Overview
Save hard drive space, improve in-game cutscene performance, and customize videos to suit non-standard aspect ratios with this all-in-one, easy-to-use tool!
Introduction
Nier: Automata uses a number of pre-rendered cutscenes which are encoded in an MPEG-type format at ultra-high bitrates, resulting in inefficient videos that occupy a large amount of space and may perform poorly depending on your hardware. Furthermore, the game engine was not designed to crop or letterbox videos on non-16:9 displays, resulting in stretching for some users. While some limitations inherent to the game itself prevent solving all issues without an official patch, with the right tool, users can still enjoy an improved video experience better suited to their needs.
Formerly NieRepack, Vidsquish now provides an easy-to-use GUI to do just this, with all the necessary tools packed right in. Check it out at the official Steam group:
Features
- Easy-to-use GUI with all the necessary tools packed right in
- Pause/resume support for long conversions
- Support for three levels of compression, offering everyone the ideal compromise of filesize and image quality
- Two resolution profiles to further tune size versus quality
- Letterbox and crop options for 21:9, 16:10, 3:2, and 4:3 aspect ratios
- Optionally upconvert framerate to 60 FPS using either frame blending or advanced motion estimation
Download
Vidsquish is available to download from the official Steam group.
It is highly recommended to use this new version as it offers features and updates not available to NieRepack.
Still want to use NieRepack anyway? It can be downloaded either here[dl.dropboxusercontent.com] or here[drive.google.com].
Setup
Vidsquish does not require installation. Simply download extract the application to the directory of your choice and run Vidsquish.exe
It is highly recommended to make a backup of your original video files if you have the free space for it. Vidsquish is safe to use and will not likely corrupt your data if it is interrupted, but depending on the features you select there may be no going back to your videos’ original state. Alternatively, if you don’t have the free space for a backup, you can always run a Verify Integrity of Game Files operation to restore the original videos from the internet.
Demo
Credits
- Special thanks to user Breedloved for introducing me to the tools that initially made this possible!
- Vidsquish is based on ffmpeg, utf_tab, Scaleform, and sfdmux.
Updates
- Added full GUI
- NieRepack now supports multiple games, so please check the Steam group for further updates!
- Changed all resolutions to multiples of 8 to prevent crashes with medianoche.exe
- Fixed a bug introduced in 2.10 causing crop conversions to fail
- Added option for 720p
- Internal code revisions for cleanliness
- Total rewrite
- VGMToolbox no longer necessary
- Added options for compression, framerate, aspect ratio, and crop
- Initial release