Tf2 How to Upload Demos to Youtube

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There was you, very full of yourself. Then, very briefly surprised. Then, expressionless. — The Sniper showing a Replay to his latest victim

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The Replays section of the menu.

The Replay tool is a feature introduced in the Replay Update. The Replay tool enables players to record video footage of gameplay in Squad Fortress ii and edit it direct from the game client. The feature was initially added to Squad Fortress 2 Beta on March 9, 2011, but was added to the total game on May five every bit the main focus of the Replay Update.

On servers that enable the feature, video replays of a thespian'southward life are recorded and saved directly onto the server. After a player dies, they can choose to download these recordings for editing within the game. The editing features enable scenes to be cutting from different angles and include a variety of options including field of view and motion blur. After editing, the Replay tool allows for cut videos to be uploaded directly to YouTube.

With the introduction of the Replay tool and the Replay Update, the First Annual Saxxy Awards were announced every bit a contest to encourage players to create and upload videos recorded with the tool, every bit well as eight Replay achievements which accept been added to the game.

Contents

• i Recording
• ii Replay card
• 3 Editing
• 4 Saving
• 5 Uploading
• six Server command variables
• 7 Related achievements
  • 7.1 Replay achievements
• 8 Update history
• ix Bugs
• 10 See also
• 11 External links

Recording

HUD notification that appears upon replay download completion.

HUD notification that appears when recording is available.

To record replays, the actor must connect to a server that has enabled the feature. A server that supports video replays can exist identified by the filmstrip icon () side by side to the server'south name in the browser list. Note that replays cannot be recorded on listen servers, i.due east. local servers created through the 'Create Server' choice in the master menu.

After the player has died, the recording tin can exist downloaded by pressing F6 (default) or using the panel command save_replay. A dialog window will announced to confirm the name of the video (by default, information technology volition contain the map name, the appointment and fourth dimension of the recording) and once confirmed, the recording will begin to download straight from the server. After the download has completed,a notification will pop upward to inform the player and from there, the histrion can access the recording from the 'Replays' screen accessed from the main menu.

The Replay menu can be accessed from the push in the main menu. The screen shows all saved replays and movies. Each replay is accompanied by statistics related to that item life, such as the class played, the player's score and kill count, and the map featured in the video. Replays tin can also be filtered via the search office in the carte du jour.

Individual replays tin can be viewed and edited by clicking on the 'Watch / Edit' button. This loads the replay file and enables the Replay tool'due south editing functions for use. From the menu, the player tin also save a selected replay to a flick file (for encoding options in greater detail, see Help:Replay Editor).

Replays can be deleted at whatever time by the player. Replays, earlier being encoded into picture files, be in the Source Engine demo format (with the file extension .dem) under the directory /Steam/steamapps/common/Squad Fortress two/tf/replay/client/replays. The master limitation of replays in this format is that they are probable to become unreadable in the upshot of a game update. As such, earlier exiting the game the player is warned by a dialog message to save existing replays equally movie files instead. All the same, once saved as a movie file, the clip cannot be edited unless using external software.

Editing

The Replay tool'south editing functions can exist accessed past opening the replay and pressing Space (default). The editing HUD contains play, interruption, rewind, and fast-forrad functions and the start-person, third-person, and complimentary camera viewing angle options. Class icons in the bottom-left corner as well allow for quick identification of the whereabouts of particular players at the selected time in the video.

Editing with the Replay tool is done in takes. Each 'have' is a option of video divers past in and out points. The player can fix the in and out points (or 'start' and 'stop' points) with the buttons on either side of the Play button. The 3 viewing angle options (first-person, third-person and free camera) can be manipulated at any time to alter the position of the camera past selecting their respective icons in lesser-right corner.

The sequence of the video between the two points including the angles can be saved as a have past clicking the icon in the meridian-left corner and selecting 'Save'.

Saving

Whole replays or previously-edited takes can exist rendered from replay files (.dem) into moving-picture show files. In the Replay menu, the thespian can select the 'Save to Movie' button to bring up the Salvage options dialog. The filename, resolution and video quality settings can be selected in the dialog, and filesize and time to render estimates are also provided based on the electric current settings. Checking the 'Testify Avant-garde Options' box displays further options including video codec, return quality, motility blur quality, and an 'Enable Glow Effect' checkbox.

The salve characteristic supports rendering of replay files with two codecs (H.264 and MJPEG-A) with 5 preset resolutions (480p, 720p, 1080p, Spider web, and iPhone). Alternatively, the replay file can also be saved to raw files in the form of a .tga sequence and an accompanying .wav file. This method renders each frame in the video to an individual .tga file at maximum quality and renders the audio for the scene to a .wav file. The sequence and the audio file can and then be encoded together using a video processing program such equally VirtualDub (see Assist:Replay Editor for further detail).

