Hello tech savy folks of facepunch, I want to record some gameplay and I was wondering what the best way to do this would be, what kind of program should I use? I did look on google but I have no idea which one is the best, that is why I am asking you fellow facepunchers, what do you sugest? :smile:
Frap, the only downside is that the free version can only record 30 second clips.
Eh, I want maybe a 15 minute limit. And I have also heard that Fraps kills your FPS.
Fraps kills your FPS because it's actually recording what's going on, raw, instead of doing bullshit compression while recording.
And Fraps is definitely worth getting it. Everything else sucks, I've tried them all.
write to another hard drive and it won't kill your FPS
[QUOTE=foxtrot_iic;30554537]Eh, I want maybe a 15 minute limit. And I have also heard that Fraps kills your FPS.[/QUOTE]
I don't know of any that don't kill your FPS, I heard the xfire one is good though, but I think it only works with games bought from xfire.
Ill check out fraps
[editline]18th June 2011[/editline]
Im not a fan of the 30 second videos.
The full version is worth it.
MSI Afterburner now records videos. Sound may or may not record. It works better than xfire for me.
[QUOTE=Armotekma;30554559]write to another hard drive and it won't kill your FPS[/QUOTE]
I always did this anyways. Didn't know it actually increased performance.
Yeah, the Full version is definitely worth it.
If you have time to kill, and happen to be either too cheap for FRAPS or too conscientious to pirate it
(taking into consideration your comment on the whole 30 second time limit anyhow), you can always
try this guide I found a while ago: [url]http://www.genadmission.com/vdubguide.html[/url].
[QUOTE=Armotekma;30554559]write to another hard drive and it won't kill your FPS[/QUOTE]
How does that work?
I've heard it before, and I'm not doubting you, I'd just like to know why that makes such a difference.
[QUOTE=hamberglar;30555455]How does that work?
I've heard it before, and I'm not doubting you, I'd just like to know why that makes such a difference.[/QUOTE]
Game has to load materials from hard drive.
While Fraps is saving uncompressed video to the same hard drive.
That takes up massive bandwidth, especially at 1080p.
Sure, it won't help if you're trying to record Crysis on your HD4200, but you can see the difference when you record on a high-end rig and your game is on a mechanic HDD instead of an SSD.
[QUOTE=nikomo;30556385]Game has to load materials from hard drive.
While Fraps is saving uncompressed video to the same hard drive.
That takes up massive bandwidth, especially at 1080p.
Sure, it won't help if you're trying to record Crysis on your HD4200, but you can see the difference when you record on a high-end rig and your game is on a mechanic HDD instead of an SSD.[/QUOTE]
Cool. Thanks for clearing that up.
Simply put, you're doing two things on your harddrive at once which makes it slower than just doing one thing.
Most new games have a built in method of recording. Source Games have the most efficient method of recording where you can record a demo which is the recorded scene at the time. You can then later record a video of that scene replaying using a built-in conversion tool and you get a lag-free video, no matter how slow your computer is, you can have high quality video because it will record all the frames, so if your computer is rendering it at only 10 FPS and you want a 30FPS video, it will just take 3x the video length to record.
For other games, I recommend searching up their relevant documentation on google and seeing if they have built-in software. Some do, if not, FRAPS is the best option although it's a bit limited. Buy it if possible, it's a nigh-perfect tool.
Dxtory is vastly better than Fraps and all other alternatives. Use Lagarith codec if you're giving it a try.
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