How to contact pd for improvments?

[gt5 fan]

How do I contact any developers of GT5 to ask them if they can change the exporting replays so it is in .Mp4 format so computers can read it?

 

[Samus]

You can't.

Also you aren't exporting a replay as a video when you do so, you're just exporting a file which contains the data that the game needs to be able to replay it. GT5 doesn't support exporting replays as a video file in any format.

 

[gt5 fan]

You can't.

Also you aren't exporting a replay as a video when you do so, you're just exporting a file which contains the data that the game needs to be able to replay it. GT5 doesn't support exporting replays as a video file in any format.

I'm exporting it to the XMB menu.

 

[Adamski15]

The replay isnt a video format, simply the track with your record loaded in, like with "ghost" cars.

 

[Famine]

And that isn't a video file as you were told earlier and then again by SimonK. It's a data file that requires GT5 to play a video.

We have a Feedback area which you can suggest improvements to. It has a surprisingly high hit rate with regards to what has been added to the game. However I believe what you request is unlikely to occur due to hardware shortcomings.

 

[gt5 fan]

And that isn't a video file as you were told earlier and then again by SimonK. It's a data file that requires GT5 to play a video.

We have a Feedback area which you can suggest improvements to. It has a surprisingly high hit rate with regards to what has been added to the game. However I believe what you request is unlikely to occur due to hardware shortcomings.

Thanks for helping!

Edit: like your avatar!

 

[the Interceptor]

Short and simple explanation of the difference between a video file and a replay file:

A replay file simply is a list of driving instructions if you will. The game saves the information of which car you used on which track, along with your exact inputs when you drove the laps. When you replay the file, the Playstation recreates the situation according to the replay file. So because a replay is just a recreation of the driving you did, you can only use a replay file within the game.

A video file of a replay basically is a sequence of still images along with an audio file for the sound. Theoretically the Playstation would be able to generate such a file by rendering the replay images frame by frame and saving them as a video file. This function is not included in the game however. Therefore, you need external devices to capture the images and the audio of the game in real time. Also, a video file is very large because it contains so much information, so it would not only take very long for the Playstation to produce it, you would also need a big USB key or an external USB hdd to store it and get it onto a computer.

Note: there was the idea of being able to export replays directly out of GT5 into Youtube before the game was launched. The plan was dropped when the game was completed, because it took too much time for the Playstation to create the files (not 100% sure about that bit). It is possible, yet unlikely, that this function will be added with a future update.

 

[gt5 fan]

A replay file simply is a list of driving instructions if you will. The game saves the information of which car you used on which track, along with your exact inputs when you drove the laps. When you replay the file, the Playstation recreates the situation according to the replay file. So because a replay is just a recreation of the driving you did, you can only use a replay file within the game.

Is that why the extensions end in ".0" and has a icon like terminal (command prompt for pc)?

 

[the Interceptor]

Is that why the extensions end in ".0" and has a icon like terminal (command prompt for pc)?

Not quite. Because such files are created and used only within the Playstation file system, the file extensions are unique to this system. What a computer, may it be a Mac or a Windows PC, makes of such a file solely depends on the individual operating system. A ".0" replay file is just machine code which can not be understood by anything but the Gran Turismo replay system.

The fact that your Mac displays it with a terminal icon either is a coincidence, unknown filetypes always are handled like that or there actually is a ".0" file format for OSX. The system still won't recognize it as a GT5 replay file though.

 

[gt5 fan]

Not quite. Because such files are created and used only within the Playstation file system, the file extensions are unique to this system. What a computer, may it be a Mac or a Windows PC, makes of such a file solely depends on the individual operating system. A ".0" replay file is just machine code which can not be understood by anything but the Gran Turismo replay system.

The fact that your Mac displays it with a terminal icon either is a coincidence, unknown filetypes always are handled like that or there actually is a ".0" file format for OSX. The system still won't recognize it as a GT5 replay file though.

Some how I can unachieve them.

 

[the Interceptor]

Some how I can unachieve them.

Sorry, what exactly are you trying to do?

 

[gt5 fan]

Sorry, what exactly are you trying to do?

That it's a different type of zip file.

 

[Famine]

It's not a zip file. It's not an archive file. It contains no images. It contains no video. It is a data file - specifically it is a GT5 data file.

The data in the file consists of your inputs, vehicle and settings, track and track conditions, positional data and positional data for all other vehicles in the race (if it's a race). The data instructs GT5 to create a video, from scratch, of the events it has logged. The data file can only be read by GT5.

 

[McClarenDesign]

How do I contact any developers of GT5 to ask them if they can change the exporting replays so it is in .Mp4 format so computers can read it?

1. Feedback section
2. Comment on the message board of your GTLife profile. PD checks 'em occassionally.
3. Pray to diety of choice, aka Kaz.

 

[gt5 fan]

2. Comment on the message board of your GTLife profile. PD checks 'em occassionally.

Can I get them to reply to me on my wall by saying at the end?:
"please can you reply to this?"

 

[Samus]

Can I get them to reply to me on my wall by saying at the end?:
"please can you reply to this?"

No. Can I ask how old you are, out of interest?

 

[Famine]

What?

First, what you ask is not possible. Second, you cannot make anyone reply to you. Most importantly of all though, for legal reasons (royalties), they will not comment on any suggestion you have for alterations to the game.

But it's still not possible. The file is a data file that only GT5 can read and reconstruct video from. There is no video or image information anywhere in the file and it is not compressed.

 

[gt5 fan]

What?

First, what you ask is not possible. Second, you cannot make anyone reply to you. Most importantly of all though, for legal reasons (royalties), they will not comment on any suggestion you have for alterations to the game.

But it's still not possible. The file is a data file that only GT5 can read and reconstruct video from. There is no video or image information anywhere in the file and it is not compressed.

Ok. Can you lock this thread then please?

No. Can I ask how old you are, out of interest?

I will pm you it.