Best low memory recording software?

2011-01-11 08:50:08 pm

Hello world.

So I am trying to find the best software for recording long runs on my computer..like an hour or so. I have fraps but even recording a few mins on that thing makes it gigs big..unless there is a way to change that does anyone have a good suggestion of software?

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Tranquilite

2011-01-12 12:33:17 am

For the most part, you are just going to have to deal with huge files when capturing pc stuff, because if you capture to anything smaller, you will lose a significant amount of video quality, and also have increased CPU usage. I recommend just getting more storage space (like an external hard drive).

Sid

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Sid: 2011-01-12 12:38:34 am

2011-01-12 12:37:49 am

Now it's Sui^^

I've tried a few, but FRAPS definitely deserved its number #1 spot, but if you want to try:
- Xfire (free) - it's a messenger, yes... I've tried recording with it I think 3 times and it wasn't very bad - of course the framerate was lower, than with using FRAPS, but it wasn't all that bad... and as I remember, there were same problems with Video/Audio sync. maybe they have fixed it... and there's no way to record footage from a game, if the Xfire doesn't support overlay for it (sometimes you can modify the xfire_games file, but usually doesn't work).
- ZD Soft Game Recorder - Tried it once, I think 2 years ago... don't remember much about it.
- WeGame (free) - I've tried it's recording twice - For the first time it was working fine, the 2nd time, I've tired recording some footage from SW: Republic Commando - FPS was very low.... and has the same problems as Xfire with the games that are supported.

But just like a guy before, I recommend getting more storage space - optimum solution would be, to have 2nd completely free disk with no games or software installed on it only for recording - because reading data from HDD can sometimes can cause some lags during the recording.

I've tried a few, but FRAPS definitely deserved its number #1 spot, but if you want to try:
- Xfire (free) - it's a messenger, yes... I've tried recording with it I think 3 times and it wasn't very bad - of course the framerate was lower, than with using FRAPS, but it wasn't all that bad... and as I remember, there were same problems with Video/Audio sync. maybe they have fixed it... and there's no way to record footage from a game, if the Xfire doesn't support overlay for it (sometimes you can modify the xfire_games file, but usually doesn't work).
- ZD Soft Game Recorder - Tried it once, I think 2 years ago... don't remember much about it.
- WeGame (free) - I've tried it's recording twice - For the first time it was working fine, the 2nd time, I've tired recording some footage from SW: Republic Commando - FPS was very low.... and has the same problems as Xfire with the games that are supported.

But just like a guy before, I recommend getting more storage space - optimum solution would be, to have 2nd completely free disk with no games or software installed on it only for recording - because reading data from HDD can sometimes can cause some lags during the recording.

bmn

2011-01-12 01:57:18 am

For windowed games only, you can use a screencap-to-virtual-device app like SCFH DSF, and then use capture software that uses a video capture device as input - such as VirtualDub, DScaler, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas... - to capture in the format of your choice (assuming the capture app supports that format).

Doing it in stages like this will perform worse than Fraps does, and basically any low-bitrate format will require more processing power than the high-performance lossless ones like Fraps', Lagarith, Huffyuv etc. You'd probably get the best bang for your buck from MPEG2 at between 4 and 8 Mbit/s (more if you're going over 640x480).

If you're using most of your CPU with Fraps, however, then I'd agree with the others and just say get a good-sized hard drive to capture to. You can re-encode the video later to get the size down.

PROX

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PROX: 2022-05-27 11:21:43 am

2022-05-27 11:21:27 am

I used handbrake to compress the video files after I was done back when I used fraps. That really helped. I had to delete the original file, but that definitely helped