file as your input audio file.
3. Choose “PSS – PS2 Movie Audio Stream – Uncompressed PCM” as your Input Audio File: file format.

4. Choose “WAV – Microsoft RIFF – Ucompressed PCM” as your Output Audio File: file format.

5. Select “Save As” and select a destination for your file. Be sure that the .wav extension is selected.

6. Select “Process!”

7. You now have a .wav file of the audio from this video clip!!!

STEP 3: Converting your .m2v to .avi for universal manipulation

This is where I have come up with a slightly more complicated process, but I feel that the end product is just a hair more accurate.

part 1

1. Install AVI Synth

part 2

1. Open DGIndex.exe (from your DGMPGDec download)

2. Hit “F2″ and open your .m2v file

3. Choose “OK”

4. Adio -> Output Method -> Demux All Tracks
5. Hit “F4″ to save your project; this will output to a .d2v file.

part 3

1. Open Notepad.
2. Create a file with the following text:

LoadPlugin(”C:\Program Files\dgmpgdec\DGDecode.dll”)

video=MPEG2Source(”fmv_ffx2.d2v”)

audio=WAVSource(”fmv_ffx2.wav”)

AudioDub(video,audio)

• *** Of note, the location “C:\Program Files\dgmpgdec\DGDecode.dll” should point to wherever you have your DGMPGDec files. ***

3. Save your file with whatever name but with a .avs file extension and place it in the same location as your video (.d2v) and audio (.wav) file.

part 4

1. Open VirtualDub

2. Hit “CTRL+O” to open your .avs file.

I’m showing an image of a movie loaded in virtual dub; but be aware that at this step, Virtual Dub usally acts a little buggy and may not show anything. Try just going ahead to the next step.

3. Hit “F7″ to save as .avi

4. After almost a minute, you have your movie in .avi format and YOU ARE DONE!!!. Your .avi file will be quite large as this is an uncompressed file.

Test your movie out in practically any movie player to confirm that it works. You can delete all other files created in this process (although I would recommend keeping the .pss files for backup purposes.

Tags: AMV, Final Fantasy, FMV, Hacks, Help and How-To, PS2

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