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Fraps recordings going over 200 mb?
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:40 pm
by Mr.Azn
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
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:55 pm
by {XS}Elite
how long is your movie all together mine is 5 mins and its 30MB
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:11 pm
by Mr.Azn
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
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:36 pm
by Locke
Record at a lower resolution.
30 Fps is good
Try not to use full screen.
Compress it?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:40 am
by Axel
Yeah, fraps records uncompressed video. That's why it's insane.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:30 pm
by Mr.Azn
geh? it records uncompressed? before it was compressed..... i smell a scam...
Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2004 5:55 pm
by ExileLord
Its an avi
avi's = huge
use windows movie maker to make it a wmv
wmv's = not huge
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 8:54 am
by M
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....
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 12:38 pm
by ExileLord
AVI's arent that high in quality in their fully compressed format. Neither are WMV's
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:56 pm
by jsrfmaster
listen to Apoc, he knows more then... ALL!!
btw.. You joined on my birthday Mr Azn, dontcha feel special!
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:05 pm
by Pie
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)
Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 9:47 pm
by Mr.Azn
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
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:02 pm
by Reaper102
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:13 pm
by PvtWaffles
i gota use 10 which is teh pwnzors for me cause my comps just oto powerful!WAA
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:29 pm
by The seizureboi
u guys can make 5min movies?! mine wont do more than 30sec. its really annoying can someone help?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 3:51 pm
by [users]Stangg
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 5:22 pm
by The seizureboi
do i have to pay for registered one?