Hammer time lapse.

[jgoodroad]

hey, I have been thinking about making one of those new Hammer time lapse videos that are ALL the rage now-a-days...
But what software do I need to get in order to record said Lapse?

[ErikKiller]

Epic idea.
But from what I understand most have been done as screenshots from one place.
Basically create a slab of nodraw and put the start there, then each time you make something new, boot up the map, take a pic and later slam em together into a movie

[laptopman]

Naw you use point_viewcontrol

[jgoodroad]

no I meant a program that can record hammer.

[Mephasto]

Well you could use Fraps for it, if its the demo it leaves watermark on the video.

So i suggest you use the full version. I made this using fraps.

[Major Banter]

Use something called Windows Media Encoder.

It records anything and everything live; however, it's also a bit of a monster.

[jgoodroad]

I have the full regesterd version of fraps, but I tried recording hammer with it and it bugged out.
is there any other free programs that can record hammer (and other web pages)

[Major Banter]

WINDOWS MEDIA ENCODER.

It's free from MS themseleves!

[jgoodroad]

my computer doesn't have WME...or if it does I can't find it, is there a site I can download it from?

[Dives]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+media+encoder

[jgoodroad]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=windows+media+encoder

me: "OH good a link, I knew Dives was a good per... I...HATE... YOU..."



EDIT: anything that is easier to use? I tried the program and it might as well tried to explode my computer... and as far as my knowledge of the WME all I was able to do was save an encoding session... and fail... hard.

[Major Banter]

I got it working pretty easily, but admittedly it was chug-a-lugging with Photoshop. Computer was not happy, but it was lag-free.

Otherwise, there's plenty of screen capture programs out there, but WME works best for me.

[mollick2]

Theres CamStudio its a sort of open source version of Camtasia Studio. It seems to work pretty well.