how to you turn recorded tracks into avi files?
 

hey guys!

now that i made a few vids, and saw many others, i have to ask this:
how do you convert the trk.files into avi ones?
do you use the ingame tool for that?if you do, which one??
the reason i ask all these questions is the quality of my vids....its horrible, as you see in the screenshot.

i use the ingame tool to convert the files, and i use the inbuilt Microsoft Video 1 converter.but even if i set it to max compression quality, the quality just sucks.

there are some other converters in game...
-Intel IYUV codec........its two times listed and both dont work for me
(i get strange coloured lines)
-Cinepak Codec..........works, but it takes forever to convert a clip which
is only a few seconds long.besides, the quality is
still not good
-and there is the uncompressed pictures option..........thats the quality
i would like to see, but if i record more than a
few seconds, the file goes corrupt and i cant
open it anymore.furhtermore the files become
insane big.

additionally i tried fraps today.version number 3.4.6
unfortunately it doesnt work correctly i think.when i play the track afterwards, it only shows a static picture and i can only here the sound but no motion whatsoever.and there are the frames visible on the upper left side of the screen, which just looks ugly.

so what do you recommend???

I must say I use FRAPS the quality is better but this is my opinion!

The Cinepak codec was the only one that worked alright for me. But I had to turn the data rate up to 10000+KB/s or the compression was too much (like in your picture). And even so, yes, it does take a long time to render.

Not sure what's causing your problem with FRAPS. Try recording another game to see if it's just Cliffs Of Dover causing the problem. If FRAPS works alright recording something else, maybe try changing some settings in Cliffs of Dover (Fullscreen etc.) to see if it makes a difference.

I'd suggest trying to get the Cinepak codec looking better by upping the data rate though, as exporting an AVI will allow you to turn graphics settings up higher and give better frame-rates than using FRAPS. Exporting AVI's does take a long time, but if possible, you can leave your computer rendering the video overnight if you have to.

hey Les!thx for your tip..i tried cinepak again and turned the Kb/s up as high as possible.the quality seems better after the first try.
anyhow,..how do you manage to turn it up to +10000KB/s???
cause cliffs of dover only allows me to enter 4 digits...so 9999KB/s is the highest i can get...
btw,...do you know what the key frames function does?

I just had a look and I've definitely got space for five digits in the data rate box, so I'm not sure why you'd only have space for up to 9999 Kb/s. Thing is, I tried using 10,000 Kb/s and the video I exported looked a bit rough in the details. I tried it again using 20,000 Kb/s and it seemed to look alright though. I'm sure 10,000 Kb/s was the lower limit before, so either something's changed or I wasn't using a good enough video clip for reference last time I tested this out.

As I understand it, the keyframes are like reference points within the video file. I don't know what all their uses are, but I saw somewhere that they can degrade image quality and that if they're not important for your particular uses you can minimize their effect by setting them to about ten times your frame-rate. I did some testing of it a while back and found it wasn't a big deal in terms of image quality or file size how far apart I set the keyframes, but you should have some in there somewhere.