Counter-Strike 1.6 Movie Tutorial

This tutorial is about making your own Counter-Strike 1.6 movie. Following the steps below should get you a playable .avi video file that you can import in your video editing software of your choice from which point you can proceed with making an actual compilation of your Counter-Strike demo files. The process may or may not be workable with Counter-Strike: Source. So, lets begin:

1. Software required

Sony Vegas: Download
Virtual Dub (preferably one of the newer versions): Download
Huffyuv codec: Download

2. Installing Huffyuv v2.1.1

Open the .rar file you downloaded
Click on the Wizard icon and it'll extract all the files to a specific folder on your Desktop
Open that folder (it'll probably be named "huffyuv-2.1.1")
Right click on Huffyuv.inf and click on "Install"

3. Recording the frag

Open Counter-Strike 1.6
Open the console and write "viewdemo demoname" (without quotes) and press Enter.

NOTE: Avoid using "playdemo" because that will prevent you from rewinding the demo scenes.

Now write bind F1 "startmovie FILM 90" and bind F2 "endmovie"
Find the demo scene you want
Press F1 to start start recording the scene
Once you're done with recording the scene, press F2
You can close your game now

4. Connecting pictures
As a result from the previous step, the cstrike folder in your installation directory should be filled with a huge number of picture files (aka frames) of the recorded scene. Let's merge everything into a playable video file:

Open VirtualDub
Click on "Open" and find the "cstrike" folder in your Counter-Strike 1.6 directory.
Select the first picture from previous process (its name will probably be something like "mapname0001.bmp" - e.g de_dust0001.bmp) and open it.
Go to Video --> Frame Rate and select "Change Frame Rate to FPS"
Write 90 in the "FPS box" (if your Counter-Strike is running at a different framerate, you might want to adjust the value here, but I do believe the default is 90)
Go to Video --> Compression --> and select "Huffyuv" and click on OK
Now save the project as a .avi file by going to File --> Save as AVI.

With that done, we've got an .avi file which we can watch and / or import into Sony Vegas or any other video editing software of your choice. Thank you for reading this and good luck with your recordings!