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Best method for game recording

  • 25-02-2010 12:26PM
    #1
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭


    Hey guys looking for some info here ( i know the guy who does the pvp videos can probably help)

    I need to record some footage of me on dummies.

    I want to have the video reviewed by some friends ( and here) as im not doing the dps i should gearwise and im out of ideas.

    So i want a high quality recording/stream that can be clearly viewed, saved, then uploaded for viewing.


    Cheers in advance


Comments

  • #2
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,534 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Most people use Fraps (http://www.fraps.com/). I'm sure the others will be more specific though, as i've only dabbled in movie making before.


  • #3
    2 Espressi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,042 ✭✭✭2 Espressi


    I was trying to record some stuff here and I couldn't get fraps to work properly, so I downloaded CamStudio (free) and used that instead. It also coverts to SWF if you want.
    You'll probably want to bump up the gamma/brightness for recording, hide the UI you don't need and make the fonts as large as possible for the bits you do want (DPS figs). Most vids I see are far to dark, and the stats aren't readable.

    I know RopeDrink uses fraps, hopefully he can shed more light on this later.


  • #4
    Mena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,178 ✭✭✭Mena


    I assume then you're not using a Mac, the built-in recording abilities provided by Blizzard on the Mac client are fantastic.


  • #5
    Columc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭Columc


    When playing Dark Age of Camelot, I used GameCam was a very good prog, recorded great quality and didnt lag my machine up.

    By the looks of it, its still going strong.


  • #6
    Magill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,732 ✭✭✭Magill


    Fraps is good, at first it slowed my pc down something serious, getting 10fps and ****, but if you record it onto a seperate harddrive (I used a wee portable one) its as smooth as anything.

    I was testing it out last week below, quality isnt great, but thats because of rendering(The orginal fraps files are HUGE, like 3gig for 2 mins or something).


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJKziTbhRmI&feature=player_embedded


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