Replay Making Page - looking for help

posted on February 6th, 2011, 12:36 am

Hiya there,
Was hoping to find some people willing to write a replay making page for the guide which would include advice for the actual replay and (very importantly) how to set up the recording equipment and use it effectively. These two threads have previously discussed such information

Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - Making FO Videos for Free with Camstudio
Star Trek Armada II: Fleet Operations - FRAPs and Windows Movie Maker and YouTube

posted on February 6th, 2011, 12:59 am

dom i had talked to zebh about doing somthing like that, and id be willing to do it, atm im looking into using fraps to make a replay, about making a replay.....

posted on February 6th, 2011, 11:58 pm

Sure, but I'm fairly positive this will need to be a collaborative effort, as I believe each replayer (and also people who do not put up replays) have a unique opinion on what they'd like to see and how they'd go about it

posted on February 7th, 2011, 11:45 am

all replay makers seem to have their own way of recording, mal uses camstudio, while i cant use that, i have to use fraps. he uses divx while i use wmv etc.

a guide would need to explain that trial and error is a good thing lol.

[Dominus_Noctis]

posted on February 12th, 2011, 12:17 pm

Last edited by Dominus_Noctis on February 14th, 2011, 1:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Dom edit: split from update page after announcement of Myles' Replay Page

wow that was quick, i didnt intend for you to keep the table row about "that program mal uses" i figured once mal gives his experience and example it could be added properly.

what do u use mal? is it virtual dub with the divx trial codec?

i think yandonman said in his replay making thread that he uses windows movie maker with WMV.

clintsat i think uses WLMM.

has anyone had any experiences with playclaw/wegame or xfire?

i have the playclaw trial and will test offline when i get a chance.

posted on February 14th, 2011, 12:40 am

I use WLMM.  It is actually a bit faster than the other video processing software I have, though it doesn't make files as easy to use on my Nexus One phone.

posted on February 14th, 2011, 10:54 am

I use WLMM.  It is actually a bit faster than the other video processing software I have, though it doesn't make files as easy to use on my Nexus One phone.

thats cause its not windows phone lol micro$oft want u to buy windows phone. wlmm has a windows phone dedicated option lol.

why do u wanna watch replays on a phone anyway? surely it would be too small to see the stuff u wanna see, like chat messages and res counts. i find that on youtubes 480 option that those are blurry.

what recorder do u use? fraps/camstudio/something else?

posted on February 16th, 2011, 12:47 am

I use Fraps.  I shrink dvds to watch on my phone, not replays.