THPConv

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THPConv.exe is a prebuilt program Nintendo provides in the Wii and GCN SDKs. It's used to take static jpg frames and wav audio in order to make a THP video.

Command Options

Creating a THP

option	argument	Description
-j	*.jpg	The input files (sequential jpg files) Wildcard characters (*) are allowed. Required Command
-d	outfile	The output file. Required Command
-s	wavefile(s)	The .wav files to pack into the THP video. (Must be non-compressed 16-bit PCM data, mono and stereo is supported)
-r	framerate	The framerate to use. If not defined, defaults to 29.97 (Allowed range is from 1.0 to 59.97)
-o	-	THP movie data can internally store offsets to each frame data as a table.
-non	-	Specifies the THP video data format. When interlace starts the video data from an odd numbered field, specify -odd. When interlace starts from an even numbered field, specify -even. Defaults to -non
-odd
-even
-v	-	Enable Verbosity.
-h	-	Displays the option list

Replacing the audio of a THP video

Note that some of the commands options above are the same here. (Being -r, -o, -non, -even, -odd, -v, -h)

option	argument	Description
-c	file	The input thp video. Required Command and not allowed to be used with -j
-s	wavefile(s)	Same as above. This option or the -trk option is required when using -c
-d	outputfile	The output file. If the file is the same THPConv.exe will OVERWRITE the file
-trk	track number, wavfile	If you only want to replace a single audio track dataset, use this option instead of -s. Invalidates the -r, -o, -non, -odd, and -even options

Creating a THP video for SMG

THPConv.exe is originally a Windows binary, but a port to Linux exits. You can find it here

1. Run the following in a shell program: ffmpeg -i Input.mp4 -r 59.94 -vf scale=640:368 temp\frame%03d.jpg (Replace Input.mp4 and temp with what you want)
2. If you are going to make the video have audio run this: ffmpeg -i Input.mp4 -r 59.94 -f u16be audio.wav (Replace Input.mp4 and audio.wav with what you want)
3. Then, run this if you are not making a video with audio: THPConv.exe -j temp\*.jpg -r 59.94 -d output.thp (Replace temp and output.thp with what you want)
4. If you DO want audio, run this instead: THPConv.exe -j temp\*.jpg -r 59.94 -s audio.wav -d output.thp (Replace temp, audio.wav, and output.thp with what you want)
5. Attempt replacing one of the THP Videos in MovieData and see if it works.