Source TV - n00b question

I know they can be run in conjunction with servers to provide for demos and what not. What I dont know is how they work exactly with the server. How do you install one on a game server, how do you get it to record and is the video fed to another server that you then download from to get the demo? I assume there is also additional cost involved?

Thanks!

It depends on your GSP. Ask whoever is hosting if it is within their terms to allow it. If it is, you simply add the variables you need to your server.cfg and you are good to go.

Then you just use rcon to record the demo:

rcon_password mypasswordhere
rcon tv_record mydemonamehere

The SRCTV demo will be stored on your game server, so just fire up FTP and grab it after you are done.

Now that is the simple explanation...a lot more can be done with it, like having a relay server, but I have yet to learn about that.

Here is what my private server was set to. We kept it locked with no slots and just used it to record srctv demos.

// SourceTV
tv_enable 1
tv_chatgroupsize 0
tv_chattimelimit 1
tv_delay 30
tv_dispatchmode 0
tv_delaymapchange 1
tv_maxclients 0
tv_maxrate 30000
tv_snapshotrate 60
tv_timeout 20
tv_transmitall 1
tv_password "srctvpasswordhere"

EDIT: PLEASE people, set tv_transmitall 1 so we can watch the whole match. tv_transmitall 0 is so frustrating. kthx.

Anyone got any experience with bad hit reg while recording a SourceTV demo via rcon (not in your client)?

Yea I got it to work on our CAL server. Thanks!

Cynips wrote:Anyone got any experience with bad hit reg while recording a SourceTV demo via rcon (not in your client)?

I've never noticed a difference, although I suppose it is putting additional load on the server. I expect the server would need to be rather overloaded to begin with for it to be of significance.

Well, this is on a rented, non-dedicated server so I guess that could be a possible explanation. I'm not sure hit reg actually took a hit (pun intended) but I've gotten complaints. If server overload is an issue it would explain why hit reg is bad at times but good at others.