Fraps Do you use it?

[Yew-Yevon]

I just downloaded this thing called fraps for taking (30 sec) footage of games that I'm playing. My only problem is the massive file size of these clips. Dose anyone know how I can compress this without sacroficing quality?

[Shoeberto]

There's various codecs and encoding programs to shrink filesizes of videos. I think VirtualDub is pretty good for re-encoding and shrinking (dimension-wise) video. You'll likely want to shrink it, because it captures the full screen of your computer, which is a really really large height and width.

I never really liked Fraps. Runs too slow.

[Yew-Yevon]

I thought it ran ok. I uploaded the vid. YouTube - Halo Footage for fraps (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNCfC9baWIg)

[Citizen Bleys]

I love Fraps. I even paid for the legal version.

Yeah, I paid real money for software. I'm sure right now the Phrozen Crew would be turning in their graves except for the part where they're all still alive.

[Roto13]

Can't you set it to capture videos at half size?

[Momiji]

There's various codecs and encoding programs to shrink filesizes of videos. I think VirtualDub is pretty good for re-encoding and shrinking (dimension-wise) video. You'll likely want to shrink it, because it captures the full screen of your computer, which is a really really large height and width.

I never really liked Fraps. Runs too slow.

What's a better one? Please do tell, I have the same problem with Fraps, and I'm too inept to get the file shrunk down to a YouTube-uploadable size.

[Roto13]

You have trouble shrinking video files to less than 1024 megs? :P

[Momiji]

You have trouble shrinking video files to less than 1024 megs? :P

No, the files are smaller than that, but 500MB is a nightmare to upload when the file itself is no longer than 25 seconds.

[Vyk]

You have trouble shrinking video files to less than 1024 megs? :P

No, the files are smaller than that, but 500MB is a nightmare to upload when the file itself is no longer than 25 seconds.

There are a few choices out there :] (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=screen+recorder)

[Momiji]

You have trouble shrinking video files to less than 1024 megs? :P

No, the files are smaller than that, but 500MB is a nightmare to upload when the file itself is no longer than 25 seconds.

There are a few choices out there :] (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=screen+recorder)

Can you be more specific? ;D

[DMKA]

Nope. Fraps is for noobs who know nothing about encoding. Capture card ftw.

[rubah]

just encode it with x-vid, justin.

[Momiji]

just encode it with x-vid, justin.

Encode it with x-what? :cry:

[rubah]

a codec for to make the small files.

As always, AMV.org has wonderful informations for you.
Encoding DivX-compatible AMVs with XviD (http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/xvid.html)

Or you could just download the RAD video tools. I think they have xvid.

[leilei]

Fraps is great. I use it for stuff that doesn't have a self-recording feature. When you've defragged well, and have like 2ghz or more, or a dual core, it's real nice. As for the OMG HUEG VIDYA FIELS you can encode them with VirtualDub and ffdshow tryouts many encoders for a small file size. That's part of the life of video recording and if you don't like it, well you must be a fan of recording lossy on-the-fly encoding then (which would greatly slow down recording performance). I can't help you there.

[Yew-Yevon]

Thanx :) I'm figureing out VirtualDub right now and will see if any good changes come around.

[Proxy]

xbox or pc? i'm guessing pc.

[Momiji]

Well, when I record my Touhou Last Word replays (ranging from about 30 seconds to a minute and a half), I use Fraps, and the resulting file is anywhere from 500MB to a full GB or more. I tried using VirtualDub, but I don't really understand how to use it/what I'm doing.

[rubah]

basically you open your file.

wait.

then export it as an AVI! it'll have a cute little window come up where you can choose a codec you have installed.