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How to upload Touhou videos in HD quality Tutorial
?q:
Without having worked with those programs, understanding exactly what you want to do, or even really knowing the problem ( :V ), I would recommend working with Avisynth. A sketch of the program I'd use would look something like
--- Code: ---video1 = AviSource("<path to video 1>", false)
video2 = AviSource("<path to video 2>", false)
...
video6 = AviSource("<path to video 6>", false)
fullvid = video1 + video2 + ... + video6 # splicing all the vids together; if videos were recorded separately use ++ instead of +
audio = WavSource("<path to audio file>")
finishedproduct = AudioDub(fullvid, audio)
--- End code ---
?q:
While I'm here, a possibly-related post because I'm procrastinating life.
So You Want to Make a Montage of Separate Videos:
Short version:
Use Avisynth and something like
--- Code: ---video1 = AviSource("<video path 1>")
video2 = AviSource("<video path 2>")
...
videoN = AviSource("<video path N>")
video1++video2++...videoN
--- End code ---
then edit as normal with VDub.
Long version:
VDub uses unaligned splices for its Append command. Basically, they were intended for back when recording software would split .AVI files into 2MB chunks, meaning everything was part of a contiguous whole to start with. It's NOT meant for joining separate items together; that would require an aligned splice. People have been asking for VDub to do aligned splices for at least twelve years now, so don't hold your breath on it getting that functionality anytime soon.
There are a couple of ways to go about getting things to work. When I did my Last Word compliation I used a software that was literally called Free Video Joiner to put them together. It is exactly what it says it is, and if you look at the video, you can see that there are basically no frills to the presentation - no nice fades or blurs, just a bunch of recorded segments one after another. The result is pretty jarring to be honest, but at least the sound and the fury aligned.
That wasn't going to work for my most recent video, where fading in and out was an integral part of the presentation (presentation is as important as the content, if not more so!) The easiest way to do this is with Avisynth, which is free and surprisingly easy to use for basic A/V manipulation. Here's the wiki, from which you can find links to download the program and several basic tutorials from which you can probably get a sense of how to do whatever fancy tricks you're interested in.
To make the video I linked, I created a new notepad file and typed in the following code:
--- Code: ---video = AviSource("<video path>")
video = video.Trim(130,5809) #I used VirtualDub to determine the precise frames I wanted to be visible
video = video.FadeIn(30) #Not much time for a fade-in, plus I start with a bunch of blank frames anyway so IN WITH COLOR
video = video.FadeOut(240) #Slow fade for contrast and to show that the stage goes on
clip = BlankClip(video, length=180, color=$000000) #180 black silent frames for the beginning
clip2 = BlankClip(video, length=60, color=$000000) #60 black silent frames for the end
clip+video+clip2 #appending them together
--- End code ---
After doing so, I renamed the file to be an .avs file (if you can't do this, in your file explorer go to View -> Show/Hide -> File name extensions) and opened the .avs file in VirtualDub. VDub will preprocess the .avs file, and you'll basically have your finished product right there. If you're not using any filters through VDub, you may only want to deal with VirtualDub to check that your video looks good before you continue doing etc. and etc.
LunarWingCloud:
I use Blueberry Flashback to record my replays. It isn't CPU intensive and if I use Full Frames (Uncompressed) the audio and video comes out good. I have yet to have any desyncing issues.
Szayelaporro Granz:
I use OBS, but I'm having a hard time to stream older Windows games. I already tried to stream them with Window Capture, but apparently I can't do it with fullscreen. To make it worse, the window only fills about 1/4th of the screen. Any help will be appreciated. Last but not the least, what's the recommended bitrate so that most people can watch them live? Since YouTube compresses the video uploaded into it, the quality won't be as good and I have a friend who can only watch my twitch videos on ~1500 kb/s, if I put it higher he can (presumably) watch them on YouTube but not on twitch. I don't mind the latter's option though.
Edit: Problem solved, the visible window bar is quite annoying though.
shockdude:
Looks like Youtube supports 60FPS now for 720p and 1080p. The tutorial shouldn't need any major changes though; just change the output framerate to 60FPS instead of 30.
60FPS Touhou on Youtube is gonna be great.