[OT] Tech info on making vids

[Everlong]

OP by Triggerle

Mods please sticky or make easily available somewhere - I just spent 15 minutes trying to find this


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Triggerle made a nice guide on making videos in microbrew

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I suck with PC's so I have no idea what you just said...

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Camtasia is pretty straightforward so I'm not going to explain. Just make sure you produce your video as a .avi in the end.

Get the xvid codec from http://www.xvid.org/

Install xvid codec.

Get virtualdub from http://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/

Start Virtual Dub and open the video file you got out of camtasia.

In the Audio menu check that "source audio" and "direct stream copy" are checked.
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In the video menu select "compression"
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In the following pop-up select "XVID" and press "configure".
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Fill in the 3 top fields as indicated by the screenshot.
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Save your compressed video. This could take a few minutes, depending on your computer speed.

If the video comes out too blurry try again with a higher bitrate.

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[IshiP2U]

Just wanted to let you know I looked it up, and thanks again.


Adam

[munkey]

Nice find evelong - I spent about that time not able to find it. Nice catch /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[HBomb]

This makes me want to try and make my own video some day /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Everlong]

bump someone requested this in the brew

[Triggerle]

I got one more step. This seriously reduces blurryness at low bitrates:

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