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[spearsd]

Does anyone have a work-around for AVI's greater than 2GB being corrupt when recording from a track file? I would like to record lossless framed video from a track file.

Thanks,

spearsd

[spearsd]

Does anyone have a work-around for AVI's greater than 2GB being corrupt when recording from a track file? I would like to record lossless framed video from a track file.

Thanks,

spearsd

[BSR_RuGGBuTT]

The one or two times that I went over 2 gigs, and could open the tracks there were four different views on the same screen. I don't think there is a workaround.

Record your mission in pieces and splice it together w/a video editing tool.


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[spearsd]

Hi all,
I may have found a solution. I've opened the large AVI in VirtualDub which rebuilds the corrupt indices, and then save it off in "stream copy" mode as either a single large AVI or a segmented AVI. Tried it on a 3.5GB AVI and it seems to work like a charm! VirtualDub is REALLY a nifty piece of software along with AviSynth.

spearsd

[spearsd]

Well, the video loads fine with VirtualDub 1.5.10.1, BUT the PCM audio stream isn't loaded from LOMAC AVI files >2GB.

I also tried using AVISynth 2.5 to extract stream information for the LOMAC AVI and it claims the AVI contains NO audio stream.

So, any ideas why I can recover the video stream but NOT the audio stream?

spearsd

[XyZspineZyX]

The audio stream may or may not be recorded even though it says it does. What I have noticed is that the audio is recorded separately, then it's combined at the end of the render sequence.

[spearsd]

Well, every tool I've used confirms the audio stream is not combined with the AVI (maybe, due to the audio processing pass not being able to read the 2GB+ AVI file generated from the rendering pass?).

I wonder if there's a way to get LOMAC to record the audio in a separate WAV file?

I suppose I could record in the background while the sound is rendered and then crop it with audio tools and then re-combine it? Damn, what a pain in the ****

Thanks for the help, RB

[Glowing_Amraam]

A very good alternative to this .AVI thing, is to use fraps. With the AVI thing, you render frame by frame, and this takes a long time and also takes up a lot of HD space, and then you have to worry about the 2 Gig limit.

I suggest you use fraps, slow time down 3-4 times, and speed the clips up 3-4 times. That way, you won't miss a single frame almost, because things move so slow in the game. And then you can just stop recording, move to a better scene, then start recording again, which gives you more control. That's just my opinion, though.

Cheers

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[BSR_RuGGBuTT]

I have a fairly quick computer, and I slowed the game down as you said. The AVI tool renders faster (for me) than by doing it your way. I recommend trying it both ways to see whats best for you.


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[der|zerst0rer|]

Excuse a silly question, but how do I "slow time down 3-4 times" and then "speed up the clips 3-4 times"?
Please advice

Edit: No matter. Became a wiser man by reading some other posts here. Good!