09-03-2008, 03:32 AM | #1 |
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best way to record in game movies?
What is the best way to record movies while playing? I know how to record a demo, but I need the movie in mpg or mpeg format so I can edit it.
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09-03-2008, 06:38 AM | #2 |
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I suggest using FRAPS. you can start and stop it as you go and each time it will create a single avi file.
It is 30 bucks but its well worth it. you will however need a huge amount of hard drive space as the avis are uncompressed. We're talking minimum of 30 to 50 gigs free if you are doing more then a couple of minutes of video at a time. I have a 22second video at 1024x768 and the file is 323megs in size. Basically count on at least 14 to 20 megs of space per second of uncompressed video. And I think most video editors will be able to edit the avis. |
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09-03-2008, 05:37 PM | #3 |
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Wait, fraps non free version is actually decent?
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09-03-2008, 09:06 PM | #5 |
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A gig a minute? That is pretty steep.
But once I have the video recorded, I have a program to compress it. I have a watermarking program that can convert videos to different formats. So I could take that uncompressed AVI file, convert it to wmv or mpg and reduce the size by around 75%. Even though fraps might record at 1024x768, that program can reduce the size to whatever I want. I can take that 1 gig avi at 1024x768, reduce it to 640X480 and convert it to wmv and that should get it down pretty small. Then delete the orginal AVI file. Last edited by ~kev~; 09-03-2008 at 09:12 PM. |
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09-03-2008, 09:24 PM | #6 |
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You can set fraps to record at 1/2 size.
Also, I've not used the free version of fraps, maybe that explains why I was confused as to why people keep saying the quality is - that - bad. Wont beat startmovie, though. But it's a hella lot easier. |
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09-04-2008, 03:23 AM | #7 |
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If it's going to be eating space up from no compression anyway, I'd forgo a third party program and just use what is built in. Generates a series of targas and a wav, which you can then string together and compress in anything you have around, or something like VirtualDub (I prefer VirtualDubMod), which is also free.
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09-07-2008, 05:05 AM | #8 |
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Try Source Recorder. Free, best quality, and is actually built in Source games.
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