beware's ddr stuff

These are files for stepmania for DDR simulation.

beware background videos pack 2005

this is a DDR videos pack for stepmania. i based it on the ollec2004 pack, and improved/updated it. list of changes:

re-encoded some videos which had an insane bitrate/size
recreated/recaptured some videos which looked wrong/ugly
removed duplicates
renamed videos to match the up to date naming standard (saotome2U, Amy, "master list")
removed non DDR videos (anime packs, miryokuteki and others)
removed "song specific video sets" (they should be in the songs themselves)
added missing videos, from various sources

credits: ollec2004, saotome2U, miryokuteki for the ollec2004 pack and BG videos, MagMarioX for his BG videos pack, Amy for help and BG videos, Donut for video capturing

The intended ddr versions covered are all from DDR MAX to DDR Extreme.

download beware background videos pack 2005:

Size: 525225185
SHA-1: 42858f6f41a491b0183ed966cc6c922ff56d6306
SHA-256: 7f75929a7ea7d9c7bef031069b3dd3cc125ebfce261d451d3ef969e000be63bf

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DDR background videos thumbnails chart/master list

i found there is no easily accessable standard for which BG video has which name. both video packs and scripts tend to be incomplete and outdated. i reproduced the list by looking at what videos are called in recent scripts, using a "renames list" from Saotome2U, and with help of Amy who works on background scripts as well. this list should also match Saotome2U's list.
i believe this list to be correct and accurate although this can't be guaranteed.

The thumbnails chart shows what videos look like.
background videos thumbnails chart

The substitute list maps outdated video names to names of videos in the list. this allows for fixing scripts.
background videos substitutes list

at the time, both "kaleidoscope" and "kaliedoscope" were used interchangeably, as one example of a naming problem. i went for "kaliedoscope" which was more common among them, even if it's the wrong spelling. people have argued to change this, but such changes would bring back exactly the problems i aimed to solve; for one video to appear with one name, so that would do more harm than good.

I introduced the following videos, hoping their filenames don't clash:

circle11 - the circle tunnel vid used in somewhere over the rainbow. filename agreed on by amy.
dog3 - like dog2 but animated. filename agreed on by amy.
Chase3A - like chase1A but for chase3.
chase1B - the blue guys running, from chase1
chase6 - 3 guys running on globe

videos not in the pack are in the extreme arcade scripts download.

stepmania background scripts for all 240 DDR extreme arcade songs

all of these scripts are the extreme version. roughly half of the scripts come from saotome2U, and are edited to use video names according to the master list. missing scripts have been made by me or amy. one needs this file, and beware BG videos pack 2005.
download DDR extreme arcade background scripts

scripted songs using a specific video set

all bg videos not in the packs, and the stepfile, are included. the songs and bg/banner graphics are not included; get those from DDRUK.

Max. (period) (including speedometers.avi)

all kinds of feedback are welcome. also contact me for legal issues.
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