".avi" Files Converted From Demos Are 0Kb

[samframpton]

I assumed that you'd all know more about this then the technical support sub-fourm.

Anyway, I've been trying to make a video of a demo I got from the facepunch server, I did what I thought would give me useable .avi files, "startmovie <name> avi" "endmovie" but when I try to use them later, they are all shown as 0kb files. Anyone know what this is or what I did wrong or how I can fix it?

[scout1]

You need to select a codec. Sometimes the box does not pop up, muck with it and alt-tab back and forth a few time usually works for me.

[Maurice]

If all else fails you can do "tga" and later put them together to an avi with virtualdub.

[Left4Meds]

Speaking of these files can .dem files be converted straight to .avi?

[MaxOfS2D]

.dem files are not like standard movie files

technically they're just the information received by your client while you play -- only stored on your HDD

[Purple Magpie]

[QUOTE=scout1;22373986]You need to select a codec. Sometimes the box does not pop up, muck with it and alt-tab back and forth a few time usually works for me.[/QUOTE]

Setting it to windowed works better, that way there's no alt-tabbing really required.

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=samframpton;22373962]"startmovie <name> avi" "endmovie"[/QUOTE]

What exactly are the commands you are entering?

[samframpton]

"startmovie heavyt1 avi"

plays through part of demo I want recorded

"endmovie"

[_Kilburn]

[QUOTE=scout1;22373986]You need to select a codec. Sometimes the box does not pop up, muck with it and alt-tab back and forth a few time usually works for me.[/QUOTE]

This post.

If you did select a codec, then I have no idea. It works perfectly fine for me.

[Frying Dutchman]

Replace the commands with these:
"host_framerate 30; startmovie insertnamehere avi"
"endmovie; host_framerate 0"

You can replace the framerate with 60 for example to get smoother video or even 1000 for slow-mo video's

I recommend using "Lagarith Lossless codec".

Hope it helps :)

[arlygoodbrownie]

[QUOTE=Maurice;22374015]If all else fails you can do "tga" and later put them together to an avi with virtualdub.[/QUOTE]

Which causes audio lag. :ohdear:

[samframpton]

Okay, well after about two hours of trying to get all of this to work, i've decided to go down the tga route, i'm not to bothered about the audio lag, i'm not recording anything too sync-intensive. Thanks for all the help guys.

[MaxOfS2D]

[QUOTE=Frying Dutchman;22375821]I recommend using "Lagarith Lossless codec".

Hope it helps :)[/QUOTE]

don't use lagarith, use UTVCS instead, it beats it by a mile — and it's still lossless

much faster too because it's multithreaded

[url]http://forum.doom9.org/archive/index.php/t-143624.html[/url]

[Maurice]

[QUOTE=LegndNikko;22376129]Which causes audio lag. :ohdear:[/QUOTE]

Oh didn't think about that; I never record with audio.

[scout1]

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;22374242]Setting it to windowed works better, that way there's no alt-tabbing really required.[/QUOTE]

That's a great idea, I'll have to check that out next time I make something.

[arlygoodbrownie]

I know no one asked, and it's probably useless, but here's a comparison between the conversion method, and the .tga method.

TGA
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Bv6ofG2GY[/media]

AVI Conversion
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGAJlmZoclg[/media]

[url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=148196]This[/url] thread may also be of some use.

[samframpton]

Again, thanks for the help guys. I finally finished what I was working on...

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=948556[/url]

...managed to get the avi converter to work, the quality didn't turn out as brilliantly as I hoped, but I think it's okay.