1 s1ntax +37 Frags + [b]Making CS Clips - The Short, Free, Easy Way[/b] Lately, I've noticed a lot of people

posting their Counter-Strike clips. Others wish to know how to make them and where to host them. This guide will teach you how to make Counter-Strike clips and host them so you can show them to friends o r post them on forums. Note that this guide is made as basic as possible while s till retaining some quality to your clip. You should have a basic knowledge of C ounter-Strike and CS demos before you tackle the rest of this guide. This guide is not by any means meant to teach you how to make your clip with exceptional qu ality and editting. You can complete this entire guide without paying for anythi ng except for Counter-Strike of course. All programs used in this guide are free to download. The links are here: VirtualDub 1.6.11 - http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtua.. XviD 1.1.0 - http://www.koepi.org/XviD-1.1.0-30122005.exe Installation for XviD is pretty straight-forward. For VirtualDub, simply put all the files from the .zip into a folder and run the VirtualDub.exe to open the pr ogram. [b]Step 1 - Recording your demo[/b] Fig 1 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. Fig 2 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. In order to get your gameplay into a recorded file, we must use Counter-Strike's built in recording system. To record a demo, while connected to a server, open the console and type "record mydemo" (without the quotes) where "mydemo" is the name you wish to name the demo (Fig 1). Once you are finished playing, open the console and type "stop" (without the quotes, Fig 2). Disconnecting from the serv er or quitting Counter-Strike will automatically stop the demo. The demo file wi ll end up in your cstrike folder (Default is C:/ Program Files/ Steam/ SteamApps / youremail/ Counter-Strike/ cstrike). [b]Step 2 - Make BMPs[/b] Fig Fig Fig Fig 3 4 5 6 http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx..

Before we watch the demo and extract the footage to make the video clip, we'll s et certain settings within Counter-Strike to improve the appearance of the clip and make it a bit more clean looking than raw ingame footage. First thing we nee d to do is change the resolution to 800x600. This will keep the file at a reason able size (Fig 3). Second, we will type in certain settings into the console to get rid of certain parts of the HUD and make the crosshair sized to the 800x600 resolution. The commands we will use are (Fig 3): hideradar hud_saytext 0 voice_enable 0 hud_centerid 0 cl_crosshair_size medium Now that we have all the settings set, in console, type "viewdemo mydemo" (witho ut the quotes) where "mydemo" is the name of the demo you recorded (Fig 4). This

will begin the playback of your demo. Find the part in the demo where you want your clip to begin and either pause it or complete the next section quickly. If the join team menu does not go away, open the console and type "slot1" (without the quotes. Note that opening the console may restart your demo and you might ha ve to find the part in the demo again). When you are ready to begin your clip, in console type "startmovie mymovie 90" ( without the quotes) where "mymovie" is the name you want to use for your BMPs (t his name is entirely irrelevant and won't affect the name of your final clip so just keep it simple, Fig 5) and press 'ESC' to quit out of the console. Things w ill be moving pretty slow which is normal, this process will output the ingame s creen to .bmp files at 90 frames per second to your cstrike folder, all starting with the name you chose (ie: mymovie) followed by the number of the frame. Once you have reached the end of the segment you wish to make into a clip, open the console and type "endmovie" (without the quotes, Fig 6) and exit out of CounterStrike. [b]Step 3 - Making the .AVI File[/b] Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig Fig 7 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. 8 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. 9 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. 10 - http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9426/1.. 11 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. 12 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx..

Now that we have all our frames into .bmp files, we are ready to compile them al l together into one video file. Open VirtualDub and click File > Open (Fig 7). B rowse to your cstrike folder and select the first .bmp file of your sequence (ie : mymovie00001) and make sure "Automatically load linked segments" is check (Fig 8). This will load your BMP files into VirtualDub. Now this is the part that ma y seem a bit tricky. Go to Video > Frame Rate (or hit Ctrl+R, Step #1 of Fig 9). Select "Change to" and make it 90 and click OK (Fig 10). Now go to Video > Fast recompress (Step #2 of Fig 9). Go to Video > Compression (or hit Ctrl+P, Step # 3 of Fig 9). This will bring up the Compression menu. From the list, select "Xvi D MPEG-4 Codec" and hit Configure (Fig 11). Make sure to follow this part correc tly or your clip may come out bad quality. Change Encoding type to "Single Pass? (Step #1 of Fig 12) then click "Load Defaults" (Step #2 of Fig 12). Now click o n the button that says "Target quantizer" so it changes to "Target bitrate (kbps )" (Step #3 of Fig 12) and enter 4000 as the bitrate (Step #4 of Fig 12). Click OK until you get back to the main screen and go to File > Save (or hit F7). Name your file and save it where you'd like. Open your .avi file and watch your newl y created clip. [b]Step 4 - Uploading Your Clip[/b] Fig 13 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. Fig 14 - http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a241/mx.. Head on over to http://www.putfile.com and click the Browse button and open your .avi (Fig 13). Select file type "Video", enter a Title and Category for your vi deo and click "Upload Media". This may take a while so wait a few minutes. When it has finished uploading, a page that shows the URL to your clip will appear (F ig 14). Sending the URL to your friends or posting on forums will link viewers d irectly to your clip. [b]Miscellanious[/b] If you want cut off the parts of the clip that shows the console, simply go into your cstrike folder and preview your BMPs and delete the ones that have the con sole in it accordingly. Adding music, effects, colors, widescreen etc. will requ

ire more work and will not be covered in this guide. For more help check out Sae ed's Movie Making Tutorial thread (http://gotfrag.com/cs/forums/thread/177982/ ) . The codec settings used will make for about 30mb/min. Putfile only allows 25mb video files meaning your clip will have to be under 50 seconds in length so kee p that in mind. Once you have finished making the .avi, I highly suggest deletin g the BMPs because those will take up many gigabytes of space on your harddrive. This is the outcome I got making a test clip using settings/instructions from th is tutorial: http://media.putfile.com/Making-Clips Tutorial by: mxma1-s1ntax [b]If your clip comes out choppy[/b] Try using startmovie 30 instead of startmovie 90 and skip the step where you cha nge the frame rate from 30 to 90 in VirtualDub (skip fig #9 and #10). I've notic ed that Putfile has a problem with playing 90 fps clips.