Sup people!
I will be adding/editing this topic with time, but for now, I just wanted to give you all a very easy explanation of how to quickly record and convert a UT clip, making it ready for upload to i.e. youtube. Finalz asked me for my compression settings when I showed him , and added the info that compressed, that file of 47 minutes was only around 1GB in size. I figured I might as well share it with all of you.
Record your footage from your demo. I would personally recommend using Fraps with the setting "force lossless rgb capture" turned on. With that setting turned on you will record lossless video (d'oh), so the quality difference between that and movieunreal will be very minimal, and honestly, if you want to work fast, Fraps will just allow you to be so much more productive than something like movieunreal. There are of course other capturing tools, so find out what works for you and record your footage with that.
I've done quite a bit of research on this subject, and honestly (for me) the easiest and most effective way to convert your clips is by using HandBrake. I recommend using version 0.9.8 instead of the latest 0.9.9, I have encountered serious problems using 0.9.9 (i.e. I had a video file with parts without audio, and 0.9.9 would for some reason bunch the audio together, desynching it pretty badly, instead of leaving those 'gaps' in the audio intact) whereas 0.9.8 worked flawlessly. The best part? It's completely free! Download HERE:
The settings I used for the above clip can be downloaded HERE:
You can import them into your HandBrake via Options -> Import.
Note: that 47 minute recording I linked in the beginning of this post was from Left 4 Dead 2, obviously a much slower paced game than Unreal Tournament. As I said, the filesize was around 1GB for 47 minutes of footage. You will most likely need to turn your quality settings up somewhat because of all the fast-motion footage if you want to get proper quality. This can be easily done via the 'Video' tab, by changing your RF setting to a lower value. Yes, you heard me.
RF 0 applies no compression. It is lossless: it compresses the source without throwing away practically any detail. So obviously the higher the RF value, the more compressed your video will be, lowering the filesize, but reducing the quality. Mess around with it, see what gives you a nice result. Don't go too low though, that (of course) kind of defeats the purpose of compressing your video in the first place.
Note 2: I should add that I personally don't use Constant Quality/RF. I use Average Bitrate, with 2-pass encoding turned on. I use 4000, which is still quite low, but it gives decent results. Decent enough for random clips, anyway. Feel free to go higher though, obviously.
Sharing is caring guys! No one cares about that nice shot or run or whatever it is that you did unless you show us the clip. So upload that shit! You jerking off to it in your mom's basement doesn't do fuck all for the rest of us.