[Unknown Target]

How do you guys get your FS2 recordings done? Whenever I record (using the SCP), it gets WAY too slow.

How do you record your video demos?

[kasperl]

i never did anything, but if i had to, i would hook up my comp to my TV, my TV to my VCR, and watch what i'm doing on TV while using good ol' VHS to record, then take that tape to my dad's comp and rip it.

[Shinobi]

I've never done it myself but there are programs floating around that let your record what your doing. A bit like a screenshot program but with movies

Hope that helped

Shinobi

[Star Dragon]

I can make a video tape NO PROBLEM case my comp goes directly into my vcr via coaxle. The problem comes when I playback teh vieo tape I just made to save it as a AVI file back intot eh computer for editing later or joining with other avi's, sound/voice overs ect.. I CAN"T DO IT!

   I hit the record buttonand everythng locks up hard! total rebot needed. this happens with every piece of software from ati I try to fix this, as well as thrid party software. It plays and outputs no problem, even allows viewing input playback BUT when I go to record any type of input video signal it ****s teh bed.

 ATI radeon all in wonder 7500 (piece of crap)

anyideas? I triee several related drivers also.. gonna break down and ask them..

  Oh and Unknown, if you ever get yours to work keep in mind each time you transfer a work this way it gets crappier and crappier as quality gets cloned and it drifts (like genetic drift but MUCH worse and faster!) so try to get it all to work ONCE and when you recorded it perfectly (all the action and sound in sync the way you want it) transfer it ONCE back to an .avi and live with it. IF you keep recording it back and forth it will degrade faster than a cheap whore  He he he

[Unknown Target]

I have a (free) program. It's called Bulent's Screen Recorder. It's free to use, can use multiple compressions, AND records directly to AVI

Only prob is, it makes my system slow as ****. Any ideas on how to squeek more performance out of it for recording? WC Saga guys, how'd you do YOUR demo? What were your system specs?

[kasperl]

try putting the whole thing in 640*480.

[Goober5000]

I just tried about five different video capture programs, and in no single one of them could I get higher than about 5 FPS.  Even in 640x480.  I can only conclude that you need to connect the monitor feed to some other recorder (e.g. a VCR) to get good performance.

[Unknown Target]

How did the WC Saga guys do it? THey're demo was pretty smooth.

[aldo_14]

I think the best way is to use a TV-out socket on the gfx card, record it on video, then play it back via TV-in.

[[$$$] Money]

I think they use Fraps (over at http://www.fraps.com/) to record video from FPSes. It is still a relatively big drain on your system resources though.

[Goober5000]

I tried FRAPS.  It worked a lot better, but I still only got 10-15 FPS and a bit of jerking.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by [$$$] Money
I think they use Fraps (over at http://www.fraps.com/) to record video from FPSes. It is still a relatively big drain on your system resources though.

Would they not record a demo first and then use FRAPs to capture that, though?

How complete was the FS2 demo-recording code?  did it ever work?

[Goober5000]

I don't think anyone has looked at it.  It's "in very incomplete form" according to DaveB.