quick fraps question

[sitting_duck]

I use virtual dub to compress my fraps. From the compression drop down there are several formats to choose from, some of which it tells you cant be used. Was wondering if anyone knew which of the formats is best for getting the file size down to a managable size, but still having an avi that will play in hd.

[Hiccup]

I use virtual dub to compress my fraps. From the compression drop down there are several formats to choose from, some of which it tells you cant be used. Was wondering if anyone knew which of the formats is best for getting the file size down to a managable size, but still having an avi that will play in hd.

 

 

Hey Sitting _Duck, what are your setting in fraps? My avi's were like 4 gigs for a few minutes of play untill I reduced the FPS to max of 30 and recorded at half resolution. This brought the 4 gigs down to 100 MB or less. If you select "Direct Stream" listed in the menu for Video in VDub that 2 will help down size the file. There are so many settings and variations that it takes some trial and errors to come out with a decent HD vid under a 100 MB's. Hope this helps.

[sitting_duck]

ok,,,well,,i dont take "long fraps"...usually just trying to get some shots of other mp pilots flying around me...

 

and fps in mp are capped to 30 for me also

 

i would say average size is about 250 mb,,,but cant tell you exactly what that converts too in playing time,,,,if i were to guess,,,id say about 10-20 seconds..

 

but your size, for the lengh of time seem about right,,,,

 

and i did selcet the direct stream option, but doing that disabled the compression option,,,,should i have just gone ahead and saved the file that way?

Edited June 6, 2009 by sitting_duck