Why is my quality so bad?

[kool123]

I use this tutorial:
http://www.bubblevision.com/underwater-video/Vegas-YouTube-Vimeo.htm

Its extremely good and professional. I suggest you have a look.
(NOTE: I remove the Lanczos thing due to my video being the correct size anyway).

Anyways, I record cod clips, but my output is terrible.
Here are my in game settings
1024x768 (:<) (NOTE: I can "downsample" to 16:9 1920x1080, looks better, but no point as my quality is terrible. However, the vid at the end is recorded @ 1920x1080)
4:3 Ratio
4xAA
Max settings in terms of textures etc.

My nvida control panel.
http://gyazo.com/813d3e9d3a6848a2428eaf2c8af6be25.png
http://gyazo.com/41dd2fdcb25398779e268bfbc77a7ddb.png

In game, I put the timescale to 0.1 and record @ 60 fps.
Speed it up in vdub = 600 fps. No compression (uncompressed), no audio.

Vegas render settings.
http://gyazo.com/217bf37d72f168edd629844a4c977c6c.png

Blend fields as in the bubble vision guide. 60 fps due to 600/10= 60.

Render with Frameserverdebug so no need to render out and therefore keeping quality.

Megui settings:
http://gyazo.com/07f6c3c7a3d8eff9f6afe8f1dafab8cf.png?1365173310

This is my result
http://youtu.be/i7GpC3KBWHY

Why is the quality so bad? Btw, no audio for it. Is it the megui settings? Did I do something stupid?

This person uses Xvid compression codec In sony Vegas, records @ 1920x1080 and renders into 1280x720.
Example of his quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beg46b5Ipxg Why is mine so bad, is it the compression, the codec?

Cheers

[poisondeathray]

Your black levels are crushed (notice there is no detail or separation in the shadows, everything is black) . It might be from a Vegas setting and configuration (e.g. studio vs computer RGB)

In megui, audio & video are done separately, have a look at some beginner user guides

What did you record ? FRAPS ?

Why does it say QTGMC ? Did you deinterlace ? You wouldn't deinterlace progressive footage



Other differences: the other video is letterboxed (fewer active pixels to encode, easier for compression) . It looks like he added some post production techniques like blurring and depth of field (I'm not sure , but I don't think that is part of the game, or it might be a game option, but your video didn't have it) . The blending you used doesn't look as good (it's a double image), his is smoother, no double image (or not as bad)

[kool123]

Your black levels are crushed (notice there is no detail or separation in the shadows, everything is black) . It might be from a Vegas setting and configuration (e.g. studio vs computer RGB)

In megui, audio & video are done separately, have a look at some beginner user guides

What did you record ? FRAPS ?

Why does it say QTGMC ? Did you deinterlace ? You wouldn't deinterlace progressive footage



Other differences: the other video is letterboxed (fewer active pixels to encode, easier for compression) . It looks like he added some post production techniques like blurring and depth of field (I'm not sure , but I don't think that is part of the game, or it might be a game option, but your video didn't have it) . The blending you used doesn't look as good (it's a double image), his is smoother, no double image (or not as bad)

In sony Vegas, all I did was magic bullet looks. However, I didn't change the sony levels or anything like that.
Oh damn! I completely forgot about that. Of course you wouldn't deinterlace progressive footage. I forgot to change that. :o
I used MSI Afterburner, recording at 60 fps, uncompressed etc.
Here are my settings:
http://gyazo.com/ec22586297d3e69d91d78228f239a0d5.png?1365189503
That blur is dop (Depth of Field) which is a ingame feature in Modern Warfare 3. The clip I provided was from MW2, which doesn't have it. Im such a twat, I should post from the same game if I have to compare.
Ill make a new video, MW3 with Dop with letter boxes. Also, I leave out the audio for these 'test' clips until the quality is perfect.
Also, what did you mean by double image?
Cheers for the help.