Easy Half Life 2 recording software.

[Bya]

I would like something that can record me playing Half Life 2, and also records the game's sound. I don't want to buy FRAPS, so freeware is what I'd like.
Thanks.

 

[Operational]

Well there is Source Recorder:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPzqgaZwJVY

As you can see it's uses features built into Source and is controlled from the console (enabled under advanced keyboard options).

 

[Bya]

Hi, gonna be a complete noob and ask for download please.

 

[Bya]

After typing -record demo, and stop, will it be saved as a watchable file (wav, avi, etc), or will I have to do otherstuff?

 

[Hectic Glenn]

No. You record the demo first. Then you stop the demo. Then you type in a command to record it in a video format and play the demo. If you watch the video above it explains it very clearly and very slowly.

Have you watched the video all the way through?

 

[Bya]

Yeah, but I can't understand anything he's saying.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Start with: record demo-name

Stop the demo with 'stop'

open console - type host_framerate 30

Type: startmovie movie-name avi

Choose your video codec from the window


playdemo demo-name

type 'endmovie' to stop recording.


Movie is saved in location shown in video, and commands to remove gun / HUD in video also.

 

[Bya]

I tried it, it seemed to work, but when I opened it in WMM, and other Video Editing softwares, I got 'Unknown File Format', even thought it was marked as AVI.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Do you have the codecs installed? Like divx or xvid?

 

[AtomicSpark]

Install ffdshow. Download here.

I'm not sure what video codec Source Recorder uses; AVI is just a container. Ffdshow supports "H.264, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, H.263, VP3, VP6, Theora, MJPEG, SVQ3, MP3, AC3, DTS, E-AC3, AAC, and Vorbis". Should let you view any one of those in Windows Media Player.