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SCR Converter

alban lusitanaealban lusitanae
edited January 2015 in Emulators
HI to all

Does anyone know the lightest and better (preferably non installing) SCR converter out there? Tried SCR 2 GIF but I can't get it to work.

cheers
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  • ZXMAKZXMAK
    edited November 2012
    you can open SCR in emulator (ZXMAK2 for example) and then save it to image, (JPG or PNG for example)
  • HerculesHercules
    edited November 2012
    I recommend ZX-Paintbrush

    It's available here:

    http://www.zxmodules.de/

    ... Click the ZX-PaintBrush button on the left hand frame of that website, scroll down, and you will find the download link for ZX-Paintbrush. It will export to a variety of formats including ZED, TAP, TZX and SCR files.

    Hope that helps.
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited November 2012
    Convert to what?
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Battle BunnyBattle Bunny
    edited November 2012
    I'd just load the SCR file in ZXSpin and save it as a GIF.

    SCR2GIF does work, but it needs DOS4GW.EXE in the same directory and only recognises 8.3 file names.
  • g0blinishg0blinish
    edited November 2012
    I have one, but without .GIF/comversion.
    still working.
  • Tommy F-HTommy F-H
    edited November 2012
    I used SCR2GIF (incl DOS4GW) a few days ago. It worked OK.
    - but then I got the problem of converting the GIFs back to SCR :-(
    Which program can do that ?
  • Battle BunnyBattle Bunny
    edited November 2012
    Tommy F-H wrote: »
    I used SCR2GIF (incl DOS4GW) a few days ago. It worked OK.
    - but then I got the problem of converting the GIFs back to SCR :-(
    Which program can do that ?

    As already mentioned, Claus Jahn's ZX Paintbrush program handles many graphics types which you might need for the Spectrum. He's written a whole bunch of excellent Speccy-oriented programs which are available from the site link given above.

    A simple little program which I've used for converting GIF to SCR is BMP2SPEC, which entails converting the GIF to a BMP (with another program, such as Paintshop - or ZX Paintbrush, hah!), running the BMP through BMP2SPEC to create a TAP file containing a SCREEN$, loading that into an emulator and then saving it as an SCR - but it only works with 256x192 2-bit BMPs of exactly 6206 bytes (ie. black & white).

    Whereas all that can be done in ZX Paintbrush with just Load GIF then Export SCR, and in colour.
  • alban lusitanaealban lusitanae
    edited November 2012
    Hi to all

    Thanks for the answers so far. The problem is that i need a batch possibility here, since I am extracting every SCR from the ZIPs I have (about 12000) to make my very own database.

    So I'm in no luck I guess... And since the SCR to be converted will be on LFN and not 8.3 SFN...
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  • Battle BunnyBattle Bunny
    edited November 2012
    Thinks ...
    * WinRAR can be used in a batch file with command line arguments telling it what to extract from which ZIP files.
    * SCR2GIF can be used in a batch file with command line arguments telling it which files to convert, as long as they have 8.3 file names.

    Now if only there was a way of associating a short file name with a long file name ... such as DIR /X, for example ... which lists files with both their short & long names.

    So, as long as a file shows both short & long names in a DIR /X listing, then SCR2GIF will recognise it by its short name; eg. 
    30/01/2012  18:41             6,912 FOREST~1.SCR ForestOfDoomThe.scr
    SCR2GIF ForestOfDoomThe.scr says it can't find it, but ...
    SCR2GIF FOREST~1.SCR works - although the output is called FOREST~1.GIF, so it would need to be given a new long name afterwards.
  • XvarZXvarZ
    edited November 2012
    Something like this would work no? (if I understood correctly and using my own directory tree)


    7z x *.zip *.scr -r
    cd SCRSHOT
    SCR2GIF *.scr



    DONE !


