Regardless of the aiming method, whether it's radar assisted (director reticle) or the funnel, it helps a lot to be in the same plane of motion as the target or close to it. When you drive your reticle or funnel cross onto the target, drive it up slightly ahead of the target as you start shooting (short bursts). Correct up or down a little. You'll get the feel. Out of plane snapshots are a bit more tricky and take some more practice.
Now, as far as recording vids... I don't get too fancy with editing or quality of recording so, I simply use the capture feature of windows gaming. Looks like crap when recorded in real time in VR (G2) but it's good enough for debriefs. I didn't notice any drop in performance when recording directly from VR. I would prefer recording vids from mission tracks... if they were reliable but they are not. Especially A/A missions with lots of turning involved. Things will get out of whack in no time. Tracks are not too bad for A/G replays.
After I get the raw in-game recording, I cut out the short clips of the footage I need. So.. as you can see I'm not an expert on video making. There are bunch of folks here that specialize in creating quality vids, using all kinds of fancy software. I'm sure you can find some good info on these boards.
Make sure your on the correct freq. (by default 127.5) then from the the pulldown menu select ATC/carrier's name/Inbound and listen for 'BRC' number in the clearance.
