Posts Tagged ‘AMV’

How To: Convert .pss files to .avi

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

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”. (more…)

How-To: Extract Full Motion Video (FMV) from Final Fantasy X-2 as a .pss file

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Note: The following procedure was successful using Windows XP SP2

What you will need:

1.) Final Fantasy X-2 PS2 Game Disk (NTSC U/C version)
2.) DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0
3.) WinHex 13.6

Please use your friendly Google to search for DVD Decrypter as sources for this change and, frankly, it is illegal now to post direct links to this. On a related note, please don’t post asking how to crack WinHex. Just pay for the damn thing or get creative with some further Google searching.

I have adapted much of these instructions from DemonSpawn and Castor Troy, but I have also done my own experimenting to create the best quality extraction, so I have added a couple more steps.

At this time, I can only say that I was able to confirm extraction by using the above software with the following method:

STEP 1: Copy FFX-2 to Your Comptuer

1. Insert your copy of FFX-2 into the DVD drive of your PC.
2. Open DVD Decrypter.
3. DVD Decrypter should read your disk and look something like the following:

4. Open Mode -> then choose ISO -> Read

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