Game mini-clips

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 26th, 2006, 14:44

As requested on the disco board. I need a few short (couple of seconds) clips of the games we play for a 5punk montage, in AVI format if you please. If they've been recorded by 5punkers that's all the better, but it's not essential. I'd really like the long-standing favourites - COD, CS:S, Eve, Beef (and hopefully 2142 'cos I love it

).

MIkkyo · Post by **MIkkyo** » November 26th, 2006, 15:09

bah sorry mate, punk buster keeps kicking me for using an unknown ap (game cam) so I can't record any Beef action.

Post by **deject** » November 26th, 2006, 15:11

I'll try when I get back to my desktop.

Fred Woogle · Post by **Fred Woogle** » November 26th, 2006, 15:19

NEEDS TEABAGGING!

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » November 26th, 2006, 15:42

Is Fraps the best app out there for doing this? I have never recorded game footage before

Post by **deject** » November 26th, 2006, 16:04

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:Is Fraps the best app out there for doing this? I have never recorded game footage before

Fraps is rpetty damn good, no fuss, but make sure you're not on teamspeak or anything because it will record everything coming out your speakers. There was some footage for NWN2 that I couldn't use because it had Ty giggling like a mong.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 26th, 2006, 16:37

Ty aka Sir Die Aloty wrote:NEEDS TEABAGGING!

This ^

deject wrote:There was some footage for NWN2 that I couldn't use because it had Ty giggling like a mong.

Pfffft

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 26th, 2006, 18:45

Roughly what resolution do you want? Once I've worked out how to mess about with videos I'll post a few clips, at the preferred res rather than the big files I get from fraps captures.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 26th, 2006, 19:21

Doesn't really matter. They'll be shrunk down into a 380 x 70 gif anyway.

Ok, I'll fess up. I want to make a montage of our most popular games to replace the chaps on the top bar. We don't play half the games represented there any more and I've got an idea for a nifty animated gif. That's why the clips need to be short - anything massive and it'll be a huge file.

friznit · Post by **friznit** » November 26th, 2006, 19:35

Have some Eve from last night's op:

http://www.5punk.co.uk/uploads/Video/POSFRAPS.wmv 5mb about - courtesy of Anham

Edit: on second thoughts I just watched that. Don't bother

Pete might have something better, if not we'll do a 5punkfleet vid

Post by **ProfHawking** » November 26th, 2006, 19:35

video and gif dont go together nicely.

Why dont you use flash instead?

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 26th, 2006, 19:37

Video and flash? I don't know how, I only know how to do gifs. Seemed to do the trick on B3ta though.

Post by **ProfHawking** » November 26th, 2006, 19:45

im not a flash expert im afriad, but im sure it could be done somehow. Whenever i make video with gif, unless its tiny, or really really short the files are massive, and the quality is pretty shite.

Anyone here know much about flash?

Post by **Roman Totale** » November 26th, 2006, 19:55

ProfHawking wrote: Anyone here know much about flash?

Anhams alive?!

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » November 26th, 2006, 20:16

Dog Pants wrote:Ok, I'll fess up. I want to make a montage of our most popular games to replace the chaps on the top bar.

I suspected as much. I'm trying to capture an interest but brief clip from HL2/Episode 1 as I know a lot of us play the game.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » November 26th, 2006, 20:20

Dog Pants wrote:Ok, I'll fess up. I want to make a montage of our most popular games to replace the chaps on the top bar. We don't play half the games represented there any more and I've got an idea for a nifty animated gif. That's why the clips need to be short - anything massive and it'll be a huge file.

I suspect that'd seem like a good idea for 10 minutes, then it'd just be an annoyance.

It might be a better idea to grab media/fansite packs for the games we do play and just update the image.

Post by **Dog Pants** » November 26th, 2006, 20:24

Maybe, I'm just kicking an idea around. I planned on making it quite subtle - maybe monochrome in 5punky blue, probably interlaced, and with the edges fading into the top bar. Hopefully it wouldn't be too intrusive like that and hence wouldn't get annoying once you'd seen it a few times.

Anhamgrimmar · Post by **Anhamgrimmar** » November 26th, 2006, 22:06

friznit wrote:Have some Eve from last night's op:

http://www.5punk.co.uk/uploads/Video/POSFRAPS.wmv 5mb about - courtesy of Anham

Edit: on second thoughts I just watched that. Don't bother Pete might have something better, if not we'll do a 5punkfleet vid

told ya it was shite

Post by **Grimmie** » November 26th, 2006, 22:50

Flash 8 comes with a video encoder which converts anything in the timeline to .FLV format. It's good for motion picture, whereas .SWF is more suitable for vector animation. .FLV is the way to go!

Post by **FatherJack** » November 27th, 2006, 0:25

There's plenty of source material in the Garry's Mod thread.