I have used fraps to record a 2 minute gameplay footage, when i went to check out the file it was huge way over 300mb. Is there any way to make it much more lower?
on the movies tab...choose halfsize and this is from the help file :The filesize is big because there isn’t enough time to encode the movie while the game is running. The movie frames are slightly compressed, but still require a large amount of disk space due to the high resolutions. Once you have finished capturing you should convert the saved AVI into one of the popular compressed movie formats such as mpeg or divx. Recommended programs for doing this are tmpgenc (Tsunami Mpeg Encoder), and VirtualDub.
Using VirtualDub is quite easy. To create a compressed version of the AVI follow these steps:
Start VirtualDub
Select File->Open and choose the AVI in the Fraps directory you wish to compress.
Select Video->Compression and choose the codec you wish to compress with (usually divx)
Select File->Save As AVI and specify a filename for the new AVI.
If you have Windows XP you can also use Windows Movie Maker to compress the video files. If you use Windows Movie Maker it's recommended that you keep your Fraps video files at 800x600 or under.
attempt Bandicam recorder. It appears like the Fraps, yet plenty greater desirable. you could checklist your gameplay, video and private computer demonstrate screen in extreme high quality. additionally, you could upload the recorded report to YouTube without changing because of the fact the recoded report length is plenty smaller than Fraps for examples) - Fraps: 300MB - Bandicam: 15~25MB
you can try using another bit of software i used to use fraps but because i didnt want to pay for it and i wanted longer than 30 seconds i got wegame (www.wegame.com) its free and its easier to change settings so u can make the video alot smaller you could also use 1 called gamecam but its alot harder to use than fraps or wegame
if you dont want to download another 1 just use windows movie maker or imovie to publish it with a lower size
you could use a different file compression. i think you can change it in settings or use another program to change it from avi to something else. good luck
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on the movies tab...choose halfsize and this is from the help file :The filesize is big because there isn’t enough time to encode the movie while the game is running. The movie frames are slightly compressed, but still require a large amount of disk space due to the high resolutions. Once you have finished capturing you should convert the saved AVI into one of the popular compressed movie formats such as mpeg or divx. Recommended programs for doing this are tmpgenc (Tsunami Mpeg Encoder), and VirtualDub.
Using VirtualDub is quite easy. To create a compressed version of the AVI follow these steps:
Start VirtualDub
Select File->Open and choose the AVI in the Fraps directory you wish to compress.
Select Video->Compression and choose the codec you wish to compress with (usually divx)
Select File->Save As AVI and specify a filename for the new AVI.
If you have Windows XP you can also use Windows Movie Maker to compress the video files. If you use Windows Movie Maker it's recommended that you keep your Fraps video files at 800x600 or under.
attempt Bandicam recorder. It appears like the Fraps, yet plenty greater desirable. you could checklist your gameplay, video and private computer demonstrate screen in extreme high quality. additionally, you could upload the recorded report to YouTube without changing because of the fact the recoded report length is plenty smaller than Fraps for examples) - Fraps: 300MB - Bandicam: 15~25MB
you can try using another bit of software i used to use fraps but because i didnt want to pay for it and i wanted longer than 30 seconds i got wegame (www.wegame.com) its free and its easier to change settings so u can make the video alot smaller you could also use 1 called gamecam but its alot harder to use than fraps or wegame
if you dont want to download another 1 just use windows movie maker or imovie to publish it with a lower size
you could use a different file compression. i think you can change it in settings or use another program to change it from avi to something else. good luck