How to Make a ROQ Video

[Inyri Forge]

How to Make a ROQ Video in 8 Easy Steps

This tutorial will explain in several steps the process in making a ROQ file from an AVI video. You can use single frames as well, if you choose, but this tutorial won't cover that.

Step 1. Download Quake Video Maker (http://www.swift-tools.net/Quake/QVM/) and forget about any other ROQ creation method you've heard about.

Step 2. Get your AVI file (if your file isn't in AVI format, google up an AVI converter and convert it to AVI).

Step 3. Open up Quake Video Maker - from now on referred to as "QVM" - and and go to File > New.

Step 4. You will see a portion to the left that should say "Scene 1", and a portion to the right with a bunch of fields. We'll want to work with the right side right now. Ignore "Sequence Folder" for right now and go down to "Sequence Format" and hit the "..." button. Find your AVI and select it.

Step 5. Hit "Scan Frames".

Step 6. You can preview your video now by hitting the play button if you like, to make sure it turned out okay. When you're done, go to your first frame and click "Mark Start", then go to your last frame and click "Mark End", then click "Apply". If you don't do this you'll end up recording only one frame when you go to generate your RoQ.

Step 7.The next thing we really need to do though is go to Movie > Settings and change our size to 512 by 384. Why? Because that's the dimensions that RoQs must be. If you don't change it, it'll give you an error. Click "ok" once you've changed them.

Step 8. Now you're ready to compile your RoQ. Go to Movie > Generate. What quality you choose is up to you, but as you might have guessed the higher the compression rate the longer the compile will take. However if you're patient, and you want your RoQ to be of decent quality, you should put the quality toward the higher end. Once it's done generating, congratulations, you have your RoQ file! What you do with it is up to you!

Now if, up to this point, you're still confused... then read it again, more carefully this time. If you're still confused, feel free to ask about any step. If you really really needed this tutorial, but you already have QVM, then read the help files next time! "Getting started" is always a good place to start!

[Old Gonorrea]

Are you guys really jedis or something since I was just looking for a ROQ tutorial and this suddenly pops up after couple of minutes of search :lol:

[Siths-=-Blu/3oy]

wow thx for the tut! Imagine watching EP3 movie in-game

[Kenoiyan]

Originally Posted by Siths-=-Blu/3oy

wow thx for the tut! Imagine watching EP3 movie in-game

Uh... I see a couple of problems with that , but nevermind...

[TubbyTim]

YES! finally lol o and im not lazy it was just confusing (ive always had prob. with following directions...) Possibly jedi....but alot of ppl (including myself) were asking bout this lately....yeah....o by the way great tut Inyri i actually understand it lol

[TubbyTim]

umm....I DID READ!!! lol but how come when I hit preview the screen just sits there and its black??? I have my News.avi (for my map...) selected and the frames r scanned....(there about 5000 of them lol) but the screen is still blank!?!?! Did I miss read something???

[Kenoiyan]

How much RAM does your computer have and what resolution are you previewing the video on? You might have forgotten to adjust to a smaller resolution, or the one you've chosen is just too big to render.

(And I'm glad to hear you're not lazy. ^_^)

[TubbyTim]

only 512 mb lol yeah i know i g2 get it upgraded lol but im still paying of my AMAZING! new comp. lol ANYWAYS my monitor is still normal so res is set at 800 x 600 (i dont have a new one yet...yeah) alright ill look into that....heres the res of the avi file.... width: 320, height: 240, 30 fps, data rate: 62 kbps This SHOULD be ok right??