# How to record? (Segments HL2)

**URL:** <https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/how-to-record-segments-hl2/3520>\
**Category:** Half-Life 2\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/how-to-record-segments-hl2/3520 "2019-12-26T15:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wanimus](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/wanimus/32/519_2.png) [@Wanimus](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Wanimus)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/how-to-record-segments-hl2/3520/1 "2019-12-26T15:52:29Z")

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Hey!,  
I wanted to know how to record segments and putting them together smoothly.  
Like in the “HL2 Done Quicker” run.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/how-to-record-segments-hl2/3520/2 "2019-12-28T05:45:37Z")

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There is two (or really, three) main parts to recording and rendering a run. First is the in-game segment recording which is done using the inbuilt demo recording on the Gold/Src engines. This page has a good overview of the process:  
[https://wiki.sourceruns.org/wiki/Demo\_Recording](https://wiki.sourceruns.org/wiki/Demo_Recording)

Then each segment needs to be rendered to a video file:  
[https://wiki.sourceruns.org/wiki/Source\_Video\_Creation](https://wiki.sourceruns.org/wiki/Source_Video_Creation)

Then each individual segment recording is joined together whichever video editing tool you like, and things like sounds and music are fixed up.