Rendered picture show files are saved to the /Steam/steamapps/mutual/Team Fortress 2/tf/replay/client/rendered directory. After rendering, the video tin too be uploaded straight from within the game.

Uploading

The login prompt for YouTube.

Replay flick files can exist uploaded direct to YouTube from inside the game. Inside the Replay menu, selecting a rendered picture files appearing in the 'Saved Movies' listing and pressing the 'YouTube It' push button will open a YouTube login window and prompt the player to login. The player can then edit the video's championship and description while it uploads.

Upon a player reaching 1,000 YouTube views, they volition be awarded the Frontline Field Recorder chapeau.

Currently the code for getting the Frontline field recorder is out-dated, restricting getting said chapeau without cheating.

Server control variables

replay_add_fake_replays Adds a fix of imitation replays. replay_block_dump_interval default: 10 The server will write partial replay files at this interval when recording. replay_buffersize default: 32 Maximum size for the replay retentiveness buffer. replay_cache_client_ragdolls default: 0 Record ragdolls on the customer during. replay_clearqueuedtakes Clears takes in the current queue. replay_data_lifespan default: one The number of days before cleaning up replay demos. Modifying this number will non impact the lifespan of existing replays. replay_deathcammaxverticaloffset default: 150 Vertical outset for player Deathcam. replay_debug default: 0 Show replay debug info. replay_deleteclientreplays Deletes all replays from client replay history, equally well as all files associated with each replay. replay_docleanup Deletes stale session data from the fileserver. "replay_docleanup force" will remove all replay session information. replay_dofileserver_cleanup_on_start default: i Cleanup any stale replay data (both locally and on fileserver) at startup. replay_dopublishtest Do a replay publish test using the current setup. replay_editor_camera_length default: 15 Sets the length of the photographic camera, which affects the editor'due south camera milk shake. Larger numbers result in greater camera milk shake. replay_editor_fov_mousewheel_invert default: 0 Invert FOV zoom/unzoom on mousewheel in the Replay Editor. replay_editor_fov_mousewheel_multiplier default: 5 The multiplier on mousewheel input for adjusting camera "FOV" in the Replay Editor. replay_enable default: 0 Enable Replay recording on server. replay_enableeventbasedscreenshots default: 0 If disabled, simply accept a screenshot when a replay is saved. If enabled, take upwardly to replay_maxscreenshotsperreplay screenshots. replay_enablerenderpreview default: 1 Enable preview during Replay render. replay_fileserver_autocleanup default: 0 If enabled, replay_fileserver_docleanup volition run automatically between rounds. replay_fileserver_host default: 0 The hostname of the Web server hosting replays. This tin exist an IP or a hostname, due east.yard. "1.2.three.iv" or "www.myserver.com". replay_fileserver_offload_aborttime default: threescore In minutes, the number determines the time after which publishing will be aborted for a session block or session info file. replay_fileserver_path default: 0 If your Replays are stored at "http://123.123.123.123:4567/tf/replays", replay_fileserver_path should be set to "/tf/replays". replay_fileserver_port default: 80 The port for the Web server hosting replays. replay_fileserver_protocol default: 0 Tin can be "http" or "https". replay_flushinterval default: 15 Replay organization will flush to disk a maximum of every replay_flushinterval seconds. replay_forcereconstruct default: 0 Strength the reconstruction of Replays each time. replay_hidebrowser Hides Replay browser. replay_ignorereplayticks default: 0 Ignores ticks in Replays. replay_local_fileserver_path default: 0 The file server local path. For example, "c:\MyWebServer\htdocs\replays" or "/MyWebServer/htdocs/replays". replay_max_publish_threads default: four The max number of threads allowed for publishing replay data, such as FTP threads.. replay_maxconcurrentdownloads default: 3 The maximum number of concurrent downloads allowed. replay_maxscreenshotsperreplay default: 8 The maximum number of screenshots that can be taken for any given replay.

