Posted: 6/21/2005 1:48 PM
Post subject: Recording programs
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Maza
Joined: 5/27/2005
Posts: 465
Location: Turku, Finland
I would like to create speedrun of one of the many puzzlegames in PC but I have some problems with witch program should i use to record it. I have tried Fraps with many games and it looks just perfect for recording games except it doesn't work with the game I'd like to make speedrun of. I've also tried (and used) HyperCam which works pretty fine after some adjusting and it can also record the game I want to, but there's also 'a but' with this one also: It doesn't record sound even though I have checked the 'Record sound' box. If someone has any suggestions what I should do/try and which programs to use to record the speedrun (with sound), please throw some hints/tips for me.
Which run should I encode next? :)
Posted: 6/21/2005 2:15 PM
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slash_star_dash
Former player
Joined: 10/27/2004
Posts: 518
well, i'd suggest Camtasia, but ive heard its inferior to both of the programs you mentioned (it drops frames if theres a lot going on). i could never get Fraps to work correctly either.
Posted: 6/23/2005 10:21 AM
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Dada
Joined: 11/22/2004
Posts: 1468
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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well, i'd suggest Camtasia, but ive heard its inferior to both of the programs you mentioned (it drops frames if theres a lot going on).
All on-screen recorders do. Camtasia is pretty good. I use it when there's no alternative, and a decent PC can capture 60FPS video with sound easily if it's a small screen size. Make sure you select "stereo-mix" as input for sound.
Posted: 6/23/2005 11:21 AM
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Bisqwit
Editor, Active player (296)
Joined: 3/8/2004
Posts: 7469
Location: Arzareth
Omega wrote:
a decent PC can capture 60FPS video with sound easily if it's a small screen size.
The most important thing is to have fast RAM. 133 MHz RAM is not fast enough for that kind of recording.
Posted: 6/24/2005 10:38 AM
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Maza
Joined: 5/27/2005
Posts: 465
Location: Turku, Finland
Thanks really much to all of you. The Camtasia Studio works almost perfectly and i have already made 1/3 of the speedrun with it. The only problem with it seams to be that it can't create an .avi file with any other codec than Tech Smith (and they are _huge_), but I can correct that with VirtualDub. Thx a lot!
Which run should I encode next? :)
Posted: 7/7/2005 9:08 AM
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Tuggummi
Joined: 2/2/2005
Posts: 29
Location: Finland
Been trying out of camstudio for windows which seems like a really good program for recording, unfortunately i can't get a decent framerate at all when i try to record while playing Final Fantasy 7. My system probably doesn't have enough power for it, but does anyone know if i could go around this problem by using specific settings? (codec & quality ie.) Here's details on my memory and cpu, which i believe are the key elements in here. Memory Module Properties Module Name Kingston K Module Size 256 MB (1 rows, 4 banks) Module Type Unbuffered Memory Type DDR SDRAM Memory Speed PC2700 (166 MHz) Module Width 64 bit Refresh Rate Reduced (7.8 us), Self-Refresh Highest CAS Latency 2.5 (6.0 ns @ 166 MHz) 2nd Highest CAS Latency 2.0 (7.5 ns @ 133 MHz) CPU Properties CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1725 MHz (6.5 x 265) CPU Alias Palomino L1 Code Cache 64 KB L1 Data Cache 64 KB L2 Cache 256 KB (On-Die, Full-Speed) Are these sufficient for recording or am i just screwed totally... Anyone with more knowledge on pc recording? Would appreciate the help.