Converting .dem Files

LucifeerLucifeer Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18962Members
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Is it possible to convert .dem files into .mpeg/.avi or any other movie-format so you could perhaps edit it?
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  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    edited August 2003
    yes, using an AVI-converter.. im looking for one now.. ill edit when i find one

    edit: looks like they got you covered <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> srry couldnt find one <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    You can make .dem files into .avi files.... well kinda.
    The EXACT process requires:
    Playing the pre-recorded demo
    Outputting your scene(s) of choice to hundreds of .bmp files
    Compressing all those .bmp's into an .avi.

    Sounds complicated but i've done it quite a few times and
    it's nothing too taxing.

    Take a look at <a href='http://www.csimmortals.com/Movie.asp' target='_blank'>this tutorial.</a>
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  • mindzmindz Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18941Members
    heres my tutorial , which i recently started

    probably more up to date than other ones , and hopefully better as in more detail etc ...not finished yet but please review it for me

    <a href='http://www.eastfields.nildram.co.uk/mindzpwnz/' target='_blank'>http://www.eastfields.nildram.co.uk/mindzpwnz/</a> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    <a href='http://www.slipgate.de' target='_blank'>http://www.slipgate.de</a>

    might find some more info there.... that website is not german and is the website for teh guy who created HLTV...
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  • Onkel_DittmeyerOnkel_Dittmeyer Join Date: 2003-07-05 Member: 17951Members
    Just to point this out: There is no way to convert a *.dem file into a usual video codec file <b>directly</b> as it simply doesn't contain any image information (that's why demo files are so small). It just contains frame-by-frame entity information that can be read by the Half-Life engine so you can rerender the recorded scene. However, as said in the tutorial (nice job btw) HL offers the possibility to create an image sequence of a game and finally convert it into a video with a third party program...
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  • mindzmindz Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18941Members
    fraps can do a straight from dem to avi file ..but u will need a fast computer .
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