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General => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: tremvideos on October 05, 2008, 06:35:11 am

Title: /record problem
Post by: tremvideos on October 05, 2008, 06:35:11 am

So for the past I've been using screen recorders, but they go in very low quality. I was wondering if there are any programs to convert .dm_69 files?
Please take note: I'm on a mac.

Thanks!

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: SlackerLinux on October 05, 2008, 07:39:14 am

you can try /video that will create an avi

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Archangel on October 05, 2008, 07:59:50 am

Unless you want your viewers watching raw binary net data, no. .dm_69 files are simply packet dumps, AFAIK. You can try starting Trem like so:

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tremulous +demo XXX +video XXX_video
which will start recording the AVI immediately. Of course you're left with a huge avi to edit.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Lava Croft on October 05, 2008, 12:26:26 pm

Please post in the correct section, geez.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: tremvideos on October 05, 2008, 02:53:30 pm

thats the problem... /movie brings FPS to a slow crawl- hardly fast enough or good quality to post on youtube.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Syntac on October 05, 2008, 02:54:55 pm

I thought you were banned!

Anyway...

It does make the FPS drag, but the video should play at normal speed. The only thing being slowed down is the renderer.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: David on October 05, 2008, 03:17:51 pm

set cl_aviFrameRate to something nice, and you're sorted.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Lava Croft on October 05, 2008, 04:46:40 pm

Next to make a remark along the lines of "I thought you were banned" will recieve a ban him- or herself.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Hendrich on October 06, 2008, 03:47:32 am

Might I recommend Video Enhancer 1.9.2? What it does is enhances video playback to a higher resolution, in some circles it works but in others there won't be much of a big difference, but I say try it out at least. I'm not sure if this will even do much because YouTube might turn your video intro crap anyways, but check it out, here is a link to the trail version:
http://www.thedeemon.com/VideoEnhancer/download.html (http://www.thedeemon.com/VideoEnhancer/download.html)

Other obvious tips are record in the highest resolution possible for your PC, but that will impact performance of your renderer while recording. That is all I could think of, cheers.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Taiyo.uk on October 07, 2008, 01:02:40 pm

Quote from: tremvideos on October 05, 2008, 02:53:30 pm

thats the problem... /movie brings FPS to a slow crawl- hardly fast enough or good quality to post on youtube.

/set timescale 0.1

Before issuing the /video command. This makes trem run (and play back the demo) at 10% normal speed, and should give your system enough time to encode the video without dropping frames.

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: tremvideos on October 10, 2008, 11:50:10 pm

Quote from: Archangel on October 05, 2008, 07:59:50 am

Unless you want your viewers watching raw binary net data, no. .dm_69 files are simply packet dumps, AFAIK.

"Raw Binary Net Data"? That sounds good ;-) how would I do that?

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Amanieu on October 11, 2008, 09:01:53 am

Hex editor

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: tremvideos on October 12, 2008, 09:08:52 pm

Quote from: Amanieu on October 11, 2008, 09:01:53 am

Hex editor

say what?

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Taiyo.uk on October 12, 2008, 09:23:57 pm

An editor that represents binary files as a series of hexadecimal values.

Example (http://www.haosredro.com/trem/img/tremhex0r.png)

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Hendrich on October 18, 2008, 01:39:43 am

Quote

Example

Wahh, all those texts and colors...hurts my eyes....

Isn't it uber difficult to use a hex editor? Or is it easier then it looks?

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Syntac on October 18, 2008, 01:51:25 am

It's easier than it looks, but it's really boring.

Unless you can read hex, don't use a hex editor (should go without saying).

Title: Re: /record problem
Post by: Amanieu on October 18, 2008, 05:02:57 am

Not to mention the demo stuff is bit-packed and huffman encoded