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I took a quick FRAPS recording showing this clever answer at work.
The output was a 54 seconds long 424×240 video for a mere 138 MBs, or 45 minutes of upload on my link.
Now, as long as the video takes a reasonable amount of time to upload, I'm fine with just getting the process done in background while I get other stuff done in the meantime. However, this isn't always the case.
How I can turn this into something more reasonable before uploading? I'd prefer answers that get the job done in Windows, but if there's something super-awesome in Linux that's fine by me.
Please post a step-by-step guide. If there is some one-time fine tuning that can be useful to make a better job of transcoding gaming videos, don't forget to mention them!
Answer
I am always a fan of VirtualDub on Windows, but it might require you to download some additional codecs. ffmpeg and mp3 (ACM) would be the more popular ones.
If you are looking for a quicker solution then there is Any Video Converter. I'm linking to the free version.
On Linux, I would definitely suggest AviDemux, or if you are into command line, mencoder.
OK here is an updated rough tutorial to VDub:
- Prior to all else, install Lame MP3 ACM codec, or any other codec with direct show filter.
- Start VDub
- Drag/drop input file into the main window.
Configure video compression: menu -> video -> "full processing mode" is chosen, click on video -> Compression. Select a compression. For example, if you installed ffdshow, choose ffdshow video codec and click configure, select your encoding there. Click OK when done.
Configure Audio compression: Click on audio, select full processing mode (direct stream copy takes the input audio and writes to output, without modifying it). Click on Audio again, then Compression. Lame MP3 should appear there, if you successfully installed Lame MP3 ACM codec.
Click OK and close all setting windows.
Press F7, or File -> Save as AVI.
Choose output directory and let it encode.
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