    As a note, if you browse WOS ftp you should find a screens folder and inside it are already LFN converted gifs for all games in the archive.
  • Battle BunnyBattle Bunny
    edited November 2012
    Yes, that sort of thing works with SCR2GIF. As DOS expands *.scr using the short names, SCR2GIF recognises them but some renaming would be needed afterwards. A renaming script could be constructed from a prior DIR /X listing. There's probably a limit on how many arguments will be accepted in the expanded *.scr list. 
    J:\SPECTR~1\ZX_TOOLS\Taper207>dir /x *.scr
30/01/2012  18:41             6,912              FOD.SCR
08/11/2012  08:09             6,912 FODZX.SCR    FODzx.SCR
30/01/2012  18:41             6,912 FOREST~1.SCR ForestOfDoomThe.scr
30/01/2012  18:41             6,912              fod2.scr

J:\SPECTR~1\ZX_TOOLS\Taper207>scr2gif *.scr
SCR2GIF v1.0 - Copyright (C) 1998 M. van der Heide, ThunderWare Research Center
Converting FOD.SCR to FOD.GIF ... single image ... done
Converting FOD2.SCR to FOD2.GIF ... single image ... done
Converting FODZX.SCR to FODZX.GIF ... single image ... done
Converting FOREST~1.SCR to FOREST~1.GIF ... single image ... done

J:\SPECTR~1\ZX_TOOLS\Taper207>dir /x *.gif
08/11/2012  16:42             3,641              FOD.GIF
08/11/2012  16:42             3,641              FOREST~1.GIF
08/11/2012  16:42             3,641              FODZX.GIF
08/11/2012  16:42             3,641              FOD2.GIF
  • XvarZXvarZ
    edited November 2012
    Another Utility you could use for mass converting .SCR into .GIF is ZX Screens from Pavel Pliva.

    This one preserves LFNs if they are present.
  • alban lusitanaealban lusitanae
    edited November 2012
    I will check all the possibilities presented :) :) :)
    http://www.luislima.science/arcade = The Arcade Club for enthusiasts :)
  • Tommy F-HTommy F-H
    edited November 2012
    The webpage claims that ZX Paintbrush will work on Windows 98.
    It is not so. It will work on Windows 2000.

    This one was supposed to be a note to "Hercules". But it ended up on the wrong place :-(
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited November 2012
    Maybe it was just a dream, but I remember a topic where someone announced software to allow the O.S. to handle Spectrum screen$ like any other image format, without the need for conversion. I think it had something to do with thumbnails or previews.

    I know Windows "thinks" .SCR files are screen-savers, but maybe that can be changed. If conversion could be avoided, wouldn't it be better?
  • ZXMAKZXMAK
    edited November 2012
    alban lusitanae wrote: »
    So I'm in no luck I guess... And since the SCR to be converted will be on LFN and not 8.3 SFN...

    I can try to make tool that you need :)
  • Shadow MakerShadow Maker
    edited November 2012
    I have a PHP script which does this.
  • g0blinishg0blinish
    edited November 2012
    http://glair.narod.ru/zx/zx2pic2.exe

    doesn't support .GIF and Flash attribute.

    multi Drag'n'drop, save as .JPG.
    simple tool for me.
  • alban lusitanaealban lusitanae
    edited November 2012
    As a note, if you browse WOS ftp you should find a screens folder and inside it are already LFN converted gifs for all games in the archive.

    What is the true path on FTP? I tried as a test a web ftp client directly to the FTP server, keeping the path of the webftp on WoS, and the directories do not match, I couldn't find where the PUB section is which has the screenshots...
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  • XvarZXvarZ
    edited November 2012
    Here it is:

    ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/
  • alban lusitanaealban lusitanae
    edited November 2012
    no that's what I said, that is the path on the WoS site, if I use FTPLIVE for instance, I can't find those dirs :(
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  • clausjahnclausjahn
    edited November 2012
    Tommy F-H wrote: »
    The webpage claims that ZX Paintbrush will work on Windows 98.
    It is not so. It will work on Windows 2000.

