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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Its Max Blad on May 29, 2011, 01:52:18 PM

Title: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Its Max Blad on May 29, 2011, 01:52:18 PM: A Step-By-Step Guide
Record Your Ingame Experiences

1. XFire
Download XFire From This Page (http://www.xfire.com/download/now/) - (Or Use This Direct Link) (http://media.xfire.com/xfire/client/xfsite/xfire_installer.exe)

Install The Software & Register An XFire Account

In Tools -> Options, You Are Able To Change Settings As Desired
   A Feature You May Wish To Look At Is Under 'Video' In The Options Tab. FPS Recording Rates & Sound Input/Output Can Be Changed

2. Demo
The Most Efficient Way Of Recording For A Ban Request Is To Begin Premeditatedly

To Begin Your First Stage Of Recording, Open Your GMod Console, Then Type "record <FileNameHere>"
   Obviously You Should Change <FileNameHere> As To What Your File Name Should Be

Demos Require Very Little Space On Your HardDrive, So You Can Record For Hours Without Running Out Of Space (All At Your Normal GMod Screen Quality)

3. Replay & Record
Once You Have Finished With Your Demo, You Can Type "stop" Into Console, Or It Will Automatically Stop When You leave The Server

Go To The GMod Home Screen, Followed By Pressing Shift+F2
   You Can Go To 'Load' And Choose The Demo You Want To Play

Find The Area You Will Be Recording, Pause The Demo Playback There. Begin Recording With XFire And Play The Video
   You Can Then RePress The Same Record Key To Stop Recording

4. Upload
Minimise, Or Exit GMod. You Should Be Presented With An XFire Screen, Enabling You To Decide To Upload Captured Videos And/Or ScreenShots Created During You Session

Choose The Video You Want To Upload, Give It A Name & Description etc.

The Video Should Now Automatically Convert Itself, Then Upload (You May Need To Be Out Of Game For This Process To Work)

Find Your Video URL By Opening The 'Remote Video' Then Copy The URL From The Address Bar

5. Enjoy
Your Video Should Now Be Complete, Any Questions Regarding Demo's Or XFire Should Be Able To Be Answered By Your Good Old Friend Google

Have Fun :)
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Its Max Blad on June 04, 2011, 07:32:28 AM: No comments?

I would put this in a guide section, but it applies to every server so :l
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: vizioN on June 04, 2011, 09:11:28 AM: Nice guide. Stickied.
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: SoapANator on June 04, 2011, 02:36:22 PM: Yes, this helped a lot,thanks!
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Meatwad on June 06, 2011, 02:11:27 PM: Sometimes it wont automatically compress the videos, do you know how to do that manually?
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Mad_ta on August 22, 2011, 04:09:49 PM: is there a way to do it without xfire?
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: deXterous | KaB00M! on August 22, 2011, 04:11:01 PM: You can use a free version of FRAPS, though it only records 30 seconds at a time.
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Michael Jenson on September 08, 2011, 05:19:20 PM: TY Max this helped a lot you should do more guides like combine behaviour on HL2RP Server.
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: {DGAF} zallzool on September 14, 2011, 08:30:31 PM: really good, i also recommend fraps
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Titan on October 10, 2011, 08:16:03 AM: Oh thanks, I was using fraps but to be honest it just takes up too much space, this helped a lot ilyyyyy <3!!!
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Its Max Blad on October 10, 2011, 10:19:42 AM: Quote from: Titan. on October 10, 2011, 08:16:03 AM
Oh thanks, I was using fraps but to be honest it just takes up too much space, this helped a lot ilyyyyy <3!!!

Ly too babe ;)

Also just looking back at this, why did I Capitalise Every First Letter Of Each Word, I mean as much as I love doing that, it seems a bit over-done in this scenario, may change it if I can be bothered :L
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Jasper Privien on October 20, 2011, 05:08:36 PM: Fantastic! Yet another helpful guide on how to do something right.
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: RyanPeters on December 07, 2011, 06:35:47 AM: Thanks, I added this program and hope to actually have the time to use it.
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Storm on January 25, 2012, 12:58:39 AM: Danks, helped me a lot with recording.
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: crazily farting teacher on July 28, 2012, 11:27:49 AM: I saved my recording to a file on my desktop but it is not showing up what do I do?
Title: Re: [Step-By-Step] Record Your Ingame Experiences
Post by: Its Max Blad on August 04, 2012, 09:26:56 AM: Quote from: Just a Panda ?John Smith? on July 28, 2012, 11:27:49 AM
I saved my recording to a file on my desktop but it is not showing up what do I do?

You can try changing the save location to a different folder and see if recording works that way, but by default recordings are saved to somewhere other than your desktop, I think it's in AppData or something