Re: [hlds] Converting demo to movie
Okay, thanks for the input guys. Since the plan really was to automatically convert demos as they are uploaded to an FTP, this is not going to be a feasible solution. But at least now I know. Cheers! Einar LDuke wrote: -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I think a couple commands in the console and a few mouse-clicks in VirtualDub is about as simple as you're going to find. It's really not that much more work than one command. You're example would be nice if you were converting a list of demos to avi, but I'm nor aware of anything like that. ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Converting demo to movie
source games have a native avi tool: startmovie - Start recording movie frames. endmovie - Stop recording movie frames. startmovie filename [ avi raw ] Using AVI will bring up a dialog for choosing the codec, which may not show if you are running the engine in fullscreen mode. Once you have your AVI you should run some sort of compression on it, VirtualDub (www.virtualdub.org) should be useful for this. Here is the full info: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Demo_Video_Creation - Original Message - From: Einar S. Idsø To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:47 AM Subject: [hlds] Converting demo to movie Does there exist an automated/semiautomated way to convert a CS/CSS demo to an avi, mpeg or similar video file? the perfect solution would be a simple tool which takes a demo files as argument and spits out a movie. Cheers, Einar Servermanager, Norsk eSport, Battlefield.no ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Converting demo to movie
Thank you, but that method is way too manual. I am looking for something which will just convert demos without any human interaction like clicking with a mouse at specific places on a screen. Like typing dem2avi mydemo.dem and receiving mydemo.avi. Cheers, Einar Kevin Ottalini wrote: source games have a native avi tool: startmovie - Start recording movie frames. endmovie - Stop recording movie frames. startmovie filename [ avi raw ] Using AVI will bring up a dialog for choosing the codec, which may not show if you are running the engine in fullscreen mode. Once you have your AVI you should run some sort of compression on it, VirtualDub (www.virtualdub.org) should be useful for this. Here is the full info: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Demo_Video_Creation ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
Re: [hlds] Converting demo to movie
-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I think a couple commands in the console and a few mouse-clicks in VirtualDub is about as simple as you're going to find. It's really not that much more work than one command. You're example would be nice if you were converting a list of demos to avi, but I'm nor aware of anything like that. On 11/15/06, Einar S. Idsø [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, but that method is way too manual. I am looking for something which will just convert demos without any human interaction like clicking with a mouse at specific places on a screen. Like typing dem2avi mydemo.dem and receiving mydemo.avi. Cheers, Einar Kevin Ottalini wrote: source games have a native avi tool: startmovie - Start recording movie frames. endmovie - Stop recording movie frames. startmovie filename [ avi raw ] Using AVI will bring up a dialog for choosing the codec, which may not show if you are running the engine in fullscreen mode. Once you have your AVI you should run some sort of compression on it, VirtualDub (www.virtualdub.org) should be useful for this. Here is the full info: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Demo_Video_Creation ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds -- ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
RE: [hlds] Converting demo to movie
The link you posted only shows the old way of using .tga files. Read the message before the link. That's as easy as it will be. Doug -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LDuke Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:29 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] Converting demo to movie -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] I think a couple commands in the console and a few mouse-clicks in VirtualDub is about as simple as you're going to find. It's really not that much more work than one command. You're example would be nice if you were converting a list of demos to avi, but I'm nor aware of anything like that. On 11/15/06, Einar S. Idsø [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you, but that method is way too manual. I am looking for something which will just convert demos without any human interaction like clicking with a mouse at specific places on a screen. Like typing dem2avi mydemo.dem and receiving mydemo.avi. Cheers, Einar Kevin Ottalini wrote: source games have a native avi tool: startmovie - Start recording movie frames. endmovie - Stop recording movie frames. startmovie filename [ avi raw ] Using AVI will bring up a dialog for choosing the codec, which may not show if you are running the engine in fullscreen mode. Once you have your AVI you should run some sort of compression on it, VirtualDub (www.virtualdub.org) should be useful for this. Here is the full info: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Demo_Video_Creation ___ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
