More codecs than just xvid and divx?

[root-reindeer-flotilla]

Hey, I'm trying to use the capture function and I've only found three codecs that work with JoeQuake even though the manual says "etc".

"0"/uncompressed is way too big, like 2 seconds of footage per 2gb file.
"xvid"/"divx" are really old codecs that don't look very good.

Is there a way to use different codecs? Ive tried using the fourcc code for multiple different codecs such as "x264" "h264" "vp01" "ffv1".

[j0zzz]

Hi there,
It is the installed codec's fourCC code that is required to be defined as the value of the capture_codec variable. There are tools you can use to find out what codecs are installed on your PC and what are the fourCC codes of these codecs. I use the free tool called VirtualDub: https://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/
After starting it, open the menu Video -> Compression... On the displayed dialog you can see all your video codecs installed. Select any of them to have the fourCC code displayed. That's the one you may use in JoeQuake.

But honestly, in today's world I wouldn't bother with JoeQuake's built-in capturing method, especially if you want to record long videos. Modern videocards have real-time capturing capability, I'd suggest using a tool like OBS or ShadowPlay instead.

[root-reindeer-flotilla]

Hi there, It is the installed codec's fourCC code that is required to be defined as the value of the capture_codec variable. There are tools you can use to find out what codecs are installed on your PC and what are the fourCC codes of these codecs. I use the free tool called VirtualDub: https://virtualdub.sourceforge.net/ After starting it, open the menu Video -> Compression... On the displayed dialog you can see all your video codecs installed. Select any of them to have the fourCC code displayed. That's the one you may use in JoeQuake.

But honestly, in today's world I wouldn't bother with JoeQuake's built-in capturing method, especially if you want to record long videos. Modern videocards have real-time capturing capability, I'd suggest using a tool like OBS or ShadowPlay instead.

Hey thanks for the quick reply. I did end up figuring out a little about it. I used msinfo32 -> components -> multimedia -> video codecs.

I was trying to record near lossless so I could do some editing. I did end up using OBS in the end. Here's my very very slow "speed" run :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lT9I4ymGGqQ