I've been playing a great deal of Black Ops 2 lately. I haven't as much experience as the most die hard Call of Duty players since my exposure to it began with Black Ops 1. Nevertheless, I'm making up for the lost time. I feel the biggest reason is because of the Hauppauge HD PVR2 Gaming Edition that I purchased about a month ago.
It's made the game more interesting because I can record my gameplays. Granted, my gameplays are not the best by any measure, but they're still mine. I consider them a video journal of my progress with each new prestige and camo/calling card unlock.
Still, in my quest to get some clever videos onto youtube, I've found myself distracted by a free software called Avisynth. When I started, I thought I would need Sony Vegas or Adobe Premier to do some of the things that I saw on YouTube. Granted, it's what most places I searched suggested and I almost purchased one of the two before I noticed the price. This is a hobby and I don't expect to make any money from it so spending the cost of Vegas or Premier doesn't make any sense. Initially, I searched for open source alternatives and I wasn't able to find direct substitutes, but I did find AviSynth.
For the past four days, I've been playing around with this new software. It's about as different as Vegas or Premier can be, but it appears to fit the bill so far. Still, the learning curve is steep and I've ran into issues in getting it to work. Not only do I have to learn the syntax of the scripts and the nuances of the software itself, I also have to learn about video and audio codecs which I know nothing of.
Even with the frustrations, I've enjoyed tinkering around with this project. I have some ideas on how I can apply the software, but realizing them is another matter. Regardless, I think I can push past these growing pains and eventually produce something technically cool containing unremarkable gameplay.
Once I've got all the bugs worked out, I'll post my setup so others will have an easier time than I did.
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