Fraps recordings going over 200 mb?

Mr.Azn · Post by **Mr.Azn** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:40 pm

well i was just recording (and i haven't used fraps in such a long time) and when I was gonna put the clips together for a movie, i saw the clip and it said 156 mb. so I was kinda wondering.... wtf? if anyone has the same prob or has a solution can someone tell me?

p.s. I made a movie before and it was only 30 megs and thats when I didn't use any to compress it

{XS}Elite · Post by **{XS}Elite** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:55 pm

how long is your movie all together mine is 5 mins and its 30MB

Mr.Azn · Post by **Mr.Azn** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:11 pm

its about 5 min. but do u know a way to make my recordings smaller? i recorded something for 50 sec and it was 151 megs

Locke · Post by **Locke** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:36 pm

Record at a lower resolution.
30 Fps is good
Try not to use full screen.
Compress it?

Axel · Post by **Axel** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:40 am

Yeah, fraps records uncompressed video. That's why it's insane.

Mr.Azn · Post by **Mr.Azn** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:30 pm

geh? it records uncompressed? before it was compressed..... i smell a scam...

ExileLord · Post by **ExileLord** » Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:55 pm

Its an avi

avi's = huge
use windows movie maker to make it a wmv
wmv's = not huge

M · Post by M » Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:54 am

Nope. You're all wrong. In their fully compressed formats, AVI compresses significantly smaller than WMV does.

The reason why Fraps AVI format is huge is because the Fraps program only worries about recording the video file; If it tried to properly compress it, even the most powerful gaming PCs would probably crash.

The program I use to compress my Fraps recordings is called Virtual Dub Converter.

http://www.virtualdub.org/virtualdub_kb

It's very good for compressing and converting AVI files with a variety of codecs. As stated on the site, you're probably better off using the bug-free version 1.5.10, rather than the experimental version 1.6.2....

ExileLord · Post by **ExileLord** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:38 pm

AVI's arent that high in quality in their fully compressed format. Neither are WMV's

jsrfmaster · Post by **jsrfmaster** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:56 pm

listen to Apoc, he knows more then... ALL!!

btw.. You joined on my birthday Mr Azn, dontcha feel special!

Pie · Post by **Pie** » Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:05 pm

open the file up in windows movie maker, make it the way you want, save it and what-not to a wmv format or somethign and the size will be dramatically decreased (this is after a basic convert so that is is useable by WMM)

Mr.Azn · Post by **Mr.Azn** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:47 pm

jsrfmaster wrote:listen to Apoc, he knows more then... ALL!!

btw.. You joined on my birthday Mr Azn, dontcha feel special!

lol well happy birthday -ish me coming to halomods er and talking about stuff :p

edit: so i wont have to make another post

i forgot to say thnx for everyone who replied i just remembered what i did before with my fraps and how i made it all small ish; thnx

Reaper102 · Post by **Reaper102** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:02 pm

Axel do u know (BFF)Reaper because if you do I am him

O and y does fraps run twice as fast?

10 fps is the best.

PvtWaffles · Post by **PvtWaffles** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:13 pm

i gota use 10 which is teh pwnzors for me cause my comps just oto powerful!WAA

The seizureboi · Post by **The seizureboi** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:29 pm

u guys can make 5min movies?! mine wont do more than 30sec. its really annoying can someone help?

[users]Stangg · Post by **[users]Stangg** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:51 pm

The seizureboi wrote:u guys can make 5min movies?! mine wont do more than 30sec. its really annoying can someone help?

You need to get a registered version of fraps, you only have a trial at the moment.

and thread starter (too lazy to look for name soz) Dont bother recording higher than 800x600. Its pointless and cuts down on filesize.

The seizureboi · Post by **The seizureboi** » Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:22 pm

do i have to pay for registered one?