Custom graphics driver for FF7/FF8 [v0.8b]

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Ok, I tried the HQ FMV mod.  The problem remains.  It's like the humming in the opening stutters, then starts over.   :|

Edit:  YEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!  Finally found the problem.  It was the NVIDIA driver I was using.  I remember downloading an old one, a long time ago, for Final Fantasy 7.  I must have updated it, for Skyrim, at some point.  I did some searching, and found a post on the NVIDIA boards with a familiar avie (LeonhartGR).  He mentioned that everything worked fine with driver 314.22.  I installed that driver, and I'm good to go!  Thanks for the help, and sorry for pestering you guys.  The frustration was overflowing.

On a more on-topic note, the lack of error message suppression in the latest driver is keeping me away.  That would drive me crazy, so I'm sticking with v0.7b11, for now.
 
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ERROR: couldn't lock sound buffer
Appears for most of the videos for me, the bgm music keeps on playing during affected vids.
 
And, just like that, it's happening again.  I got all the way to the district 7 pillar, and the stuttering/sound effect lag happens when we swing off of it.  I noticed, on FRAPS, that my FPS is 14, at that point.  Isn't it supposed to be 15, for the video?  No idea if that would cause it.  But if the frames in the video are different than the sound is expecting?  Probably not...
 
No that would certainly do it. If videos aren't at the correct frame rate they'll stutter or in some case skip entirely. You're using my remastered 2012's right? They are set to the correct codec with 15 fps, so that's odd. Is it possible the driver isn't playing videos right or something? Are you launching the game through bootloader or using the .exe that the game converter makes?
 
I'm using your videos.  The files say 15 fps.  When playing, FRAPS says 14 fps. I'm launching with FF7Music.  Should I try launching with 7thHeaven?

Edit: 7thHeaven does the same thing.  I don't have Bootloader, since I'm not using Bootleg.

Edit 2:  Maybe I'm doing something wrong with your videos.  I just noticed that the files I was looking at, when I said they were 15 fps, were the originals.  They're in "Final Fantasy VII/data/movies".  I have the "Final Fantasy VII/7thHeaven" directory, which only has "cmh175 HQ FMV Pack.iro" in it.

When I open 7thHeaven, it shows your FMV pack on the main tab.  It says it's installed, and the left purple button says "Deactivate", indicating that it is active.  When I click "Configure", your videos are checked, the ending3 video is checked, and the final option is fullscreen.

Edit 3:  It's intermittent.  I'm not sure what's causing it, but normal gameplay will be at 14, when it's going to happen.  If it's supposed to be at 30, it'll be at 28.
 
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You have the Steam version right? I think converted or not it still loads the videos from data\movies. By default 7H probably loads the videos to the same location for the original game, so they may not be used at all and its still loading the orignal 2012's. Make sure 7H is pointed to data\movies for the videos. For the .exe try using the ff7 one the game converter makes, and for the secondary launch app in 7H point it to ff7music. That way itll launch the game using the original executable and play ff7 music.

The issue could be that the game isn't using the right videos still, or it's something else that maybe related to the driver.
 
Stop using FF7 Music. The music support is already included in this driver and is far better as FF7 Music.
 
I didn't follow how the music works now though. If it's a quick easy thing that sounds great, one less thing that has to run, and one less to troubleshoot when it stops working. I think I saw some where that I have to rename the music files though.
 
Only if you want to put different OST's or songs in. And they have to be .ogg.
 
I'm actually using the remixed mp3s with the ff7music mod. I guess I need to convert them in ogg now and make them looping as well and to do that I need to study how to first...
 
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