    This one was supposed to be a note to "Hercules". But it ended up on the wrong place :-(

    Dear friends of ZX-Modules programs,

    ZX-Paintbrush definitely works under Windows 98. The problem that the installer wont install is a mis-configuration of my Installshield tool. In the now available downloads, the installer responds with an error message like that:

    installerror.jpg

    I fixed that problem on my developing computer only and tested the correct setting of the installation file under Windows 98 again:

    installfixed1.jpg

    and the installer installs correctly then:

    installfixed2.jpg

    I cannot fix that problem immediately for the files that are currently on my homepage, because I'm just right now programming on ZX-Paintbrush..

    Please give me some time for beta checking the coming soon version 2.2.9.2 that will install under Windows 98 correctly. For urgent cases, I could put a beta download containing the current exe file on my server...
    There are no problems, only solutions (K. Flynn)

    Visit my ZX-Modules homepage with lot of free programs!
    Or visit my music-related website if you're interested in synthesizer music or computer animations and movies I've created
  • XvarZXvarZ
    edited November 2012
    alban lusitanae wrote: »
    no that's what I said, that is the path on the WoS site, if I use FTPLIVE for instance, I can't find those dirs :(

    Using FTPLIVE I can't see either...


    However, using net2ftp works:
    Initial directory: /pub/sinclair/screens
  • Tommy F-HTommy F-H
    edited November 2012
    @ clausjahn
    You better check the installers for:
    ZX-Editor Second Edition 2.1 Setup.exe
    ZX-Explore 1.2.1.0 Setup.exe
    ZX-Preview 1.0.1.3 Setup.exe
    ZX-Preview 2.0 Setup.exe

    None of them will install under Windows 98SE (updated as long it is posible).
    Windows 2000 Pro: No problems.

    Thanks for the programms, anyway :-)
    (Hope this will end up at the right place)

    It didden't :-(
  • clausjahnclausjahn
    edited November 2012
    Tommy F-H wrote: »
    @ clausjahn
    You better check the installers for:
    ZX-Editor Second Edition 2.1 Setup.exe
    ZX-Explore 1.2.1.0 Setup.exe
    ZX-Preview 1.0.1.3 Setup.exe
    ZX-Preview 2.0 Setup.exe

    None of them will install under Windows 98SE (updated as long it is posible).
    Windows 2000 Pro: No problems.

    Thanks for the programms, anyway :-)
    (Hope this will end up at the right place)

    It didden't :-(

    Yep I know that. I will fix all the installierst as soon as possible but I have to increase the release version numbers.
    There are no problems, only solutions (K. Flynn)

    Visit my ZX-Modules homepage with lot of free programs!
    Or visit my music-related website if you're interested in synthesizer music or computer animations and movies I've created
  • g0blinishg0blinish
    edited November 2012
    Tommy F-H wrote: »
    @ clausjahn
    You better check the installers for:

    or better wait until proper converter done:razz:
  • g0blinishg0blinish
    edited November 2012
    http://glair.narod.ru/zx/zx2gif.zip

    done!
    drag and drop screens on window or use File->Open..(application allow multiselect). this tool will convert .SCR to .GIF-pictures into the same directory.

    use menu "Options" for create animation(Flash attribute)
    ZIP contains some pictures totalmur demo.scr&totalmur demo2.scr for test.

    Bugreports are heresmoker.gif
  • Tommy F-HTommy F-H
    edited November 2012
    @ goblinish

    Have just downloaded your program and it works fine. Thank you.
    Anyway you have named the exe-file "giff2scr". I think you mean the other way round :-)

    Hope this will end up in the right place (I have used Windows 2000 PRO)
    I cross my Fingers...
  • g0blinishg0blinish
    edited November 2012
    Tommy F-H wrote: »
    @ goblinish

    Have just downloaded your program and it works fine. Thank you.
    Anyway you have named the exe-file "giff2scr". I think you mean the other way round :-)

    Hope this will end up in the right place (I have used Windows 2000 PRO)
    I cross my Fingers...

    lcc-win32 was a reason of the name:)
  • qaopqaop
    edited November 2012
    See zx2gif.exe.
    QAOP/js ‧ tests
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