Quake Live Recording Guide v2

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Quake Live Demo Recording Tutorial.
v2


I made this tutorial since my last one is a little outdated and i have a way to make recording easier for you guys.


1. Installing my cfg and ui(ui made by loveless)

Download the files HERE!

Extract these files and place them both in:

XP- %appdata%\id Software\quakelive\home\baseq3\
Vista- %APPDATA%\..\LocalLow\id Software\quakelive\home\baseq3
w7- C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\id Software\quakelive\home\baseq3
Linux- $ cd ~/.quakelive/quakelive/home/baseq3
Mac- Users\Library\Application Support\QuakeLive\quakelive\home\baseq3


2. Recording clips using the config.

Run a practice game, open the console and type \exec demo and it will load up the config.
Now while in the practice game run a demo.
\demo demoname

Here are the keys you can use in my config.


pgup: timescale 1 (normal speed)
left arrow: timescale up (fast forward..more you press, the faster it will go)
right arrow: timescale down (slow down...more you press, the slower it will go)
up arrow: cl_avidemo 200/cg_drawstatus 0/cg_drawFragMessages 1/cg_hudfiles ui/movie.cfg
downarrow: cl_avidemo 0/cg_drawstatus 1/cg_drawFragMessages 1/cg_hudfiles ui/hud.txt


You can edit the FPS in the binding to whatever you want. you don't have to use 200.



When you find the part of the demo where you want to record just hit the up arrow and let it do its thing.
When you want to stop recording just hit the down arrow and it will stop recording frames.


You can't record audio using quake live recording, so you have to use audacity or fraps and sync it in a video editor.




3. Converting frames into video


To get to the frames follow the path.

XP- %appdata%\id Software\quakelive\home\baseq3\screenshots
Vista- %APPDATA%\..\LocalLow\id Software\quakelive\home\baseq3\screenshots
w7- C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\id Software\quakelive\home\baseq3\screenshots
Linux- $ cd ~/.quakelive/quakelive/home/baseq3/screenshots
Mac- Users\Library\Application Support\QuakeLive\quakelive\home\baseq3\screenshot s

Open up Vdub (Download Here) and go to video>framerate and change it to whatever you recorded at.
Then take the 1st screenshot from the screenshot folder and drag it into vdub. It will load ALL of the other frames with it so you dont have to select all.
Now just pick your desired compression setting and BOOYAH! you got your pretty clip! (i prefer uncompressed so it will look good for when you want to edit it)

NOTE: the uncompressed file will play in slow motion, but don't worry!! it's because it's uncompressed and you cant play that kind of file by itself.

Open it in vegas in the framerate you want your movie at.
These are the following common movie fps:
24
25
30
40
50
60

Only use 24 if you know what you're doing and only want to give it a film type look (along with other effects)
If you want to use 60 just beware of your system specs. 60 makes the smoothest video.

If you don't know much about it and want a standard fps then go with 30 or 40.

4. Capturing audio


There is no way you can get an audio clip with your capture, so you have to find a separate program to capture it separately and sync it yourself.

Fraps
Audacity
Sound Forge

There are more, but those are the most popular.