Software For Recording Games...

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BFG_9000

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Any recommended software that is good for recording games whilst playing... I have tried using Fraps but it uses loads of HDD space even for 20-30 second recording... Thanks for any help :)
 
XFire can do it.

Takes up a fair whack of space though, but if you set it to Half Size its not too shabby.

No lag either.

Thinking about it, 60-90 mins is about 6-9GB with the right settings.
 
Have you tried lowering the FPS on fraps? just reduce it enough to lower the filesize requirements, but enough so that it is still viewable. Once done, simply encode using something which provides decent compression.
 
Dist said:
Have you tried lowering the FPS on fraps? just reduce it enough to lower the filesize requirements, but enough so that it is still viewable. Once done, simply encode using something which provides decent compression.
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Lowering the FPS to under 60 creates stuttering... what compression software do you use & what format is the best.. Just wondering what people use in youtube.
 
Dist said:
Have you tried lowering the FPS on fraps? just reduce it enough to lower the filesize requirements, but enough so that it is still viewable. Once done, simply encode using something which provides decent compression.
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Why reduce file size then encode?

I doubt its space hes ruuning out of.

Garbage in = Garbage out

Might aswell capture at Full FPS then encode.

What you have said is nonsense.
 
All i remember was back many years ago when i recorded DAoC stuff, was that i would simply set it to 25FPS, then once i finished recording what i want i cant remember the program i used but i simply used a program that would take the file and encode it or whatever and it would end up a smaller filesize. He mentioned even short things were using loads of HDD space, so i was simply saying a way to try and reduce the ammount it uses. If you record at full FPS it wont help with the filesize.
 
Record with fraps at 25 fps, then convert to divx or xvid... Or to mpeg if's for youtube use...

Recording a video at 60 fps :confused:. You know films usually run at 18-24 fps ( or at least winamp tells me so) ?
 
the best solution in this case is just persevere with fraps, i usually have a spare HDD for raw video data, either for timelapses on my camera, or fraps recording, then encode. theres really no way around the storage issue other than bigger hdds.
 
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