I don't have time to right now, but later today I can tell you what I use to make my videos.
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Okay, I use fraps to record. I know there are other recorders out there, but fraps works well enough with MBAACC. I record at 60fps, and I don't change that from recording to final encode. The resolution and aspect ratio you run MBAACC in will be what fraps outputs. I don't really change any of these properties of the video from recording to final encode, so just choose the size and ratio you want, but make sure the fps is 60.
Otherwise, your recordings will not be frame perfect representations of MBAACC play. The game runs at 60fps (not sure if you can change that), and changing the value for recording or at some other step to something other that what MBAACC is running at will result in either duplicate frames, or destroyed frames. So if the game is running at 60fps, and you record at 30fps, fraps will destroy half the frames to make it 30fps. I don't know which frames it will destroy either, it could be every other frame, or it could skip some and delete a chunk. The same thing will happen if the fps is changed at any point in production. If this does not bother you, then do what ever you want with the fps.
Once I have my footage, I import it into my editing software. Usually this is as easy as drag and drop. I use MAGIX Movie Edit Pro MX Plus. It costs $60-$80, but I'm sure you can find it cheaper online. There is also Windows Movie Maker that is on every Windows install. When I import, I make sure my settings are right for the footage, ei. the right resolution, aspect ratio and fps.
Once I have my footage imported, I edit to my heart's content. Once I'm done editing, I export uncompressed. It takes a lot of HDD space to do that, but I don't have to worry about the software messing up the encode using some bad codec.
I use a program called Zarx264gui to do my final encode to h.264. It's made to be used to encode AMVs, but it works very well with MBAACC too. You can download it here:
http://amvhell.com/stuff/zarx264gui/I use version 1.41. That version requires that you also have the following installed:
.NetFramework (really for XP only, vista and above already have it installed.)
AviSynth, scripting software for video editing which you do not need to know anything about.
AviSynth is here:
http://avisynth.orgThe version 2.0 might not require the above, but prolly will require quicktime.
If you don't want to use the gui, then you can just export from your editing software however you want so that the size of the file is manageable. Like mpeg2 is an okay codec. If you want to use the software I use, I can go into more detail about installing, configuring, and using it. Just let me know. It's not hard to get working, and the results are very good.
If you have any more questions let me know.
-TexasTim-