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19th March, 2004 at 19:37:21 -

I know I could just make it out of TGF, but it wouldn't represent the game correctly because I'd have to make a bunch of timed events. What's the best way to make a .mpg or the like?

 
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19th March, 2004 at 19:42:47 -

You can use a Program called "Snagit" or "CamStudio" to capture the game into a MPG, then use Windows Movie Maker to compile it all and add lovely effects .

 
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19th March, 2004 at 19:50:29 -

SnagIt makes an avi, but theres a bunch of free video converters availible.
http://www.leadtools.com/codec_converter.htm

 
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19th March, 2004 at 19:53:25 -

Thanks!

 
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19th March, 2004 at 20:47:07 -

Best movie converter id say is "TMPGENC".
which you can find at http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/mirror.

 
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19th March, 2004 at 22:36:52 -

You can also use River Past Screen Recorder, the fastest screen recording software around.

Once you have an .avi file or something similar, you can download Windows Movie Maker 2 for free off microsoft.com. It lets you add lots of effects, transitions, and text effects. Then it will let you compile it into a .wmv file, which has a very good compression to quality ratio.

 
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19th March, 2004 at 23:08:35 -

Wow, that is by far the best framerate.
I'm having real trouble making the quality good, however...it's terrible.

 
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20th March, 2004 at 04:14:43 -

This is a tutorial on making good trailers. I hope it helps
http://www.tcnj.edu/~solrboat/trailerconstruction.html

 

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20th March, 2004 at 05:01:37 -

Well if your game is rubbish your not likely to make a 'good trailer'...

 
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20th March, 2004 at 05:15:00 -

What about Matrix: Revolutions, istvan?

Trailer = Cool
*Fire-y Agent Smith shot*
*voice over* I'm not so bad once you get to know me.

Movie = Fairly lame
Smith and Neo flying around and making huge spheres of rain... *rolls eyes*

Match Point Ashman.

 
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20th March, 2004 at 05:22:43 -

Ive not seen the film nor the trailer, and we were discussing games, not movies.

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20th March, 2004 at 05:25:23 -

Whatever helps you sleep at night sweetheart!

 
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20th March, 2004 at 05:30:34 -

lol Buster, best trailer tut ive ever seen.

 
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20th March, 2004 at 05:53:34 -

Oh come on, unblock me Ashman, I didnt mean the things I said about Nickleback!

 
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20th March, 2004 at 06:03:57 -

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20th March, 2004 at 07:43:15 -

If you have a computer with high RAM and few programs running in the background, AND you have a windowed game, then you can capture the game at very little speed loss.

I've had my computer a week, and with Cam Studio I've made trailers at 60fps. The downside being that they are 25mb each

 
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20th March, 2004 at 07:57:37 -

EXAMPLE:
http://ministryofklik.com/circy/junk/boshumsmooth.zip

25MB crammed into a 4.somethingMB zip file. Its super smooth.

 
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20th March, 2004 at 11:35:44 -

Okay guys, I need more help. Windows Movie Maker is crap because I can't get it to work at all. Every time I try to put an effect in, the thing just closes automatically, without an error message. Anyone know how to fix this, or a superb alternative to Windows Movie Maker?

 
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20th March, 2004 at 20:44:58 -

if you get an error from windows movie thingy then somethings wrong... are you sure that the effect plugin thingsa re actually there though? if they aren't thats why it doesn't work

 
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21st March, 2004 at 14:09:45 -

Are there any that run on 350Mhz?

 
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21st March, 2004 at 21:05:13 -

I just wanna run a trailer with bitchin good sound quality music, like that mayhem 3 trailer.

 
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