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PCSX2 is a plugin oriented program. Your ''pcsx2.exe'' is the main processor that can emulate the real PS2 on the PC but it does not work alone. It needs a graphics plugin to display the game graphics and a sound plugin to play game sounds and music, and it also needs a pad plugin to allow you to play using your keyboard, mouse or gamepad. Moreover there may be more than one plugin of each type so you may choose which is better suited for a particular game. All plugins are stored (by default) in the plugins folder of your main PCSX2 folder. Some plugins like '' | PCSX2 is a plugin oriented program. Your ''pcsx2.exe'' is the main processor that can emulate the real PS2 on the PC but it does not work alone. It needs a graphics plugin to display the game graphics and a sound plugin to play game sounds and music, and it also needs a pad plugin to allow you to play using your keyboard, mouse or gamepad. Moreover there may be more than one plugin of each type so you may choose which is better suited for a particular game. All plugins are stored (by default) in the plugins folder of your main PCSX2 folder. Some plugins like ''GSdx'' for example can be updated quite often so you may want to renew only this plugin (out of all plugins). In order to do it you'll need to download the updated version and extract it by using the archiver into your plugins folder. Selecting your new plugin and changing its configuration may also be required. | ||
'''If you select a different plugin from the drop-down list you will not be able to configure it until you press ''apply'' button!'''<br/> | '''If you select a different plugin from the drop-down list you will not be able to configure it until you press ''apply'' button!'''<br/> | ||
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Press F12 the second time to stop capturing. The result video will be automatically speed up to 100%. If you use SPU2-X as audio plugin the audio file named ''recording.wav'' will be saved as alongside with the video file. | Press F12 the second time to stop capturing. The result video will be automatically speed up to 100%. If you use SPU2-X as audio plugin the audio file named ''recording.wav'' will be saved as alongside with the video file. | ||
You can find some additional information on | You can find some additional information on GSdx plugin [[GSdx|here]]. | ||
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==GS== | ==GS== | ||
GS stands for ''Graphics Synthesizer'' Playstation 2 co-processor responsible for rendering the graphics (but is also used by some games for additional calculations and other things). The PCSX2 core will work in conjunction with GS plugin (like for ex. [[#GSdx| | GS stands for ''Graphics Synthesizer'' Playstation 2 co-processor responsible for rendering the graphics (but is also used by some games for additional calculations and other things). The PCSX2 core will work in conjunction with GS plugin (like for ex. [[#GSdx|GSdx]] plugin) to emulate PS2 graphical co-processor and convert its output into input understood by the PC video cards. | ||
[[image:GS.png|300px||thumb|right]] | [[image:GS.png|300px||thumb|right]] | ||