Battle Recorder o.O

[Systems]

Before anyone posts a link to a similar thread ... I've read the other thread and replied to it, but it seems to me that it may be a dead thread, and I need help, now! :-)

So, if this is the wrong forum, delete the post or move it hehe :)

By the way, this site rocks ^^

Here's the deal:

Hey Guys,

I started my BF2 movie adventure last night, and I have a few comments / questions.

First off, I have successfully made a demo and democam file. No problem. My problem came when it was time to render. I tried the default arguements "+r demoname democamname" and it ran ok, but I was a little worried about the slow frame rate.

So I ran it again with the arguements "+r +m (m makes the resolution 400x300)+fps 20" (fps 20 makes the frames render at 20 per second)

After running it that way, I was able to render with realistic frames (no 2-3 fps crap). The thing is, about 13 minutes into the video, the rendering stopped and I was back at my desktop. I thought this was odd, so I checked the AVI that it made, and it was a FOUR GIG file. I'm guessing that I got kicked to desktop because the max file size in windows is 4g (just guessing)

The thing is, the quality at 400x300 ain't so great. I was wondering how others are rendering at 800x600 and not getting 10g+ filesizes? I'm sure it has to do w/ compression, but the weird thing is, I'm not getting the little popup that asks what codec to use.

Anyone have any pearls of wisdom? 400x300 is do-able, I've already begun editing that little 4g cut and started laying some music over it, (BF2 music video) but I'd like the quality to be better.

Just in case the problem is my system, my specs are:

3.2Ghz P4 w/ HT
1g PC3200 Geil RAM
ATI 9600 Radeon
Windows XP Pro

Thanks for the help (if any)!

Great guide BTW ^__^

[Systems]

bump :confused:

[Badlizzard2]

Moved to media, you should have more luck getting help here. Also don't bump a thread that is one hour old.

[Systems]

Hehe, thanks :-)

Sorry, for the bump, bored at work, you know the drill lol ^_^

[jak0]

i have no idea what you did or how you did it, but i highly reccomend taking the easy way and using Battlelauncher or just run the BFR file and use Fraps. there are several threads on how to do it that way just make a search. if you need any help just shoot me a PM.

[imported_NeoRicen]

No no no, dont encourage people to use sub standard methods, get Battlelauncher, it is a program that puts all the capabilities of Battlerecorder such as the ones you're using into a windows interface so it becomes much much easier to do exactly what you're doing and it also gives you an option to pick what comoression to use.

http://www.battlelauncher.com/

[jak0]

Battlelauncher really is the way to go, i just said either way because both are easier than what he was already doing.

[imported_NeoRicen]

My bad, didn't read your post properly and didnt see you mention Battlelauncher, I misread posts ALOT.