Recording Videos

[MoLAoS]

Does anyone know some good software that can record video of Glest derivatives?

I used Taksi for my only video so far but now it has started getting me an error from assertGL() and then it crashes the game. I'm not really up on the whole desktop recording software stuff.

[ElimiNator]

I use RecordMyDesktop in Ubuntu.

[tomreyn]

http://qubodup.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/this-is-how-i-record-my-screen-on-linux/

[Omega]

You never mentioned your operating system, but since Taksi looks like it's Windows only, I'm going to presume you're using Windows. In which case, CamStudio works well, although I've found it somewhat sluggish. BBFlashback Express looks like it may be a better alternative, although I've never tried it (I'm currently using Debut video capture, which works very well, but isn't free; there's a free version available, but it likely has limitations on it).

[MoLAoS]

I have tried to record with CamStudio but it displays a white screen when I try to record the game. Everything else works fine and if the game is visible but say I alt tab so Camstudio is on top of it, then you can see stuff.

CamStudio will record Majesty and other games but it will also refuse to display graphics of MegaGlest. This time the screen is black instead of white though.

[MightyMic]

CamStudio is rather... finicky. I remember a while back trying to record some video with MegaGlest and it being all distorted, so I was pleasantly surprised when it worked this time. Although my frame rate is really slow (Probably ~10 fps)

I've downloaded BBFlashback Express but have yet to install it... will report back if/when I install it.

[Omega]

I have tried to record with CamStudio but it displays a white screen when I try to record the game. Everything else works fine and if the game is visible but say I alt tab so Camstudio is on top of it, then you can see stuff.

CamStudio will record Majesty and other games but it will also refuse to display graphics of MegaGlest. This time the screen is black instead of white though.

Are we talking about windowed or full screen? If it can't record MegaGlest when it's windowed, then that is just plain weird, but the way a number of full screen games work prevents some video capture programs from recording the game.

If I recall correctly, the entire reason for screen capture software "missing" full screen applications was because the application is running on a different layer, thanks to hardware acceleration.

[MoLAoS]

Okay so apparently Taksi and other recording programs do not like the debug version of GAE rendering code. However I compiled a release version and successfully created a video.

Of course it takes like an hour to put these things on youtube due to ridiculous 200mb file sizes even with low quality settings for recording.

[Omega]

Okay so apparently Taksi and other recording programs do not like the debug version of GAE rendering code. However I compiled a release version and successfully created a video.

Of course it takes like an hour to put these things on youtube due to ridiculous 200mb file sizes even with low quality settings for recording.

Grab a video converter and convert them to the format of your choice first.

[MoLAoS]

Okay so apparently Taksi and other recording programs do not like the debug version of GAE rendering code. However I compiled a release version and successfully created a video.

Of course it takes like an hour to put these things on youtube due to ridiculous 200mb file sizes even with low quality settings for recording.

Grab a video converter and convert them to the format of your choice first.

So much work... First I had to get Taksi, then I had to compile a release build, which weirdly was more finicky than debug VS08 wise, then I had to expand my youtube account storage, and now I have to convert file formats? God it was less trouble to do the programming...

I will spend some time digging into this, although it takes away hours I could spend programming.

[tiger]

Are you using windows or Linux?

[Omega]

Are you using windows or Linux?

which weirdly was more finicky than debug VS08 wise

since Taksi looks like it's Windows only, I'm going to presume you're using Windows

[MoLAoS]

Are you using windows or Linux?

which weirdly was more finicky than debug VS08 wise

since Taksi looks like it's Windows only, I'm going to presume you're using Windows

Clearly Omega is not a member of Web 3.0 where its common practice on forums and blogs to only read the OP before commenting.

Anyways, is anyone more familiar with GAE able to tell me why the debug version cannot be recorded on desktop recorder programs? Problems range from undefined enumerator errors pointing to assertGL() on line 531 of renderer.cpp to white or black screens based on which program is used. The release version records just fine.

[Legendoftekken]

I use Action from Mirilis on windows.

[tomreyn]

Here's another option for Linux: Kazam. It's available in Ubuntu's standard as well as in Debian's experimental repository. The package in Ubuntu 12.10 has some issues for me, but there is a PPA which provides more up-to-date stable builds, too: https://launchpad.net/~kazam-team/+archive/stable-series

[-Archmage-]

If you're on windows, by far the best option is MSI Afterburner. Yes, yes it is overclocking software but it also has very customizable video capture that performs very well.

Don't bother with Fraps, I've used practically everything I could find, and this is the best in everyway.