ROQ
How to Make a ROQ Video in 8 Easy Steps
This tutorial will explain in several steps the process in making a ROQ file from an AVI video. You can use single frames as well, if you choose, but this tutorial won't cover that.
Step 1
Download Quake Video Maker (http://www.swift-tools.net/Quake/QVM/) and forget about any other ROQ creation method you've heard about.
Step 2
Get your AVI file (if your file isn't in AVI format, google up an AVI converter and convert it to AVI).
Step 3
Open up Quake Video Maker - from now on referred to as "QVM" - and and go to File > New.
Step 4
You will see a portion to the left that should say "Scene 1", and a portion to the right with a bunch of fields. We'll want to work with the right side right now. Ignore "Sequence Folder" for right now and go down to "Sequence Format" and hit the "..." button. Find your AVI and select it.
Step 5
Hit "Scan Frames".
Step 6
You can preview your video now by hitting the play button if you like, to make sure it turned out okay. When you're done, go to your first frame and click "Mark Start", then go to your last frame and click "Mark End", then click "Apply". If you don't do this you'll end up recording only one frame when you go to generate your RoQ.
Step 7
The next thing we really need to do though is go to Movie > Settings and change our size to 512 by 384. Why? Because that's the dimensions that RoQs must be. If you don't change it, it'll give you an error. Click "ok" once you've changed them.
Step 8
Now you're ready to compile your RoQ. Go to Movie > Generate. What quality you choose is up to you, but as you might have guessed the higher the compression rate the longer the compile will take. However if you're patient, and you want your RoQ to be of decent quality, you should put the quality toward the higher end. Once it's done generating, congratulations, you have your RoQ file! What you do with it is up to you!
Now if, up to this point, you're still confused... then read it again, more carefully this time. If you're still confused, feel free to ask about any step. If you really really needed this tutorial, but you already have QVM, then read the help files next time! "Getting started" is always a good place to start!
Tutorial taken from: [1]
