Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Like Andreas, I too have been impressed with the rendering capabilities that FS recorder has to offer. It's a shame that it doesn't record sound but as you can see, the video quality that can be achieved on a mid range system is outstanding and is more than a fair trade off. Typically Fraps would hog somewhere between 10-12 FPS. FS recorder, NONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek McAllan Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Nicely done! Cheers, Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etrpilot Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Thanks for posting, it was very enjoyable. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 excellent ! that's perhaps because it doesn't record sound that it can do this without loosing fps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 excellent ! that's perhaps because it doesn't record sound that it can do this without loosing fps... Actually it's recording data and not running FSX in real time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Love it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Nice landing May I inquire as to what plane that is and what are your water sliders set at. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Nice landing May I inquire as to what plane that is and what are your water sliders set at. ? Hey thanks! Water slider setting is set to Max 2.x ( although when I get closer to urban areas I drop it to just 2 ) My FSWC setting is set to Orion's Favorite. My REX OD is set to Stretched OD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lthendrix Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 never heard of rex od stretched must research immediately thanx for the info I saw the plane was the 310 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzer Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Looks really good. Now, I understand that FsRecorder does not record the sound (have used the earlier version a few times), but how are you actually capturing the sound, I'm assuming you are using another piece of software to record the sound in real-time as it were when the FsRecorder file is playing back and rendering - assuming that's how it works? \ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alainneedle1 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Looks really good. Now, I understand that FsRecorder does not record the sound (have used the earlier version a few times), but how are you actually capturing the sound, I'm assuming you are using another piece of software to record the sound in real-time as it were when the FsRecorder file is playing back and rendering - assuming that's how it works? \ He's probably using the real landing sound track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Looks really good. Now, I understand that FsRecorder does not record the sound (have used the earlier version a few times), but how are you actually capturing the sound, I'm assuming you are using another piece of software to record the sound in real-time as it were when the FsRecorder file is playing back and rendering - assuming that's how it works? \ He's probably using the real landing sound track Exactly, there is a link to that vid at the end of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Wow, I was sceptical, then I watched your vid and thought it was pretty smooth. Then I read about how he achieves this, and the penny dropped! All sliders maxed, all the weather you like and no penalties - because it isn't rendering in real time! I can see some drawbacks (sound, of course, but also no moving the camera during playback?), but gotta be worth the trade and I bet we'll get cameras next... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Mark, I'm still running a Duo Core. So you could probably imagine what trying to capture video without easing back the sliders did to my frame rates using Fraps. So then I started experimenting with some of the tricks of the trade that most are aware of. But with FS Recorder producing a quick vid is much faster now and with like you said, no penalties with regard to FPS. I moved the camera around but just at a little slower speed while it was rendering. Not perfect but this method has a lot of potential if your patient enough to sync up the sound captured externally. I should look into getting a Vimeo account as this video was even smoother before uploading it to You Tube. By the way, I'd be interested to see what the real pro's come up with using this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Variometer Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Good capturing and a nice weather setup. Would you mind to post your applied sky and cloud settings? Cheers, Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Beautiful vid. Well done. The sound fooled me to. I was wondering how you did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitzer Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 The biggest issue is sound, well at least if you want to use in the in-game sound. I gave the rendering thing a try myself later yesterday and it really is quite amazing just how good it is, I would go as far to say that it actually looks smoother than the game itself does which is understandable when you go through the rendering process because I found the process was more stuttery (is that a word?) but again this is not unsurprising when you realise how the smooth rendering is being achieved. The other downside of this was moving my head smoothly to looks around (TrackIR) during rendering as it made it harder to make smooth accurate head movement, the same would also apply to other camera movements. Overall it's a very interesting breakthrough and will ultimately lead to some really very good and silky smooth videos for us to create and watch in future. The sound problem is an issue, but not much more than it has been previously and there are clearly ways to get around those issues which although may require a bit of experimentation will be worth the extra effort required. Of course for those that are happy to create videos with no in-game sound at all then this in-built rendering method will be a godsend after becoming accustom to the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker1693 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 FSrecorder is amazing! I did a short test the other night with the A2A piper cub at Darrington. After uploading it to you tube it doesn't look as smooth though...just watching it on my computer its silky smooth. The quality is low, but my next vid's will be 720p at least. Video Test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Good capturing and a nice weather setup. Would you mind to post your applied sky and cloud settings? Cheers, Andreas Sure, the daytime set is "Spirit of blue" . As for the clouds I'm using Cumulus - 51HD and Cirrus - 13 Thanks for the nice words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker1693 Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 This is great, one problem though, I wonder if there is any way he could make it output .MPG .MOV .MP4 .MPEG because .WMV codec is a low quality video that doest work well with high end editing programs...hmmm... that would make it AWESOME Cheers Hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Variometer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Sure, the daytime set is "Spirit of blue" . As for the clouds I'm using Cumulus - 51HD and Cirrus - 13 Thanks for the nice words! Thanks for sharing the values Cheers, Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshkop Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 as you can see, the video quality that can be achieved on a mid range system is outstanding and is a more than a fair trade off. Looks like you are using EZCA here. I have found that rendering with FS-Recorder speeds up the EZCA oscillations, making them look wrong. I just re-shot my Fly-in video (below) as a test, and I had to replace all the cockpit shots with clips from the old video. Perhaps this only becomes significant when the rendering speed is significantly lower than realtime (as in my case). Here's the two vids to compare. (Remember, cockpit shots will still look flickery). Original: With FS-Recorder: Heavy Metal (Take 2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Piquemal Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Good capturing and a nice weather setup. Would you mind to post your applied sky and cloud settings? Cheers, Andreas I like the fact that we noticed the same exact same thing. The Sky make this video looks real especially with this ground texture quality from orbx I m curious to know what settings/ type of clouds you used . could you tell us ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Northwest Pilot Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 Good capturing and a nice weather setup. Would you mind to post your applied sky and cloud settings? Cheers, Andreas I like the fact that we noticed the same exact same thing. The Sky make this video looks real especially with this ground texture quality from orbx I m curious to know what settings/ type of clouds you used . could you tell us ?! No problem Xavier, I shared them in a prior post. ^^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Fine piece of work indeed Dontay. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amentiba Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hi all, i've installed the new fsrecorder version but can't see the button (or option) dedicated to the video recording... The website said that FSrecorder can't create videos... How do you have done yours ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkH Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Hi all, i've installed the new fsrecorder version but can't see the button (or option) dedicated to the video recording... The website said that FSrecorder can't create videos... How do you have done yours ? It's a menu option called (I think) 'Render video' about 2/3 of the way down the FS-Recorder menu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonman Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Looks totally real - felt as if i was sitting just in the cockpit here!!! Wonderfully done!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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