VirtualDub Game Recording Guide

[menofwarrocks]

Hi, I was trying to use virtualdub to record my game but it didn't work. while rechecking my settings i accidentally chose "screen capture" for capture device. now every time i choose "capture AVI" the program doesn't respond. can anyone help? please?

[dopefish]

This probably isn't the thread for this, but here are some examples I've made semi-recently.

F.E.A.R. 2 Powered Armor Unit battle
This video is 2-3 years old.
1280x720
30 FPS
1m 32s
Overall Bitrate: 6493 Kbps
Video encoder: x264 core 66 r1112M f43e22a

https://impas.se/videos/fear2pau.mkv


RAGE texture streaming test
This was a short test to show the texture pop issues.
1920x1080
60 FPS
24s (About 1Mb filesize per second)
Overall Bitrate: 8221 Kbps
Video encoder: x264 core 118 r2085 8a62835

https://impas.se/videos/rage.mp4


Brink sample
Short sample to show off the encoder and settings.
1680x1050
60 FPS
33s (About 1Mb filesize per second)
Overall Bitrate: 8034 Kbps
Video encoder: x264 core 115 r1995 c1e60b9

https://impas.se/videos/brink.mp4

[GeneralAdmission]

If VirtualDub is hanging altogether, then you made need to completely delete its program directory and install fresh.

Alternatively (and possibly required), you could try manually changing the capture driver setting in your registry. Search for Virtualdub in regedit, and under its reg entry will be a sub-key named CaptureStartup Driver. Try changing the value of the key to VHScrCap (DirectShow)--assuming you have the VH driver installed. You could also try deleting the value entirely.

Be warned, editing the registry manually can hose your system if you do something wrong. Do not try it unless you are COMPLETELY comfortable with the idea and willing to accept any possible consequences.

[menofwarrocks]

well, i did uninstall it and i downloaded it again but whenever i go into "capture AVI" the program just goes "not responding". you think i should try the "scary" alternative one?

[GeneralAdmission]

well, i did uninstall it and i downloaded it again but whenever i go into "capture AVI" the program just goes "not responding". you think i should try the "scary" alternative one?

It's worth a shot. The odds of the reg edit I mentioned causing a major issue are minimal, but I always preface registry editing with a significant disclaimer to make people realize the potential risks.

[HyperMatrix]

Hey. Just signed up to say thank you for the guide. All the other recording tools I used were terrible since I'm running my computer at 2560x1440. Fraps would use 110MB/s, and had a 4gb file limit. And it slowed the hell out of my system, while only maintaining a rate of maybe 20 frames per second. And it's ridiculous on an i7 2600k @5ghz with sli gtx 680's! This method here...I don't even realize it's recorded. Thank you so much again. It's very much appreciated. :)

[GeneralAdmission]

Hey. Just signed up to say thank you for the guide. All the other recording tools I used were terrible since I'm running my computer at 2560x1440. Fraps would use 110MB/s, and had a 4gb file limit. And it slowed the hell out of my system, while only maintaining a rate of maybe 20 frames per second. And it's ridiculous on an i7 2600k @5ghz with sli gtx 680's! This method here...I don't even realize it's recorded. Thank you so much again. It's very much appreciated. :)

Happy to help! Vdub still does quite nicely in many use cases, despite the proliferation of recording tools in recent times.

[Abram]

Nice guide.

Though my AV detecs a "Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.gqx" after the site loads. I assuem it's a false positive, but I thought I'd let you know.

[sixshot]

Firefox is also reporting the OP as an attack site. Someone out there doesn't like what Gen has on the site. :o I just tried to open it up on Chrome and the same thing happens. Hoo boy...

[RadioActiveLobster]

Avast won't let it open in any browser (Opera, Chrome, FireFox or IE)

[GeneralAdmission]

Hey...I'm nefarious!!

Actually, I apparently now traffic in porn according to URL Snooper. FTP into the site and everything is perfectly fine--files are all mine and match my local copy exactly. My domain is actually masked and redirects to my Comcast personal webspace, so my uneducated guess is that Comcast's server was breached in some way (boy won't they be happy when I contact them this weekend!). If the Internet geniuses (CJM, Delphium & co.) around these parts have some insight or ideas I'd love to hear them.

Can't deal with this now as I've got work early tomorrow. Would one of you guys getting warnings from your AV be willing to help me test some files? Post here or PM me and we'll chat privately. Oh, and thanks for posting about this Abram. If you hadn't I don't know how long this would have gone on without me knowing, as I'm only minimally involved in my site/projects atm.

--update--
I've been through the Google Webmaster Tools (neat resource I never knew about) process and the site is cleaned up. In my tiredness I had missed checking a folder at first look the other night. Hopefully the malware review process will be done within a day or two and Google will remove the warning when going to the site.

Talked to Comcast today as well. Of course they were convinced someone got my password rather than their server might have been breached. When I explained my password is an encrypted string of total gibberish, stored within an encrypted database, and rarely used (and never typed in manually), they paused for a moment, then got back on script and referred me to their online badware scan service. Not having any interest in an argument, I just said "OK, thanks", and hung up. I went to the site, clicked the scan button, and got the expected result instantaneously:


So, should I call Comcast and press the point that they should really take a look at their server security, or just let 'em be?