Recommend using an AVI video file because this workedĪfter you've checked the error with unsupported video codec, another warning popup will appear: If an error with unsupported video codecs appears, install the FFDShow. Open your Custom Video by clicking on "File", "Open video file. Well, start VirtualDub by double-clicking on "VirtualDub.exe" inside the "VirtualDub" folder. In the appearing window set the following video parameters: In the appearing window, you need to set the following video parameters: To resize your video file, simply use tools like the component of FreeStudio: Free MP4 Video Converter ( Download from Load your file into the tool, select "AVI" in Preset, and on the right side, click on the magic wand. So I decided to use the same as the original tv channel videos: 256x144 Pixel. The width has to be a multiple of 32 and the height a multiple of 16. Click "Install" and when it's finished be sure to uncheck all suggestions because we don't need to configure FFDShow.īefore you can begin, you need to make sure that you have a VP6 compatible video resolution and some other params (see the list).Paste in your preferred install path (I've used the given one) and click "Next".Select your speaker configuration (I've used 2.0) and click "Next".
Now scroll down the list of the available components, activate the VirtualDub PlugIn, and click "Next". Select your language and on the main wizard click "Next". Double click on the downloaded "ffdshow_rev4531_20140628.exe". Otherwise, install FFDShow by the following steps: If your preferred video files have a supported codec by VirtualDub, you can skip this installation. To separate the install instructions and the main tutorial for preparing your video, I will now explain how to install FFDShow.Īs I've said, it's not essential. The installation wizard is very simple and the installation path can be the given one or somewhere you like. Extract the content of the "VirtualDub-1.10.4.zip" to "C:\ModTheSims\VirtualDub".ĭownload and install the VP6 Codec by double-clicking on the downloaded "vp6_vfw_codec.exe". Extract the "VP6Converter005.exe" from the "VP6_Builder.rar"to "C:\ModTheSims". Extract the "GUI.exe" from the "SoundExchange30101_GUI.rar"to "C:\ModTheSims". Extract the "sx.exe" from the "SoundExchange30101.rar"to "C:\ModTheSims". Then download all tools from the requirements list and do the following: It looks something like this (the files came later): FreeStudio ( Download from ): Not necessary, but with it, you can simply resize and convert your custom video file.įor a better overview, I recommend a small folder structure.įirst, go to your (C:\)-drive and create a folder named ModTheSims.zip and in it folders named "ChannelData">"Edited", "Data">"as_text", "Trash" and "VirtualDub". VLC MediaPlayer ( Download from ): Not necessary, but it is more comfortable with it because it supports many more codecs than the Windows Media Player. VP6 Converter by Siberian GRemlin ( Version 0.05 from or Version 0.08 from ): This tool merges the Video and Audio stream to the final video file. UI for Generic Stream Creator by Siberian GRemlin ( Download from ): This is a simple to use GUI for the tool above. Generic Stream Creator ( Download from ): This tool creates the right Audio Codec, but it has no UI, it's a command-line tool. Simply try to open the video you want to use in Sims 4, if it doesn't work, install ffdshow. Not essential, but I need it to open AVI files with XVID codec (e.g. ffdshow ( Download from ): This tool expands the supported video codecs for the input video file in VirtualDub. VirtualDub ( Download from ): I've used version 1.10.4 (stable) (x86) and with it, we will create the right movie files. 
VP6 Video Codec from On2 Technologies ( Download from ): This is the Video Codec for Sims 4 Movies.S4PE ( Download from - use v0.1d): This tool is needed for working with the packages.10 Install and configure required Tools.
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