Super Mario Bros. Glitches (Capture Card Test 1)

Open the description for lots of technical details and future plans.

This is my first YouTube test video of my AVerMedia AVerTV HD DVR and CE Labs AV400COMP video distribution amplifier. For this test, I'm just showing off a small sampling of glitches from the original Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Yes, I know this looks like it was recorded from an emulator, but it's from the actual console. Read the technical details below for more information on my settings.

Glitches shown:
Double jump (poorly)
Music cutout
Passing through blocks (multiple times)
Entering the Minus World
Navigating the Minus World
Swim-ducking pseudo-invincibility

Original encode settings:
6 min, 33 sec
97.5 MB
MPEG-4 container
VIDEO:
H.264/AVC @ 480i60
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2,000 kbps average bitrate
640x480 screen resolution (sides cropped from original 720x480)
8:7 display aspect ratio (to match raw NES 256x224 ratio)
MBAFF, interlaced top field first scan
YUV 4:2:0 colorspace/chroma subsampling
29.97 fps
AUDIO:
AAC low complexity (LC)
CBR 80 kbps
1 channel (mono)
48 kHz

Originally captured as DV-AVI NTSC.

This is only the first of a series of tests with this capture card. Expect some HD stuff soon. Halo 3 @ 1080i (interlacing is awful, but when the game actually runs at 30 fps, you don't get any interlacing or lose quality compared with 1080p :P), Minecraft 360 Demo @ 720p, possibly some Wii games at 480p, most likely at 480i, and various other 480i systems like the NES, SNES, and N64. SD videos are captured in DV-AVI NTSC before conversion to H.264. HD videos are captured in Pegasus Imaging's PICVideo MJPEG before conversion to H.264. Bitrate settings vary and are dependent upon the content. (Super Smash Bros. Brawl, for instance, will have a much higher bitrate than PokéPark Wii, even though both would be captured at the same resolution.)

If you want to purchase the capture card and distribution amplifier for your own computer, expect to pay about $180 US.

Oh, and Mario Minus World (my old site) is coming back...in a new way. ;)