I tried using fraps and it makes my game lag. I can go from 60-70+ fps and when activate fraps it can go as low as 2. So, I need a new one. Does anyone know a good PC game capture software?
I think all of them will hinder your performance.
From what I understand, Fraps is one of the better ones. Your CPU just probably isn't up to snuff.
[QUOTE=Demache;24305462]From what I understand, Fraps is one of the better ones. Your CPU just probably isn't up to snuff.[/QUOTE]
I can run fraps decently if not a lot of stuff is going on on the screen at once.
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I saw something about 1AVcapture. Does anyone have any opinion on it?
Do you have fraps to record to a different drive than your main?
[QUOTE=Thor667;24305509]Do you have fraps to record to a different drive than your main?[/QUOTE]
No, should I set it to something different?
[QUOTE=Dirf;24305474]I can run fraps decently if not a lot of stuff is going on on the screen at once.[/QUOTE]
So that means your CPU is being pushed to its limits while there is a lot going on. I didn't say you can't run Fraps. But my Pentium III can also run Fraps pretty well if I'm playing Half Life Source while not a lot is going on.
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[QUOTE=Thor667;24305509]Do you have fraps to record to a different drive than your main?[/QUOTE]
Forgot about that tip. Derp.
[QUOTE=Demache;24305559]So that means your CPU is being pushed to its limits while there is a lot going on. I didn't say you can't run Fraps. But my Pentium III can also run Fraps pretty well if I'm playing Half Life Source while not a lot is going on.
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Forgot about that tip. Derp.[/QUOTE]
Crap. So do you recommend anything else other than fraps?
Maybe record to some small external memory like SD or USB, if you don't have another HD?
[QUOTE=Bletotum;24305786]Maybe record to some small external memory like SD or USB, if you don't have another HD?[/QUOTE]
USB has some overhead, if you have a spare SATA drive laying around, attempt to record to there.
I desperately need something like this.
I was always hoping for some kinda of external capture solution, something that could sit between your computer and your monitor/speakers and record things that way.
[QUOTE=SilentOpp;24307884]I was always hoping for some kinda of external capture solution, something that could sit between your computer and your monitor/speakers and record things that way.[/QUOTE]
If you can use HDMI and can output audio... And are willing to pay $200 for such a device, There's always the Blackmagic Intensity Pro.
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If you want lagless video capture, use an external capture device.
A video capture software that doesn't lag is one that runs on a beefy PC.
It could be RAM, CPU or hard disk if it goes as low as 2, but it's less likely the hard disk because it shouldn't go THAT low if it's caused by the HDD.
Maybe a part of your computer is bottle necked?
I can't do much with the information you've given us. Though fraps would probably be your best bet for a recording program.
Do it external. Xbox comes out amazing on a dazzle HD but meh.
If you're playing a source game, you can use the source recorder from console. It will then save it as a .dem file and then you just need to watch it while running fraps and you should be golden.
[QUOTE=FlubberNugget;24311883]Do it external. Xbox comes out amazing on a dazzle HD but meh.[/QUOTE]
Except x-box's have 2007 graphic's.
[QUOTE=poopsicle;24312000]Except x-box's have 2007 graphic's.[/QUOTE]
what difference does that make to the video quality
Taksi is good, no fps loss at all but you need a huge hard drive to store anything it records. Sometimes it crashes games though.
Your issue isn't your processor or your graphics card. If you're playing at a high resolution, or if you have a really slow hard drive (a mix of the two is the worst), the hard drive will bottlenecek your FPS because of the way any software video capture program works. Every frame it will write the frame from the framebuffer before it's sent out the graphics card and to the monitor. Here's how it basically works:
Game logic done in CPU
v
Graphics calculated in GPU
v
Frame is generated ---> OPTIONAL: Video recording software writes image to hard drive
v
Frame is pushed to monitor
v
Next frame logic in CPU
v
etc.
So if you have a slow hard drive, it will slow down because it has to save each frame to the hard drive before it's pushed out to the monitor, and will hold it back until it's done saving. If it takes half a second to write a frame to the hard drive, you have 2 fps. If it takes 1/60 of a second to write the frame to the hard drive, you will have 60fps, etc.
What I have noticed with Source games, however, is that lowering AA/AF increases recording framerate quite a bit. If you have to, try lowering settings.
[QUOTE=Xera;24312426]what difference does that make to the video quality[/QUOTE]
Anti-aliasing is turned down to fuck maybe. A video cant look that great if the original footage is bad.
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