VirtualDub

VirtualDub is a basic video creator, available at http://www.virtualdub.org/ . It generates AVI files and is used to create H.264 versions of video to upload to the CoN YouTube channel. It also can work with AVISynth scripts to generate videos on the fly that can then be manipulated and saved out.

CoN's goal is to upload only videos that are of the natural resolution for the game being uploaded, or a factor of that resolution that keeps aspect ratio while keeping the video to a standard size (like 480p).

Video Filters Used

In producing CoN video, we try to be consistent and use the same filters for every video. Those filters are:

• Null Transform (to crop video as needed)
• Logo (to add a CoN logo to a corner of the video)
• Resize (to keep the aspect ratio of a fullscreen video but display it at a more natural resolution as needed)
• FadeFX (external plugin, from http://home.earthlink.net/~tacosalad/video/fadefx.htm - used to fade out the last 1.5 seconds of a video to black).

Other Software Used

• The H.264 codec should be installed so that files can be output using that codec to minimize the pain of loading to YouTube and converting.

How to Develop a Video for YouTube

Coming soon.