Create video from Timeline

diggerjohn · May 18, 2018, 12:29pm

I am new to Timeline but old to Unity by about 12 years.

I must be missing something. I have been looking at both Timeline and Cinemachine and I don’t see
a workflow to record or export to video. Specifically mp4.
I am sure it is done but I can’t seem to find it.

Can someone please point me to this kind of information??
Thanks!!

chafik_unity · May 18, 2018, 2:27pm

Yep! Unity provides a free Media Recorder that you can grab from the Asset Store
The recorder comes with a Recorder Track that can be used in Timeline to trigger a video recording.

If you have any question suggestion or request please use the recorder forum .

hope this helps!

diggerjohn · May 18, 2018, 2:30pm

Sweet!!
Thanks so much!

paulkre · July 4, 2019, 5:51pm

Any idea how you could do this in 2019?

mikew_unity · July 4, 2019, 6:38pm

Unity recorder is available via the Package Manager.

There is a Recorder track that you can add to Timeline - configure the clip settings to output either a movie or Image Sequence. I’d recommend using the Image Sequence for higher quality output, you can stitch the images together in any video editing software (Resolve etc) to create the final output video.

AAK_Lebanon · January 25, 2020, 10:58am

Why does it only support the editor? It will be nice if we can create our videos at runtime on our phones …

transparentz · February 21, 2020, 2:08am

Cannot find this asset in the current package manager (unity 2019.3.2) any idea where it is located now?

cha_boy_nate · April 12, 2020, 3:51pm

Make sure you’re looking for it in the packet manager and NOT the asset store! Might save ya a few minutes

mikew_unity · April 14, 2020, 3:06am

You may also need to check ‘show preview packages’ under the advanced dropdown in the package manager

Ishidres · May 23, 2020, 10:14pm

Thanks! Shows up when checking ‘show preview packages’.

Enigma229 · May 24, 2020, 12:28pm

If you plan to edit this in post (like After Effects or Premiere) make sure you render it out as a PNG image sequence. Otherwise if you do movie, you will get a highly compressed mp4 file.

cujino · December 10, 2020, 9:23pm

Is the Unity Recorder gone? I installed the package but can’t see the option on the Timeline. I used it a lot, so I hope anyone know where it is?

vladala · December 11, 2020, 1:51pm

Hey,
How are you installing the Recorder. Which recorder/unity version ?
Are you having any compile errors?
I just the latest tried 2.5.0 and it works just fine.

cujino · December 11, 2020, 1:55pm

I installed it from the Package manager (from my assets). I tried with different versions. The one I am running now is 2.2

cujino · December 11, 2020, 2:22pm

All good, enabled the preview packages and installed the newest preview version.