[How-to] Use Extended Video Export Revived (EVER) | FiveM

Extended Video Export Revived.

Hello, me and another developer (Raven) as well as the original developer of the EVE mod has come together to bring EVE back to life through a fork of the original mod called EVER (Extended Video Export Revived). We have come quite far in making the mod more stable and also introducing some new features of which you can read about below.

If you require assistance please join our discord and create a post int he need-help section
Discord Invite: EVER

Downloads

Downloading the latest version of EVER can be found at the following sites: Github : GitHub - MiffedLyric559/EVER: 🎬 Community-maintained continuation of the Extended Video Export (EVE) mod for GTA V — powerful cinematic video exporting tools for Rockstar Editor. · GitHub (Here are the latest builds released first) GTA5Mods : EVER - (Extended Video Export Revived) - GTA5-Mods.com Docs : Overview (This section might be moved in a near future)

Project goals

The project focuses on the following core objectives:

  • Compatibility : Maintain full compatibility with the latest GTA V and FiveM builds
  • Stability : Refactor and optimize the codebase for improved reliability and performance
  • Extensibility : Expand customization options for video export and rendering pipelines
  • Accessibility : Simplify installation, configuration, and usage for all skill levels
  • Collaboration : Foster an open development environment welcoming contributions from the community

Features

  • High-quality video export from Rockstar Editor clips
  • Customizable encoding parameters and output formats
  • Support for high frame rates and resolution exports
  • Motion blur and visual enhancement options
  • Reshade integration for advanced post-processing effects
  • Watermark removal for cleaner exports
  • Audio and video synchronization improvements
  • Optimized for both GTA V and FiveM

Installation

Installing EVER is just as easy as before: For GTA V :

  • Download the latest release from the releases page
  • Install ScriptHookV
  • Install Reshade
  • Unzip the latest release and place the contents in your GTA V installation folder
  • Start GTA V and either edit the EVER.ini file located in the EVER folder in GTA V or press the Home button and navigate to the addons tab to adjust settings. For FiveM:
  • Download the latest release from the releases page
  • Install Reshade
  • Press: Windows + R and type: %localappdata%\FiveM and press Enter .
  • Navigate into the FiveM Application folder and go to the plugins folder.
  • Unzip the latest release and place the contents into the plugins folder.
  • Start FiveM and either edit the EVER.ini file located in the EVER folder in FiveM or press the Home button and navigate to the addons tab to adjust settings.

Usage

Using EVER is very simple and similar to the original EVE mod. Inside the .ini file or in the Home menu of Reshade you can adjust various settings related to EVER.

  • enable_mod : Enable or disable EVER.
  • auto_reload_config : Automatically reloads the EVER.ini whenever a new export is started.
  • output_folder : The folder where the exported videos will be saved (default location is in the Videos folder).
  • log_level : The level of logging that should be displayed in the console. (When sending log files, please set this level to debug )
  • fps : The frame rate of the exported video.
  • motion_blur_samples : How many samples the plugin should take to apply the motion blur effect.
  • motion_blur_strength : The strength of the motion blur effect.
  • export_openexr : Enable or disable the export of the video in the OpenEXR format.
  • disable_watermark : Enable or disable the Rockstar watermark.

Note: If you have the FPS & motion blur sampling set to values that exceeds 60, the EVER plugin will perform 2 render passes in order to save the audio to the video file. During the first pass, only the audio will be captured and will be stored in memory. Once the first render pass is complete you will see a preparing clip loading screen again, do not touch anything and instead just wait while the Rockstar Editor does some cleanup in the background. Once the Rockstar Editor is done, the second pass will automatically start and you will then notice that the rendering will take much longer time and the game will run in “slow motion”, in this pass only the video will be captured with your settings and once the second pass is complete the final video will be saved in the output folder with audio.

I recently installed fivem again and was hoping to start making videos the same way i always have. Well when i realized its now a whole new process i did my research n found ever but now that i have everything installed when i go to export my videos in rockstar editor it seems to keep crashing at the end. Any help with this issue would be great please and thank you.

Please join the EVER discord and we will assist you the best we can :slight_smile:

EVER is a work in progress but it is working so there is usually some small issue that causes crashes.

Join the discord and we will check it out for you and see if we can get you back up and running making videos ^^