Jul212012

How can I record in-game footage?

Osama Javaid asks:

How can I record in-game footage for Machinima? I used FRAPS, but it makes huge videos of around 1GB for only 4 minutes.


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Bruce Epper

July 21, 2012

FRAPS is probably the best solution to use for grabbing your in-game footage, but it attempts to be as light on the CPU as possible so it does not apply very much compression to the output file. You can edit it in Windows Movie Maker to get better compression (and smaller file sizes) after you do your initial grab. It will also convert the .AVI to .WMV format which allows playback on more types of devices.

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ha14

July 21, 2012

perhaps to lower bitrate of the recorded movie with Fraps, check if t has this option

you can try also playclaw
http://www.playclaw.com/

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Kyros Koh Kok Siang

July 21, 2012

FRAPS is a good choice.

Osama Javaid

I know but I don’t have this much disk space.

July 22, 2012
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Osama Javaid

July 22, 2012

I just want fraps to record video with a relatively small file size.

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dfreak01SR

July 23, 2012

You could try Overwolf : http://www.overwolf.com/Features/Video-Recorder. It has a record feature that allows you to save the files of gameplay to your harddrive, or share them on social sites such as twitter or facebook.

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Gian Singh

July 25, 2012

Fraps i what i hear the best

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cypherinfo

July 26, 2012

Hello, try to use these twos with the right settings: Instant demo 8.5 and Videopad video editor. Let me know if succeed!

Thank you.