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Old 11-19-2010, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Dutch_851 View Post
I use FRAPS, but rumour has it that 'gamecam' and other software are less resource hungry.
If you look at 'shades of things to come' I posted, this was done on an old pc, also with fraps. You'll see the stutters!
There's a significant drop in framerate with fraps, even on my i7, 6 gig RAM, ATI 5770 set-up. Luckily it still generally stays above 30fps though, on full graphic splendour.
Hope this helps
Dutch
When recording using FRAPS, run your Ntrk/TRK at half-speed, capture, then in VirtualDub double the speed (back up to normal); this helps/eliminates the stutters. Also, with Free version, you simply crop off the top edge with the Fraps logo, again using Virtual Dub (VDub is also a free program). Finally, in a decent movie you'll seldom want any shots(camera viewpoints) in your Final movie to last longer than 4-6 seconds...the base guideline for all movies is 14 shots per second. Therefore, the Free Fraps limitation of 30 seconds for continuous recording is Way more than enough.
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