> G'day!
>
> So I like making GIFs from old games, and I want to make more GIFs from old arcade
> games - this usually means capturing direct footage via an Emulator, and then cutting
> and exporting it.
>
> What I need is direct capture of an arcade game, running at the correct, initial
> resolution it's meant to run at, most likely in a window. However, Mame is extremely
> fickle when it comes to this.
>
> Some programs, like MameUI64, have their own direct AVI output program, and this
> works! Well.. for the most part.
>
>
> See, some games, like SegaSonic Popcorn shop here, when they are loaded up on the
> initial MAME screen, claim to be running at a resolution at 256x224. In reality, it's
> actually closer to 300x224, but since it's basing its recording on the initial
> number, it's cut out!
>
> When trying to run the game in a window and record via something like FRAPS, the
> resolution is a complete crapshoot. I just want to tell it to run at a very exact,
> specific resolution, but it's a nightmare to work out.
>
> So I'm asking - What is the best way to capture pixel-correct video of an arcade game
> in Mame. Is there a way to change this initial number in a ROM somewhere to fix this
> resolution bug? What's the deal?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
I would suggest not using MAME because of the resolution changes.
What I do is I set up MAME then I use an external program, like ShareX, to take captures of the area where MAME is every x seconds, and then build a gif file out of those snapshots.
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