4 Level 35 Destro Warlocks + 1 Level 35 Holy Priest + SM GY

[Xzin]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4653377047813191722&hl=en

A VERY quick cut of some SM GY runs done AoE style :) No sound, no elegant editing work. Just a quick example of how viable 4 locks 1 priest are for AoE leveling.

All of my gear was red (I was naked) and no buffs except for soulstone :)

Full Destro talents.... the stuns help a little.

Oh... worth mentioning.

I encoded this in real time. Gogo multicore machines! No more 100 megs per 1 minute FRAPS junk! VLC >>>> FRAPS!

[keyclone]

ok, what are all the green lines bouncing around your add-ons?
inter-group spells?

[Xzin]

Pitbull module called Interact lines. Not so sure I love em yet but they show graphically damage and heals - to whom and from whom.

[mmcookies]

the interaction lines aren't very effective in this interface

i've seen a raid commander interface that runs off dual screen with the second screen displaying raid member interactions. it's quite nifty.

[Xzin]

I tend to agree.... they are a nice sort of background peripheral notification but they wind up being a bit distracting.

[Stabface]

Nice video, how did you do the real-time encoding with VLC?

[MrLonghair]

Open up VLC, start the Wizard, Transcode/Save to file, and so on. Haven't gotten it to work perfectly yet. I'd love to be able to capture some Zwok action but that's not DirectDraw or D3D or OpenGL. Hrm.

[Xzin]

Pretty much yeah. VLC is amazing at transcoding.

Check this link here: http://wiki.videolan.org/index.php/Transcode

And my write up on VLC streaming here: http://www.dual-boxing.com/forums2/viewtopic.php?t=798

You will want to tweak the settings somewhat to use your codec and determine the size you want, make sure the resulting display is off so you don't render it twice, etc.

Hoping you have a dual core or better machine :)

[DOMINOZ]

Just to be clear...you still use fraps to capture the vid right? Then have VLC transcode that vid to new file?

[MrLonghair]

Nah, this sounds like a straight out of VLC thing to me, hence mentioning the size of tens of megabytes instead of hundereds like the stuff FRAPS produces for barely half a minute.

[Xzin]

That is correct, I completely bypass FRAPS and record and transcode in real time.

[DOMINOZ]

K, I am a GUMP. I cannot find a way to record in VLC. I think I can get the transcoding down, but how do I capture from the game window?

My game is City of Heroes and is OpenGL I think.

[Xzin]

Here are the settings I am currently using.

I want to use a different encoder and I am not yet thrilled with the final results AND it takes 70% CPU use off a quad core.... BUT it records in close to real time at decent frame rates and lets me play WoW with decent framerates.

"C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe screen:// --screen-fps=30 --sout=#transcode{cropbottom=1280,vcodec=mp2v,vb=409 6,scale=1,width-800,height=640}:std{access=file,mux=ps,dst=c:\frap s\test.avi}}'"

The above does not record audio and it records at 800 x 640 and saves it as C:\FRAPS\test.avi. It records on screen 1 only and cuts the screen in half (because I play on half of 30" screens). If you remove the crop bottom=1280 that should fix it.