Whats The Best Way To Make Videos Out Of Demos?
E_Fonzarelli
Join Date: 2004-09-05 Member: 31409Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2004-09-05 Member: 31409Members, Constellation
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<a href='http://Google' target='_blank'>http://www.planetfortress.com/hlmp/hlmp2-b...icle.asp?ID=366</a> helped me find this link on planetfortress.com . Looks like you'll need lots of space, as every frame will be a separate BMP.
<span style='font-size:4pt;line-height:100%'>Funny how I labelled the link as Google, but it actually links to the planetfortress.com site. Oh I am teh win.</span>
What I would love to know, actually, is if you could simply import sound from the demo, with no video. Thanks.
<a href='http://www.karljones.com/halflife/movies2.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.karljones.com/halflife/movies2.asp</a>
<a href='http://Google' target='_blank'>http://www.planetfortress.com/hlmp/hlmp2-b...icle.asp?ID=366</a> helped me find this link on planetfortress.com . Looks like you'll need lots of space, as every frame will be a separate BMP.
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Hey 2_of_8
heh, i tried to google, but I was able to get the url from that link... very funny <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
As far as fraps goes, I had no idea it could do that now. I remember using it WAY back in the day, but havn't fox'ed with it since.
you can use pjBmp2Avi to create simple videos or you can use a real video cut software like Videomach (simple) oder Adobe Premiere (more powerfull application)
I prefer to use Adobe Premiere or Videomach but using pjBmp2Avi to convert my GB's of BMP's into lossless compressed AVI files for better handling.
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There's a very good guide here:
<a href='http://webpages.charter.net/tknott/other/hl2-movie.pdf' target='_blank'>http://webpages.charter.net/tknott/other/hl2-movie.pdf</a>
There's also a good guide which was posted not long ago by udha, credit goes to him for this.
How to start with nothing and end up with an avi of HL2 gameplay + sound.
This is the way the pro's do it, those folks at valve, do you think they used FRAPS to record those BINK videos? Using this method you will have a final result of either a high quality AVI or BINK video. Thanks goes to hl2.net and |FRITZ| of Rage3d
Initialization: Any settings graphically or aurally at this point should be fine.
Enable console by going to settings -> controls -> advanced -> developer console
Tools: - DivX 5.2 or later - It IS free; without adds, just choose DivX, not Dr. DivX or any other rubbish
- VirtualDub 1.5.10
If you have your own tools you are welcome to use those in place of this.
Step 1: In the Beginning:
Join or start the game you would like to record.
Step 2: Start Recording:
To start recording, press the tilde "~" key to show the console, type:
Code:
record <vid_name>
and then press Enter. Press ~ to get back to the game if the console is still open. Continue to play and spectate, what you see is what the demo records.
Step 3: Stop Recording:
Once finished bring up the console again and type:
stop - this will end the recording.
Step 4: Recording to disk - initial set up:
After the recording stops, disconnect from the server. To successfully record both audio and video we must the the following:
Video:
- select your desired output resolution; 640x480 is recommended.
- it would be best to set all options to highest with AA and AF set to full; recording is slow and this will hardly make any difference as most of the time is spent writing mass data to your harddrive.
NB:The files will be uncompressed TGA format meaning they will take
Audio:
- Set to stereo; it's recorded as a wave file which cannot support more than two channels.
Step 5: Recording to disk - recording process:
Bring up the console and enter the following:
Code:
host_framerate 30
startmovie <file_name>
playdemo <vid_name>
After you have pressed enter it will appear to do nothing, be patient, it is loading the map but does not give any indication of doing so, the actual rendering will be increadibly slow but depending on the resolution and length of the recording it could end up using many Gigabytes of your harddrive; don't worry this is only temporary.
NB: it won't hurt anything if you make the file_name the same as the vid_name
Once the recording has completed and you are back to the menu screen, type into the console:
Code:
endmovie
This will stop the recording process. Without it any game you join after this will be recorded also, giving awful performance, and may break the audio as well.
Quit GarrysMod
Step 6: Ensure files are there
Open your GarrysMod directory located at:
C:\Steam\SteamApps\SourceMods\garrysmod\
The output files are stored here, you should find the following:
<file_name>####.tga - there will be many of these, 30 for every second recorded.
<file_name>.wav - check the file size, it should be higher than 1kb
If you wave recording is only 1k and doesn't play, the only cause I have found is because it was recorded in a higher than stereo mode, such as 5.1.
Step 7: Making the AVI
a) Open VirtualDub.
b) Click File -> Open video file...
c) Select Image sequence (*.bmp, *.tga) from Files of type
d) Go to your GarrysMod directory and click on the first <file_name>####.tga file then click Open
e) Click Video -> Compression and chose DivX 5.x.x and set the bitrate to 1400 and you can go up or down from there.
f) Click Audio -> Wave audio and select your <file_name>.wav from the GarrysMod folder
g) Click Audio -> full processing mode; then Audio -> Compression and chose mp3 128/160/192 bit depending on your preference.
Saving the AVI
h) Click File -> Save AVI as...
choose a location to save the video, give it a name and click save.
Once it is finished minimize VirualDub and find the avi file you saved, test it out and hopefully it has all worked is is playing for you right now <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Download it run it and play, theres all kinds of options for resolution, quality etc.
I used it to make a few DoD movies but i noticed a big hit to framerate and im running a 2.5ghz, 1 gig ram, radeon 9200.
Really simple and easy to use but ull need a weapon of a machine.
Sukit.
I can also recommend you to read many guides, not just one. There is no 'perfect' Video guide out there ... all have smaller or bigger mistakes.
there is also a guide at the end of <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=70163' target='_blank'>this</a> thread (also not perfect, but a good start).
@Marik Steele
That's all for Half-Life 2, the commands differ a bit from the hl1 cmds.
It all depends on how much work you want to put into it, though. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->