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exe163

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I want to record some videos of SF4. I tried fraps but it lags my game too much. I don't know where the problem is since most games use less than 2 cores and theoretically I should have 2 spare cores running the capturing separately without problem.

Any recommendation?
 
I'd also like to know. Trying to use FRAPS, even at half size, cut my FPS in game from 80fps to 25fps.
 
dezertrat said:
try writing the capture file to a diff hdd than the game runs on
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I tried that, it didn't help. My games are installed on a 7.2k RPM hdd, and I was writing to a 10kRPM raptor drive, with no effect.
I've even tried setting application affinity, no effect...
Dunno if the OP is having the same problems or not.
 
i see negligable FPS decreases in games with a 3ghz q6600 +4gb ram+8800gt. win7 64bit

So im not pushing any major hardware and dont have any issues with Fraps.
 
That is just the nature of real-time screen capture.
If you want full-res, full FPS capture, you'll need another computer with a capture card.
 
record a demo and then make video or screenies in fraps, that way the you dont have the in game lag and fps drop, most games have demo recording ability.
 
idk whats wrong with your system, i record @ 1920x1200 all the time on fraps to my 7.2k 1TB hd, with minimal lag. you might not be used to gaming @ 30 FPS because thats what fraps is defaulted to run at. you could run @ 60FPS but thats X2 the file size, and might create more problems.

games are smoother at 60 fps, but Im pretty used to frapsing @ 30fps.
 
Snowknight26 said:
Fraps 3.1.x without framerate lock on.
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Thanks, just updated my fraps and now I can record at 60fps.

But the size of the videos are pretty damn big. A 3 min vid weights over 4 gigs even at half size of 1920 x 1200 at 60fps. I tried 30 but it effects the game too much, especially fighting games.
 
exe163 said:
Thanks, just updated my fraps and now I can record at 60fps.

But the size of the videos are pretty damn big. A 3 min vid weights over 4 gigs even at half size of 1920 x 1200 at 60fps. I tried 30 but it effects the game too much, especially fighting games.
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You have to encode it since it records to raw AVI.

I recommend MediaCoder or Avidemux, easy to use and lots of options.

Encode it to MP4 with h.264 ~1800 kb/s constant bitrate, should make the file about 100mb per 10 minutes.
 
exe163 said:
But the size of the videos are pretty damn big. A 3 min vid weights over 4 gigs even at half size of 1920 x 1200 at 60fps. I tried 30 but it effects the game too much, especially fighting games.
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That's what happens when Fraps uses a semi-lossless/marginally-compressed format. It's almost as if it's uncompressed video.
 
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