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Author SHA1 Message Date
Hugo Locurcio
d1716c2e7a
Change window title in Movie Maker mode to display useful information
The frame number and movie time is now displayed in the window
title. This way, you can see how quickly the video recording is advancing
in real-time (and perhaps tweak your settings if it's going too slow).
2022-07-26 18:59:33 +02:00
Hugo Locurcio
aa177fc4db
Split MovieWriterPNGWAV into its own file
This makes its organization consistent with MovieWriterMJPEG.
2022-06-30 01:02:28 +02:00
Hugo Locurcio
bdb40c6478
Add property hints to MovieWriter settings
- Rename audio mix rate setting as the suffix is now part of the
  property hint. This is also more consistent with existing mix rate
  project settings.
- Improve the MovieWriter class reference.
- Tweak warning message about audio possibly going out of sync.
2022-06-25 20:08:56 +02:00
reduz
5786516d4d Implement Running Godot as Movie Writer
* Allows running the game in "movie writer" mode.
* It ensures entirely stable framerate, so your run can be saved stable and with proper sound (which is impossible if your CPU/GPU can't sustain doing this in real-time).
* If disabling vsync, it can save movies faster than the game is run, but if you want to control the interaction it can get difficult.
* Implements a simple, default MJPEG writer.

This new features has two main use cases, which have high demand:
* Saving game videos in high quality and ensuring the frame rate is *completely* stable, always.
* Using Godot as a tool to make movies and animations (which is ideal if you want interaction, or creating them procedurally. No other software is as good for this).

**Note**: This feature **IS NOT** for capturing real-time footage. Use something like OBS, SimpleScreenRecorder or FRAPS to achieve that, as they do a much better job at intercepting the compositor than Godot can probably do using Vulkan or OpenGL natively. If your game runs near real-time when capturing, you can still use this feature but it will play no sound (sound will be saved directly).

Usage:

$ godot --write-movie movie.avi [scene_file.tscn]

Missing:

* Options for configuring video writing via GLOBAL_DEF
* UI Menu for launching with this mode from the editor.
* Add to list of command line options.
* Add a feature tag to override configurations when movie writing (fantastic for saving videos with highest quality settings).
2022-06-21 11:28:47 +02:00