Question about Fraps?

Hey guys figured i'd ask this while my client was updating so i have something to do haha anyone use fraps for recording? and if u dont mind what key do you use to start the recording? and what quality of video do you use? for how long do you do the recordings for? thanks to anyone who answers just looking for some opinions.

 

I use F9, cause if im correct the default may be F8 and in the game, F8 is select targets around you.. So

 

I would recommend using www.xfire.com. Xfire has a built in encoding and uploader makes it easier then fraps imo.

You can always take the raw footage of xfire recording to edit/make movies before uploading.

 

but if i use xfire does it record straight to xfire's site or as a file onto my pc? and how long does it record for i remember fraps only being 30s which idk seems short to me

 

30s is unregistered version. Registered fraps has no limit for record time, but if your raw video file becomes larger than 4gb, it'll start new one so you will need to merge them when u're going to encode/compress video.

 

ahh okay honestly i was just gonna torrent a registered version >.<

 

need a link? ^_^

 

it would save me the trouble of searching Demonoid XD

 

No xfire records like fraps, into a raw AVI file. It only encodes and uploads when you tell it to. You will like xfire over fraps well cause its easier, faster encoding and uploading and imo looks better.

 

sent PM...
//10char

 

thank you Asanka

 

I have both Xfire and fraps and while Fraps has much better quality and I can upload my vids to youtube in 1080P it causes a lot fo slowdown when I use it in game especially if Im in a high traffic area or am in large PvP battles. The videos themselves also take up a lot of harddrive space.

Xfire doesnt have as good quality as FRAPS but theres very little if any slow down when I run it and the video file sizes are considerably smaller.

 

for making reports use xfire

for making high quality in game movies use fraps then edit with favorit edit program and upload 1080P to youtube.

As for quality xfire does a pretty good job when set to full in recording options.

 

I'd recoment to convert the videos to .mp4 . .. The quality is almost the same and the size is way smaller

 

Thats what xfire encodes them too then uploads to your profile page and the quality is still pretty good.

Youtube butchers every video you upload to them why i hate using that method .

 

when I made a report in Xfire I could barely make out the names
I can upload FRAPS vids to youtube in 1080P and there is no trouble seeing names and all the other details
you can see the difference for urself by checking for my latest post in the reports section where I posted an Xfire vid vs every single other vid I posted thats on youtube in 1080P