Demo trouble

(system) #1

What is the easiest way to turn a demo into an mpeg or avi??
I tried cl_avidemo 25 and this takes screen shots, so I have to animate myself. Is there any way of doing this an easier way? It’s driving me completely bananas :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

(pgh) #2

www.own-age.com
www.shaolinproductions.org

Easiest way to explain:[ul]
[li]Very High Detailed Config with low Resolution
[/li][li]cl_avidemo 30 / cl_avidemo 100 for slowmo
[/li][li]Play demo(s) and copy section you need
[/li][li]Import your choice of editor (Premier, Vegas etc)
[/li][li]Edit
[/li][li]Save/Render
[/li][li]Release[/ul]
[/li]
Simple steps… :wink:

(Sick Boy) #3

you can use a video-editing app to make the screenshots into a movie

or download fraps, it can record into uncompressed avi immediately (and with sound!)

(system) #4

Fraps sounds interesting, cheers.
Another problem I have is when I play demos the allies have stupid hats and costumes and the axis look like skeletons… how do I get rid of that? :(:frowning:

(mouse) #5

lol that sounds like the resurrection skinpack, delete the z_resurrectionskins.pk3 from your etmain directory :slight_smile:

(system) #6

lol thanks.

I have to pay for fraps or it’s half res, and it says fraps.com over my demo :S that’s no good :(:(:frowning:

(Sick Boy) #7

I think there’s an old version which was OK, try finding that.

(mouse) #8

indeed, fraps 1.9 (http://www2.fraps.com/win9x/FRAPS19D.EXE). But then its without the sound, but you can use a cable to lead your speakers to your line-in to record that seperatly if you really want that :slight_smile:

(Sauron|EFG) #9

Some sound cards can record “What you hear” (Soundblaster) or “Stereo mix” (nForce2 audio), so you don’t need a cable from line out to line in.

There’s also a new tool similar to Fraps called GameCam (never tried it myself):
http://www.planetgamecam.com/

It supposedly records with sound, and I think it’s free.

(system) #10

I’ve just been using fraps and it’s great, but I now have a new problem. These 9 - 14 second clips i’m making using fraps are about 30 meg each!!! Why are they so big? How can I reduce them? Will I ever make my music video? :frowning:

(DarkangelUK) #11

That’s just a raw avi, you need to encode it with a codec. Download Virtual Dub (its free) and the latest DivX codec. Open the raw avi in Vdub then press Ctrl+p to get the compression window. Select DivX then hit configure, select 1 pass and set bitrate to 2000. ok it all then click on file then Save as AVI… If you’re feeling adventurous you can try using XviD, but it requires more configuring. Jrb posted his XviD settings on Shaolinproductions.org that he used for Tricking iT2