ET/RTCW Demo Renderer

by Kenzi • 15 Jun 2013, 15:43 • Journals
Maverick from Maverickservers.com has recently released a Quake 3/Quake Live Demo Renderer, and he thinks of doing the same for ET and RTCW.

Basically, you upload a demo on the page, wait a few minutes/hours, and there you have a 1920*1080 30fps x264-encoded MP4 for you to download, and it even uploads it automatically to YouTube!
>No messing with Wolfcam or endless editing over config files; the server does it all for you.

Original Post with more info can be found on ESR http://www.esreality.com/post/2433113/quake-3-quake-live-demo-renderer/

Would you be interested in this?
Only if there is enough interest he will spend a few hours on coding

Always looking for feedback on #maverickservers

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biggz 15 Jun 2013, 17:15
this post gave me a woody
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_Karrde 15 Jun 2013, 17:25
:D
FRAPS + MP3 DEAD, DO IT!
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RaNA 15 Jun 2013, 18:34
sounds good
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homiee 15 Jun 2013, 19:43
omg yes!
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DiNg 15 Jun 2013, 19:44
tu sens de l'anus
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DrLagAlot 15 Jun 2013, 21:11
Useless, takes me 5 mins to record a full hd scene at 300 fps which lasts for 20 seconds and render it as .avi
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promyy 15 Jun 2013, 21:30
stfu 3rd world countries like poland can't afford i7
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DrLagAlot 15 Jun 2013, 21:50
It's mainly about writing speed of the hdd, not the core and btw, I've got an amd bulldozer
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promyy 15 Jun 2013, 21:57
well, I've got i3 530 and WD hdd writing 60MB/s and recording ET footage is a pain in the ass for me, tooks several minutes to record 15-20s at 60fps

anyway, I meant that doesn't matter if SOME of us don't need tools like that, if somebody has an opportunity to amke life easier we should support him, this may be a great tool in the end
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nevaeH 15 Jun 2013, 22:32
Excuse me but who the fuck cares ?
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DrLagAlot 15 Jun 2013, 23:31
shut up you multiple tzac busted cunt face and go cheat in LoL or whatever
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nevaeH 16 Jun 2013, 10:43
I dont see the point of your sentence but anyway I dont give a fuck since you're a retard
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MerlinatoR 15 Jun 2013, 21:12
I guess this is a big deal in Quake if recording clips is long winded, but ET (and now RTCW) clips are so easy to record this wouldn't be much of a boost.
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ag0n 16 Jun 2013, 02:57
The engine is the same. It shall take the same amount of effort. In fact, it's even easier at QL/Q3 because "q3mme" made it easier and faster. At ET we only have image-et.exe and it is a hack, not a moviemaking mod. It's close enough for our needs and very powerfull, but it still takes time to render ^^
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montage 15 Jun 2013, 23:34
Sounds great,hope they will do it.
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ag0n 16 Jun 2013, 03:02
Useless.

Goku made it sound easier, but if it isn't recorded / rendered at your computer, it's rendered elsewhere and that amount of data processing takes time and resources. Even if they own few servers with fast connections and hard drives, it shall take some time...check the esr link for some more details. Takes quite a while uh? ^^
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Kenzi 16 Jun 2013, 10:53
Yeah but you rather have it to render elsewhere and continue using your PC, aye?
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ag0n 16 Jun 2013, 14:12
Well, with some server overload you would change your mind :P You know u can use your pc and let it record / render anyway? Image-et allows offscreen rendering. It means you can record in windows mode, minimize the game and keep working at something else.
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montage 16 Jun 2013, 11:36
I did checked,I even watched some videos on their youtube channel,and all I gotta say that this is a fkn brilliant idea.
It's not all about letting you render your demos online,its about an online demo database,which can be watched in youtube.
Yet,it takes some time rendering and I think they noticed that,and shall make it faster later on,but the idea is great.
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ag0n 16 Jun 2013, 14:16
Not saying it isn't a good idea. In fact it's brilliant, specially for lazy people or people without much knowledge on this matter. But as i said, to make it faster it requires more processing power... and that requires money...
Think how much time own3d.tv needed to re-encode a full hd clip... and make it alot more slower considering they also need to record the demo itself into a .avi (or whatever...) file....

But i agree with you!
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ag0n 16 Jun 2013, 14:17
Not saying it isn't a good idea. In fact it's brilliant, specially for lazy people or people without much knowledge on this matter. But as i said, to make it faster it requires more processing power... and that requires money...
Think how much time own3d.tv needed to re-encode a full hd clip... and make it alot more slower considering they also need to record the demo itself into a .avi (or whatever...) file....

But i agree with you!
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homiee 16 Jun 2013, 11:05
would be nice if we could select start and stop times & lower it to like 720p, so it would use less resources
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Kenzi 16 Jun 2013, 16:16
There are different resolutions already but he is looking into eventual custom settings.

Check www.igmdb.org/?page=render to see the current page.
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