Frequently Asked Questions
Have a question about wrvids.com? You might find the answer here. If not, contact me, and if it's a good question I'll add it to this page.
- Oh no, I can't see the video! It's all black! *panics*
- If you can't see the video, you most likely are missing the needed codec (or maybe the file became corrupted). To see what codec you need, view the file properties, then click summary, then advanced, and see what it says next to "video compression". For all your codec needs, go to free-codecs.com and type what you need in the search box, or you can try one of the codec packs which include many codecs. The most commonly used codec is DivX.
- What's with all the boring lists? Why not add a fancy design for the video pages?
- It would take a huge amount of work to keep an html page updated for every single game. It's much easier to just let it automatically create the lists of files. I try to make the lists look as nice as possible with .htaccess files, but my control over the page design is very limited. However, despite the boringness, I think the site is user-friendly enough the way it is, so it's not worth spending the extra time.
- Who runs this website?
- This site is run, designed, and payed for by Michael Fried (with some help from donations).
- How much space/bandwidth does this site have?
- 500 GB space / 5 TB bandwidth per month and growing, hosted by DreamHost.
- What's the difference between this site and SDA?
- SDA focuses mostly on longer speedruns for a large variety of games. Wrvids.com focuses mostly on shorter challenges for a smaller selection of games. Unlike SDA, wrvids.com hosts slower videos in addition to the fastest available, and allows people to have their own personal video folders. Wrvids.com also accepts lower quality videos that SDA would reject.
- Does this site host any emulator videos?
- Most of the videos hosted on wrvids.com are original console runs. There are some emulator videos hosted here, but all emulator videos are labeled as emulator videos. If the file or folder containing the file is labeled "tas", then it's a tool-assisted speedrun (save-states and/or slow-motion). If it's labeled with the name of an emulator (e.g. Snes9x), that means it was just played on an emulator and not a tas. However, it's impossible to prove that an emulator video is not a tas, so therefore emulators are not allowed in official competitions. If you happen to see any unlabeled emulator videos, please let me know and I'll fix it.
- No ads?? How does this website make money?
- It doesn't make money. It's purely non-profit, and created out of love for video game competition. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to donate to help me pay the hosting costs.
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