replay_mintimebetweenscreenshots default: 5 The minimum time (in seconds) that must laissez passer betwixt screenshots existence taken. replay_msgduration_connectrecording default: eight Duration for the message that pops upward when yous connect to a server already recording replays. replay_msgduration_error default: 6 Duration of error message in Replay server. replay_msgduration_misc default: five Elapsing for miscellaneous replays messages (server errors and such). replay_msgduration_replaysavailable default: 6 Elapsing for replays available bulletin. replay_msgduration_startrecord default: six Duration for outset record message. replay_msgduration_stoprecord default: vi Duration for cease record bulletin. replay_name default: 0 Replay bot name. replay_playerdeathscreenshotdelay default: 2 Amount of fourth dimension to wait after player is killed before taking a screenshot. replay_postdeathrecordtime default: five The corporeality of time (seconds) to be recorded afterward you lot die for a given replay. replay_postwinreminderduration default: five The number of seconds to show a replay reminder, postal service-win/lose. replay_printclientreplays Prints out all customer replay info. replay_printqueuedtakes Prints info for takes currently in the queue. replay_printsessioninfo Impress session info. replay_publish_simulate_delay_local_http default: 0 Simulates a filibuster (in seconds) when publishing replay data via local HTTP. replay_publish_simulate_rename_fail default: 0 If enabled, simulates a rename failure during local HTTP publishing, which will strength a transmission re-create & delete. replay_quitmsg_dontaskagain default: 0 The replay system will ask yous to render your replays on quit, unless this cvar is 1. replay_ragdoll_dbg default: 0 Display replay ragdoll debugging information. replay_record Starts Replay demo recording. replay_record_voice default: 1 If enabled, phonation data is recorded into the replay files. replay_reloadbrowser Reloads Replay data and displays Replay browser. replay_removeclientreplay Remove the Replay at the given index. replay_renderpause Break Replay rendering. replay_rendersetting_encodingquality default: 100 Render quality: the higher the quality, the larger the resulting film file size. replay_rendersetting_exportraw default: 0 Export raw TGA frames every bit a .wav file instead of encoding it as a .mov file. replay_rendersetting_motionblur_can_toggle default: 0 Allows motion blur to be toggled on or off in the Replay Editor. replay_rendersetting_motionblurenabled default: 1 Motility blur enabled/disabled. replay_rendersetting_motionblurquality default: 0 Movement blur quality. replay_rendersetting_quitwhendone default: 0 Quit after rendering is completed. replay_rendersetting_renderglow default: 0 Glow effect enabled/disabled. replay_renderunpause Unpause Replay rendering. replay_screenshotkilldelay default: 0 Delay before taking a screenshot when you impale someone, in seconds. replay_screenshotresolution default: 0 0 for low-res screenshots (width=512), ane for how-do-you-do-res (width=1024). replay_screenshotsentrykilldelay default: 0 Delay before taking a screenshot when you kill someone, in seconds. replay_sentrycammaxverticaloffset default: 10 Vertical offset from a Sentry on Lookout man kill. replay_sentrycamoffset_frontback default: -50 Front/back offset for sentry POV screenshot. replay_sentrycamoffset_leftright default: -25 Left/right kickoff for sentry POV screenshot. replay_sentrycamoffset_updown default: 22 Upwardly/down offset for sentry POV screenshot. replay_sessioninfo_updatefrequency default: 5 If a replay has not been downloaded, the Replay browser will update the status of a given replay on the server based on this "cv". replay_stoprecord Stop Replay demo recording. replay_test_take_save_dlg Open Replay salvage have dlg. replay_voice_during_playback default: 0 Play player vocalization conversation during replay playback.

Replay achievements

That's a Wrap Salve your very beginning replay. We Tin Fix Information technology In Post While watching a replay, press space bar to enter the editor. Time For Your Close-Up, Mr. Hale Return a replay into a movie.

Domicile Pic Achieve 100 YouTube™ views for your movie. Indie Motion picture Awareness Achieve ten,000 YouTube™ views for your movie. Blockbuster Accomplish 100,000 YouTube™ views for your moving picture.

Update history

March 9, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Added Replay organization that allows you to edit and publish movies of your play experiences (full Mac support in the side by side few days)

March 10, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Testify all resolutions available when setting up a replay to render
• Added the ability to specify an output directory from the command line. Running a server with the optional parameter '–replayserverdir <dir proper name>' volition output all replay data to 'tf/replay/<dir name>'. For anyone running multiple servers out of the same directory, you'll desire to specify a unlike output directory for each server. This will avoid collisions and potential bug running replay. Look for confirmation on startup – you should see something similar this:
  • Using custom replay dir name: "replay/<dir name>"
• For admins who have their server(s) configured to server replay data out of a local Web server: the 'replay_local_fileserver_path' bug is now fixed. Even if replay_local_fileserver_path pointed to a valid directory, the server would lie and say the directory was invalid.

