QuakeLive MovieMaking?

[NetriK]

Hey guys, I've decided to move on from my last game, and start editing quakelive.

I'm using QLDT to cut the demos, and Wolfcam to play/record them.

First, I tried /cl_avidemo 60, and then /video avi, how ever, the video was really slow.

So I tried using a image sequence; /video tga, and then I put it into Sony Vegas. It was normal speed, but it was flickering at some parts, as if it were missing some frames or something.

So then I put it into virtual dub, the the avi that came out was really slow and laggy. So then I /video tga, at /cl_avidemo 200

and used vdub, but it was still really laggy and slow...

How do I get normal speed/non laggy/good quality?

offtopic: does anyone know how to find good competition demos? I can find them, but idk what points the frags r at, and dont wanna look thro all of them.

thanks in advance

-NetriK

[Cat]

I just use fraps to record on wolfcam. Quality is good enough and it gets done quickly. Sure, KittenIgnition laughs at me for it, but he wouldn't even know had I not mentioned it. >_>

[regurge]

fraps is the easiest way but you can not record the cool blurframes effect from wolfcam .. sometimes i use also fraps cause the rendering from wolfcam takes so long time (4 mintes ~ 3 hours)

@netrik
* change the framerate in the Wolfcam cfg to "cl_aviFrameRate "40"
* use for recording the command /video jpg wav
* set the framerate in virtual dub to 40, imoprt the jpg files and save as avi
* import the movie file and the .wav file into vegas and edit it
- you need a nice cpu for that cuase you will have video files with more than 20GB
- you can also reduce the size before you start the editing in vegas but than you will loose quality

[gpig]

In all likelihood- your computer can't play the video properly. If it's uncompressed and high resolution you'll probably need an SSD for a chance of being able to view it properly, and if it's encoded you'll need a beast of a CPU. Upload it to YouTube or similar and I'll bet it will look "normal speed".

[NetriK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SGVJXMlkwo


:/

why is it so slow... :/

and quality is bad too . . .

[variance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SGVJXMlkwo

:/

why is it so slow... :/

and quality is bad too . . .

Rendered with virtual dub? If so you have to render it at the same frame rate you recorded. If you recoreded at 60fps you have to render at 60 or the speed will be off.

[satan_inside]

Why not just go the easy way and let wolfcam output an .avi with sound.
check KittenIgnitions wolfcam tutorial here on the forums.
it makes life so much easier...

[NetriK]

because the file size is huge, and video is still slow

[Adderall]

you have to render the avi

[swampy]

Use Screenflow in OSX.. Oh wait..You use Windows.. Oh well..
Feature Highlights

• Publish directly to YouTube
• Full range of elegant 2D & 3D transitions
• Clip Speed, Freeze Frame & Pause Recording
• Audio Ducking and Audio Detach
• Record from desktop, a video camera, microphone
  and computer's audio all at the same time
• Highlight using 'Callouts'
• Elegant titling effects
• Powerful editing tools
• Keyboard shortcuts to make editing faster
• Insert freeze frames
• Highest quality exporting
• Customize your cursor
• Picture-in-Picture
• Position video in 3D

http://www.telestream.net/screen-flow/overview.htm