Movie cam with EB 1.2

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Flavius_Belisarius 11:01 06-25-2009

Hey guys,

Is it possible to use the movie cam on EB ? I dont know where to add the -movie_cam in the path of the SP or MP exe because of the trivial script there is a very confusing one. And when i dont install the trivial script i cant start EB, then it always starts the normal Rtw.

Flavius_Belisarius 15:02 06-25-2009

I found a solution. You simply have to add -mod:eb -movie_cam in the path of the normal Rtw exe.

vartan 00:56 06-26-2009

Do you mean I would have to create a new shortcut that links to RTW executable with the movie cam suffix? or do you mean I'd have to edit the SP or MP links that already came with EB (Trivial Script)?

Flavius_Belisarius 15:06 06-27-2009

Yeah creat a new shortcut for the normal Rtw exe and then add -mod:eb -movie_cam. Always one space before a -.

vartan 19:48 06-27-2009

Got it to work, now if I could only get a video capture program to work. Fraps cuts the frame rate too much, as do most other programs. IDK what to do!

Watchman 19:54 06-27-2009

A barrel roll ?

vartan 20:39 06-27-2009

barrel roll barrel roll

lol

Flavius_Belisarius 17:04 06-28-2009

Fraps is quite the only capture software which isnt that expensive and you get good qualitiy. I use it too but you need a high end computer if you wanna make vids with Eb and fraps.

vartan 22:48 06-28-2009

Originally Posted by Flavius_Belisarius:
Fraps is quite the only capture software which isnt that expensive and you get good qualitiy. I use it too but you need a high end computer if you wanna make vids with Eb and fraps.

I've tried Fraps. When I start recording, everything lags. My video is integrated, but do you suppose getting an actual video card will make it smoother during recording? (I ask cause I thought it all depended on the CPU, not whether video was integrated or not.)

Dafug3 00:55 06-29-2009

I think you need around 70FPS without Fraps recording to get 30FPS recorded footage. So around 55/60 without Fraps should record some high quality footage. However, about 25/30 FPS without Fraps will get you watch-able quality recorded videos. RAM is the main deciding factor in this, though a decent graphics card will greatly improve your video quality.

vartan 16:54 06-29-2009

4GB of RAM enough?

EDIT: I've uploaded a test. Find it here.

Flavius_Belisarius 09:25 06-30-2009

I think this lags are ok, the video is still worth to watch if the lags arent bader than in this.

DaciaJC 15:28 06-30-2009

I find the video to be just fine in terms of lag. You may want to do a test of a large battle, though, as battles often are the source of bad lag.

vartan 16:21 07-01-2009

Here is test #2 and I have removed lag and added the grass textures and so on. The video is not too clear because I did not want a huge video file to upload as it is only a test.

EDIT: Does anyone think H.264 is better than Xvid or vice versa?

vartan 17:03 07-10-2009

Test #3

Here is the third test. I've used x264 codec and I hope the HD version to work well. Thanks for opinions in advance.

Teleklos Archelaou 18:18 07-10-2009

That was really awesome actually. The shot of the triarii charging in, while not accurate in any way

, was just incredible looking. And the officer duel was really cool too. I like seeing something of a different view that we really don't ever get while playing the game itself.

vartan 07:40 07-11-2009

Thanks. I was hoping to get this thing to work finally--not only the moviecam but also the editing and compressing. I don't have bandwidth for viewing the HD version so I can't actually tell how it looks on Youtube, that's why I posted it.

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