March eleven, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Fixed 'salvage all' crash in replay browser
• Stock-still 'salvage movies at present, and so quit' crash

March xviii, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Movies upload to YouTube now contain a 'lucifer' tag, which includes a unique ID for the circular during which the replay was saved
• Added check-box on the advanced settings dialog to enable/disable the glow effect while rendering replays (default is disabled)
• Bug and crash fixes

March 21, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Added "replay_printsessioninfo <full path>" command for server admins to monitor session files, assist in debugging issues

March 23, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• UI now saves the "last directory" used for exporting a movie
• Added a specific error message when trying to upload a flick to YouTube that cannot be institute
• Fixed a bug where replay recording would end afterwards feigning death

March 24, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Fixed audio and video sync issues
• Fixed a crash when replay filenames exceeded a sure length
• Fixed kickoff-upwards bug related to library files

April 26, 2011 Patch (Beta)

• Fixed audio sync issues on the Mac

May 5, 2011 Patch (Replay Update)

• Added the Replay feature: http://www.teamfortress.com/replayupdate
  • Known upshot with Mac replay rendering existence blurry will be fixed in the next update
• Added eight new Replay achievements and ii achievement items

May 6, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a problems that caused Mac replay renders to exist blurry

May ix, 2011 Patch

• Replay publishing arrangement will try to do a rename for local HTTP fashion merely volition manually re-create and delete the file if the rename fails, which can happen if the source and destination are on unlike volumes.
• Stock-still replay data cleanup system, which cleans up stale data at the end of each round. This asynchronous operation can be explicitly invoked by executing a replay_docleanup command on the server.
• Removed unused convar, replay_cleanup_time.

May x, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a server lockup during information cleanup
• Fixed a viewmodel fov problems during rendering
• Renamed the ConVar replay_demolifespan to replay_data_lifespan

May 12, 2011 Patch

• Added a new control line parameter -replay that will increase maxplayers past one at startup and automatically execute replay.cfg for the server
• Fixed another bug that caused Mac replay renders to be blurry
• Fixed a bug where Replay FTP offloading was not using replay_fileserver_offload_port
• Improved detection of Replay server config problems
• Replay is automatically disabled on servers if the Replay publish examination fails
• Saved Replay movies that were exported equally TGA'due south/WAV will report more descriptive errors if YouTube(TM) upload or "Export" is attempted

May 18, 2011 Patch

• Fixed server crashes related to replays and new items

May nineteen, 2011 Patch

• Fixed the 3rd-person camera options dialog non displaying correctly in the Replay performance editor.

May 25, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a few server crashes caused by the replay system.

June 15, 2011 Patch

• Fixed some server replay publishing bugs
• Added a new ConVar replay_fileserver_offload_aborttime

June 17, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a servercrash caused by the replay organisation.

July 22, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a Linux defended server crash caused by the Replay director
  • Crash would happen whether the server was capturing Replays or not

July 26, 2011 Patch

• Client
  • Added basic/crude render queue for internal use to increase replay output for relaunch trailer
  • Block files are now deleted on replay reconstruction (i.eastward. viewing), to conserve disk space
  • Unneeded block files are now cleaned up automatically on startup
• Server
  • Stock-still fileserver cleanup
  • Any time replay_fileserver_offload_hostname is modified, the corresponding IP is resolved and cached, if possible. This fixes a crash, too as failed publishing due to "unresolved hostname" errors.
  • Added a fileserver IP lookup test to replay publish examination
  • Setting replay_enable to 0 now halts recording and does cleanup automatically, the style replay_stoprecord does. This fixes a crash that would occur when replay_enable was fix to 0 and a changelevel was executed.
• Replay temp directories automatically cleared on startup on both customer and server
• Retentivity management improvements

July 27, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a couple of replay bug

July 29, 2011 Patch

• Fixed Mac-only replay editor crash.

August 2, 2011 Patch

• Fix a bug where the increased_maxplayers server tag was being set when the 25th internal player slot was added for replay.

August eighteen, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a replay render bug where .wav files did not become written for raw TGA/WAV consign

October xiii, 2011 Patch (Manniversary Update & Sale)

• New dramatic editing tools were added to help players brand replays more than dramatic.

Oct 17, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a server crash that occurred when running both SourceTV and Replay.

