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8 years ago

How to save recorded sims 3 videos?

Went into my Sims 3 folder > Recorded Videos. I click on one of the videos, it doesn't play, it's all black and a pop up comes up saying "This video was encoded in a format that's not supported." Actually all the videos show up like this. When I click on open with (windows media player) the video does play however, but in no way can I save it. From the sims launcher itself I selected a video and clicked on "upload" but that didn't work - I realized too late it was not to save.

My goal really is to just save a video so I can put it in my email. I don't know why whatever its' encoded with has to make this process so difficult lol?

Thanks for the help, simmers. <3

4 Replies

  • Recorded videos in-game save in AVI format which as you know already, not all players will play. Unless I'm misunderstanding you, the video is already on your computer... You are free to cut or copy then paste somewhere else. You can also share via e-mail. Attach video file and the (saved) recorded video will be in The Sims 3 folder under Recorded Videos. Let the person you're sending it to know that they need to open it up with a player that reads AVI format. Windows Media Player should be able to and this you know already. If you want to convert it to another format, I don't have much experience with any tools to do this but someone here might know or you can Google it.

    Uploading it to the old Sims 3 website will host it to your studio through My Page on the old website. If it's not uploading there then you can try again later but honestly, it can be a bit finicky uploading things to the studio. Yes, @CravenLestat shares his videos a lot and may be able to give you good tips on where else to upload.
  • @SimplyJen Thanks for the help. I'm just going to go online and do a bit more googling to find a converter to change the format. I find it better if I could just send the video as is without the other person having to go through the trouble finding a player/app on their computer or phone to watch it. Once again thanks for the idea!
  • I'm not sure why I didn't mention it but you can upload it to YouTube. The site accepts AVI and you can make the video 'unlisted' meaning, it will only bw viewable to those you link it to. You could share it to your friends this way.

    I use Fraps for videos.. they save in AVI format too. I upload mine to YouTube if I want to share.

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