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im glad to help (if am i any help at all, kinda new to this aswell!)

download the codec you want to use, xvid for an example

you should be able to google it and find it easily, download xvid codec here: http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

install it on your computer, boot tf2, load stv demo blaha blaha. go into options – video and select to view tf2 in window mode. now, type “startmovie omglolshot avi” in the console and press enter, this will bring up a small window where you choose the codec you want to use, xvid for an example. your avi file (with ingame sound) will appear in C:/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/yoursteamaccount/team fortress 2/

cheers! gl with the movie! :D

omg this language you guys speak, is it Chinese? lol

I really want to make a fragvid, and have the footage for it, but I just suck at all this stuff :(

Thanks guys, I just made a sick movie start/stop bind, which I’ll post below..
I downloaded the Xvid codec from http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/ (thanks morf) and fiddled around quite a bit with different binds etc-

//Movie commands
alias “startk” “demo_resume; bind KP_DOWNARROW stopk”
alias “stopk” “demo_pause; bind KP_DOWNARROW startk”
bind “KP_DOWNARROW” “startk”

bind “KP_END” “startmovie frag avi; demo_resume host_framerate 30.0; ”
bind “KP_PGDN” “endmovie; host_framerate 0; demo_pause”
//end

So I press 1 on numpad to startmovie, choose Xvid and click ok, and it will automatically resume the footage, so the sound is synced. When im done, I press 3 and it ends the movie and pauses the demo, so I can rename/check the footage in my tf folder.

2 is just a toggle for pausing/unpausing which I found pretty handy :D
Thought you might appreciate it

A handy guide/link can be found on GotFrag here (I know it’s for CS, but most things translate). I’ve updated the movie config that the author shares for TF2, and it has some very handy features. A link to the updated config is here It’s pretty handy, easy 24 bind movie files at 1 keypress, framerate adjustments on the fly, demo control speed, and all cheat related goodies (HUD removal, Wireframe, etc)

The best advice I can give is work in windowed mode at the same resolution your movie will be in to view the demo and make the targas (1280×720 for me) with maxed graphical settings. Also be sure to set host_framerate before you use startmovie (I use 90), use startmovie for targa’s only (skip avi), make the clip in Virtualdub using the huffy codec and matching the framerates. Lastly, definitely encode using x264, XVid is okay but I find x264 to give better quality.