Capture game play on the PC and make it available on the web

[gamerscircle]

Hey all -

This site has great information, but I thought I would hop in here and ask where to start for some basics.

I have taken on a small project -

Capture game play on the PC and make it available on the web.

My current process has been to use FRAPS and then upload to YouTube. I am running into a quality issues and this is where I am stuck.

The Captures are awesome and large files, but it seems after I either convert them to Divx of Xvid and upload them, youtube does something?

Any advice of suggestions?

Thanks,
Andy

[gamerscircle]

Ahh... come on someone.. throw me a bone here...

[redwudz]

YouTube will always convert everything to their formats. Check some of the YouTube threads here for ways to optimize the files.

And gamerscircle, in the future please use a more descriptive subject title in your posts to allow others to search for similar topics. I will change yours this time. From our rules:

Try to choose a subject that describes your topic.
Please do not use topic subjects like Help me!!! or Problems.

Thanks,
Moderator redwudz

[edDV]

Post a sample. You would expect quality to drop substantially when reduced to YouTube spec.

You can attach a small file below.

[gamerscircle]

red - will do, sorry about that... each time I got the subject line started, it got to wordy. <grin>

Then I assume that there is already a guide for Youtube posting? Can someone point me the way?

thanks,
Andy