Nov 7, 2011 Patch

• Fixed a client crash in the replay editor

January 26, 2012 Patch

• Fixed a demo/replay playback crash

January 27, 2012 Patch

• Fixed a bug with the Replay icon in the server browser

February 23, 2012 Patch

• Fixed defended server console spew related to the Replay client and viewangles
• Fixed some instances of corrupted text when the save_replay key isn't leap

March 28, 2012 Patch

• Updated YouTube replay publishing functionality to automatically include a link to the uploader's Steam Community profile

July 23, 2012 Patch

• Stock-still Replay/SourceTV clients getting kicked when quickplay servers hibernate

September iv, 2012 Patch

• Added replay_name ConVar to set the name of the replay bot

October 17, 2012 Patch

• Fixed a mutual "FindModel" crash for replays

November 29, 2012 Patch

• Stock-still seeing an error model when watching replays with missing models

February 1, 2013 Patch

• Fixed uploading replays to YouTube™ on Linux

May 20, 2013 Patch

• Removed replay.cfg from depot and added replay_example.cfg to avoid clobbering user's replay.cfg

Oct 29, 2013 Patch

• Fixed the camera target not always being visible when using the replay editor

October 15, 2015 Patch

• Fixed a security outcome related to the replay system (thank you to Nathaniel Theis and Zemnmez for this report)

Bugs

• Saving a replay movie with the TGA/WAV option only saves the .tga image sequence. The audio stream does not salvage as the game appears to have problems creating the .wav file:

WaveFixupTmpFile( '.mytempwave.WAV' ) failed to open file for editing Unable to rename d:\games\Steam\steamapps\mutual\Team Fortress 2\tf\.mytempwave.wav to d:\games\Steam\steamapps\common\Team Fortress 2\tf\replay\customer\rendered\movie_path\audio.wav!        

• • Information technology is possible to work around this bug by manually saving an empty .wav file (signed sixteen bit, stereo, 44100kHz) named ".mytempwave.wav"to the user /Steam/steamapps/mutual/Team Fortress 2/tf location with a WAV file editor. The workaround will need to be performed each fourth dimension a picture needs to be saved.
• Some viewmodels may announced incorrect or not announced at all in beginning-person mode. Some particle furnishings may likewise not be rendered.
• Replays which take place in maps with more than than ane lite source may appear overlit if the last map played has uniform lighting.
• Upon creating, editing, and watching a Replay and then joining a lucifer, no in-game text chat or voice commands will be displayed until the player opens the text chat box.
• The Administrator'southward responses in a Replay care for Reddish equally the marry and BLU equally the enemy, regardless of the Replay owner'southward team.
• Ragdolls in a Replay may fall or move differently each time the Replay is viewed and/or edited.
• The replay can be uploaded to a YouTube account before the business relationship has an upload channel configured. After the upload finishes, a message indicating a connection problem is displayed.
• Kills made past Scout Guns belonging to the Replay's owner are not counted on its statistics.
• Occasionally, if the owner of the Replay uses a Dead Ringer during its length, the Replay will end when their feign decease activates.
• Sometimes, if you slow down or speed upward fourth dimension and change the view to kickoff person, then alter the time again, the speed will stay the same as if the time wasn't changed. Changing the view to tertiary person or freecam usually fixes the problem.
• Servers running on Halloween issue maps with Replay enabled won't show the Haunted Halloween Souvenir model or particles when it's received past a thespian.
• Critical striking sound cues aren't played in Replays.
• When starting a replay with Boston Smash-Bringer, all of the boombox sounds will play at in one case.
• If a replay starts while a Heavy has his Minigun spun upwards, he will appear to not take it spun upwardly fifty-fifty though it will still burn down albeit with a glitchy sound.
• When using tedious motion, the backstabbing action is out of time and the victim dies and with a delay the pocketknife action is played.
• Recording in Pyrovision, and so watching a replay in Pyrovision can reverse bodies and point them in the opposite direction, with their weapon firing the way information technology did on recording.
• Switching from third person view to first in the Replay edit tool tin brand the agile weapon disappear for a 2d and and so appear.
• Occasionally, decals (Careful Objector, Photo Badge, Sprays, etc.) and paints will not announced in replays.
• Since YouTube's API is no longer updated in Team Fortress 2, you can no longer log in to upload a replay to YouTube.
• The replay system does non work on workshop maps due to how workshop maps are named.

See also

• Replay Editor

External links

• How practice I create a Team Fortress 2 replay? – Steam Back up

v•d•eastward Replay Update
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Cosmetics	Furious Fukaamigasa· Hottie's Hoodie· Connoisseur'south Cap· Large Luchadore· Western Wear· Ol' Geezer· Md'due south Sack· Crocleather Slouch· Villain'southward Veil· Squad Captain· Frontline Field Recorder
Taunts	Director's Vision
Achievements	Replay achievements (How to)
Other	Replay· First Almanac Saxxy Awards
Comics	Come across the Director
Soundtrack	TF2 Saxxy 2011 Theme

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Source: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Replay

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