TK_Nutritious Posted September 13, 2002 Share Posted September 13, 2002 There have been a lot of people asking how to create a movie from jk2 so I thought I'd give a little tutorial on it. first of all, you need a demo to make the movie from. get into a jk2 game, open console and type these commands: /g_synchronousclients 1 /record /g_synchronousclients 0 this will begin recording. once you're done playing and want it to stop recording type: /stop record ok now you have your demo, it's time to export the frames of it to the base/screenshots folder. go to the starting screen of jk2, open console and type: /cl_avidemo 20 The number after the command is the frame rate (fps) that you want your demo to be. 20 is just my preference, the higher the number you choose, the smoother your video will be, but also you will have more frames to deal with and it will take up more hard drive space. once this command is in, go ahead and play your demo (under play section, then play demo) this will cause your system to play the demo really really choppy and slow as it is making it into .jpg files. I'd recommend reducing your resolution to 800x600 if you have it higher to help speed up the process. also, if you have screenshots from playing games that you want to keep, I'd recommend moving them before doing this as they can get lost in the horde of frames you're about to create. alright, so your demo is done playing, exit jk2 and go to gamedata/base/screenshots folder. here you'll see all the frames you just created in .jpg format. the problem is, the program I use doesn't take .jpg, it needs .bmp files, so we'll need to convert these screens to bmp. you can find a trial version of the program I used (ACDSee) here: http://www.acdsystems.com/English/Products/Downloads/ACDSee.htm?LAN=English alright, you just converted all your .jpg files into .bmp files, it's time to create your video. the program I used to do this is called pjbmp2avi, thing is, their website seems to be down right now. I found an alternate site to download it at which is here: (updated link, thx to Tosh_UK) http://www-courses.cs.uiuc.edu/~cs319/animate/pjbmp2avi/ [update] if you don't want to go to the trouble of converting all your screens to bmp theres a program called video mach that can create avi's straight from jpg frames. An evaluation copy of Videomach can be found at: (new link, thanks to Jeff 42) http://www.gromada.com/ to use this program, first select where you have all your screenshots next to where it says directory. next, if you want to add music to the video, choose a .wav file next to where it says, yes, wav file. change the frame rate setting to the same number you set after /cl_avidemo. Also, be sure to set the name you want your video to be under next to avi file, also select the directory to save it to with the 3 dots to the right of the box. next hit create (theres a problem with this program where it'll say files not found or something instead of clicking on create when your settings are done, click on the box where you have selected the directory to use and hit enter, this makes it work for some reason) alright, now you see a screen that says video compression. this can help you video by reducing it's size to make it easier to circulate and play. If you don't have divx codec, I'd recommend using it, it's worked really well for me, you can find that at http://www.divx.com by downloading it from here: http://www.divx.com/divx/ choose the one on the far left alright so you're at the compression screen, choose divx 5.02 codec as your compression and hit configure. the only setting you should worry about right now is the encoding bitrate. the higher you set it, the better quality of video, but also the larger your .avi file will be. try to find a balance that suits you. alright, you set the bitrate, hit ok, then hit ok on compression window. you'll see in the window your movie as it's being created. once it's done, go to the directory you chose to create it in and you have a nice little .avi file that is now your jk2 movie. I hope this helps you folks that have been asking me about the video. If you have any questions or comments let me know and I'll try and help out. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break_dF Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Thanks Nut. I'm a fan of your movie. One quick question though...the cl_avidemo 20 is typed into the beginning console? or in game...how is this viewed w/out actually being in-game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break_dF Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 I just realized my question wasn't very clear and rather idiotic...yes, I know that shift plus tilde opens console up...I was just trying to be lazy and do this w/out entering the game (long load times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wassup Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 this should be made into a Sticky IMHO... very useful and you could create your own Star Wars movies (though it would take ALOT of time but it would be cool ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Kaan Posted October 8, 2002 Share Posted October 8, 2002 Is pjbmp2avi a dos only program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_Nutritious Posted October 15, 2002 Author Share Posted October 15, 2002 pjbmp seems to work fine in windows xp I have made a jk2 movie... can get it at http://www.shinyiu.com if ya want. I'm currently working on a second one I don't know of any other way of viewing and exporting demos than using jk2mp, sorry break Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Solar Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Sticky! Sticky! Come on guys! STICKY! STICKY! Everybody; chant with good ol' Luc: >> STICKY! STICKY!! STICKY!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_Nutritious Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 lol give me points and I will do teh sticky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekx Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 I have yet to trying using that way of recording. I agree this should be stickied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project_Fusion Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 LMAO! You all didn't know that? I thought everybody knew that... You can just download that script that records for you, then convert it to .avi... Lol I can't believe nobody knew that, I must be one of the first to film lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_Nutritious Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 it's not like it's included in the jk2 manual or anything, the average jk2 player isn't just gonna miraculously know how to create movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Skywalker Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 what was the 'wait' command that was used in conjunction with upping the avidemo to something like 60, you know so you have higher fps for slow-mo bits. [edit] you guys can rate his first post, that way he gets an extra point, which will help him to sticky it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_Nutritious Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 that command 'wait' represents is having a script pause for one game tick of time. Usefull if you want a time gap between commands. You're probly refering to the fast forward script I use in video making which lets you use higher cl_avidemo numbers without hitting the screenshot limit. An example would be: demo <demo name>;timescale 100;wait 40;timescale 1;cl_avidemo 60 If you tweak the amount of waits you can fast forward a certain amount into the demo and then have it start recording later. Anyway, hope this helps. I'm gonna try to edit the first post here to include everything in a guide shinyiu and I wrote about video making. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryudom Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 wow thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Skywalker Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 yeah, that was the one, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unt0uchabl3 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 "(theres a problem with this program where it'll say files not found or something instead of clicking on create when your settings are done, click on the box where you have selected the directory to use and hit enter, this makes it work for some reason)" ?????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff38 Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 unt0uchabl3, are you refering to the pjBmp2Avi program TK mentions above? It's kinda buggy, click in the top field that shows the directory where the .bmp files are stored. Once the cursor is flashing, hit enter. Then it's down hill from there. When your done if you can't find the avi look in the original bmp source folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-99 Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 you mean doing a jkII demo, not a movie and theres programs out there were you can do demos with them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_Nutritious Posted March 12, 2003 Author Share Posted March 12, 2003 Originally posted by TK-99 you mean doing a jkII demo, not a movie and theres programs out there were you can do demos with them did you even read the whole thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemoX Posted March 14, 2003 Share Posted March 14, 2003 There is a neat little program called Videomach which you can use to go from .jpg to .avi...you won't need to convert all the images to .bmp format. Get it here. It's a 30 day evaluation copy, but if you want the full version you can always try Kazaa There is also a demo recording script which you can get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSurfer Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 I have already recorded all my demo's so I would open the console and type "/cl_avidemo 50? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Skywalker Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 yes, type that, then play the demo. 50 is very high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSurfer Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 I've also got a very reliable hard-drive. kthx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK_Nutritious Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 well that's not really the problem, it's not about hard drive space... The problem is when you get to the screenshot limit of 10000. Folders won't allow you to have that many files in one folder. So if you use cl_avidemo 50 you'd only be able to do about.... (does math) 2:20 worth of a demo before running outta room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianSurfer Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Ahhh, thanks for clearing that up for me Nutri. BTW, nice movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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