I want to start recording videos of me running my own builds, but I have no idea where to start. Could someone please give me some advice on what program I should use and how I should manage it to keep it from slamming my FPS?
Agreed I am new to recording as well but am using fraps and Sony Vegas still getting used to the detail of the settings but it is easy to get started . My first video is in the stalker misery builds section.
FRAPS is the best for getting crisp, perfect footage but it is by far the most demanding recorder. If you can, run FRAPS on a different harddrive from your game. Read/write speed issues. FRAPS can also crash when MWO shifts from game to UI mode. Alternatives are MSI Afterburner or Open Broadcaster Software (set to capture to file) in my book. Sony Vegas is best for editing by far. Good luck!
Ok, so I did everything you guys told me to, and aside from dropping my game from 20 FPS to 12 FPS, fraps worked perfectly, except for one problem; I'm using the trial version of Fraps (I don't have the money to waste on the full version), and that apparently limits me to a maximum of 30 seconds per recording. This resulted in me having many videos that are all 30-ish seconds long, and that brings me to my second question; how do I edit all these mini-vids together with Sony Vegas in order to make one long vid? I don't want to toss them out 'cause even with the FPS drop, this was a good battle for me; I got 485 damage.
That is because you have the FREE FRAPs. I believe that stops recording after so long a time period. I have heard rumours, I can neither confirm nor deny them, that there are sites on the web where you can find what you need. Just rumours mind you. If you just want to edit them all together just drag and drop them into Sony Vegas and onto the time line in the order you want.
Yeah, I only just now noticed that little restriction on free Fraps. Silly me. If all goes well, I'll post my first video within the next half-hour. It's me making a PUG drop in my "Stormscour" Hunchback. EDIT: Success! My first video is up!
That's the reason I would recommend anything but Fraps. (Playclaw, Afterburner, Bandicam, whatever don't cap the framerate) If it's there's no real editing (no commentary, no music, etc) but just for some encoding Vegas is kind of overkill, virtualdub will do the job.
I use FRAPs (paid version) to record. I lock my frame rate to 25fps to conserve disk. It doesn't seem to have an adverse in-game effect for me. I am going to court controversy here and say - that if you have MS Office on your PC, then MS Movie Maker is fine for stitching videos together, adding a voice over, sub-titles and doing other basic stuff. I have used it for several videos - and means I don't have to shell out additional wedge. I have not tried other tools and it is likely there are better ones out there - such as those already mentioned.
