FRAPS Recording

[yassarikhan786]

Hi Everyone,

I recently upgraded to the full version of FRAPS and when I'm recording everything is smooth. However, when I play the video there are certain points where it freezes for a fraction of a section. I have the frame locked to 30fps, with the lossless RBG recording option ticked. The buffer is set to the default 30 seconds and the content is saved to the same hard-drive the Games are stored.

My question is: Do I need to make changes to how I'm recording (i.e. change the buffer, not lock the framerate) OR do I need to record to a different hard-drive.

Thanks

 

[Youngie1337]

Hi Everyone,

I recently upgraded to the full version of FRAPS and when I'm recording everything is smooth. However, when I play the video there are certain points where it freezes for a fraction of a section. I have the frame locked to 30fps, with the lossless RBG recording option ticked. The buffer is set to the default 30 seconds and the content is saved to the same hard-drive the Games are stored.

My question is: Do I need to make changes to how I'm recording (i.e. change the buffer, not lock the framerate) OR do I need to record to a different hard-drive.

Thanks

Try disabling vsync in the game, try this first, if that doesn't work try running the game windowed @ your native resolution.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Try disabling vsync in the game, try this first, if that doesn't work try running the game windowed @ your native resolution.

Cheers mate. I have VSync disabled and the game is running at the native resolution. I have not tried it windowed yet, but I've read that recording on the same drive as the game might cause these issues. Do you know if that is true?

 

[Youngie1337]

Cheers mate. I have VSync disabled and the game is running at the native resolution. I have not tried it windowed yet, but I've read that recording on the same drive as the game might cause these issues. Do you know if that is true?

I've never heard of that or experienced that issue, are you running a game that requires PunkBuster by any chance?

 

[yassarikhan786]

I've never heard of that or experienced that issue, are you running a game that requires PunkBuster by any chance?

No. I've only tried it on Far Cry. When I'm playing the game the recording doesn't affect the smoothness. It is only when I playback the video, it stutters on random bits. Could it be because of the 30fps lock?

EDIT: IIRC Far Cry doesn't have an option to turn Vsync ON/OFF.

 

[Youngie1337]

No. I've only tried it on Far Cry. When I'm playing the game the recording doesn't affect the smoothness. It is only when I playback the video, it stutters on random bits. Could it be because of the 30fps lock?

EDIT: IIRC Far Cry doesn't have an option to turn Vsync ON/OFF.

Just to rule out problems, have you tried a different media player, I recommend Media Player Classic.

Download Media Player Classic

If it does the same with this player, then I assume it is a problem with FRAPS. Have you tried updating your codecs within Windows? I'm not sure how Fraps works in 2011, but in 2006 it used Windows codecs for recording and rendering, often causing many problems like this.

To limit your game if you're interested have a quick look on Google for an application called FPS Limiter.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Thanks for the information mate. I have media player classic, but I played the video in the regular Media Player. I will try Media Player classic when I get home. I have not updated any codecs as of yet and will do when I can.

 

[yassarikhan786]

Just to let you guys know, the original Fraps file still had the audio/video out of sync. To resolve the issue I used a video converter to convert the file to .wmv and the resulting file was perfect.

 

[SkinToxicated]

i ocassionally record with fraps on my youtube channel (looks better than recording from a digital camera).

just a quick question, what size of your movie files? even when i have mine set on half setting with a 30fps cap, they still come in at about a gig a minute,(and sometime the clip splits so i have to edit them back 2gether) which is just impractical to upload if you doing a 10min+ clip, so i end up compressing them to about so they come in about 100 odd Mb per min

 

[yassarikhan786]

i ocassionally record with fraps on my youtube channel (looks better than recording from a digital camera).

just a quick question, what size of your movie files? even when i have mine set on half setting with a 30fps cap, they still come in at about a gig a minute,(and sometime the clip splits so i have to edit them back 2gether) which is just impractical to upload if you doing a 10min+ clip, so i end up compressing them to about so they come in about 100 odd Mb per min

It is the same for me. I record at 1920 x 1200 with the 30fps cap and its definitely over 1GB per minute. When I converted the files to .wmv the quality was still very good, but the size of the file was drastically reduced.

A 1 minute 1 GB+ file was reduced to about 80MB. The video converter I use is by a company called iSkySoft, which I think is a subsidiary of Apple.

EDIT: FRAPS also records in short clips for me. I'm not sure why though.

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

It does help to have it store on an external drive

 

[yassarikhan786]

It does help to have it store on an external drive

I tried that and I experienced a massive amount of lag when recording. I swapped back to my Caviar Black and the recording was as smooth as silk. The external hard-drive I used was a USB 2.0 drive.

 

[Game Over]

I prefer using MSI Afterburner, Its free and does not drop your frame rate like Fraps does.

 

[JezEngland]

The media player might freeze if it cannot translate the data fast enough. I was advised by FRAPS to let it play through so the data gets buffered, then it should work though my problem was sound to video sync.

It was on an ASUS H55 motherboard and now I have a high spec ASUS P55 motherboard the problem doesn't exist, and I did update the drivers of the H55

 

[Azurite]

I tried that and I experienced a massive amount of lag when recording. I swapped back to my Caviar Black and the recording was as smooth as silk. The external hard-drive I used was a USB 2.0 drive.

Yes. The usb 2.0 probably cant handle the transfer speed. Thats why i got usb 3.0 usb pen and external hdd now. Got tired of waiting 10-15min when i was copying 1-2gb files.

 

[JezEngland]

It's advised to use a seperate internal drive than the game your recording and the operating system is using, so FRAPS can hog that drive for the record, and I've found it works / though rarely it'll work better on the same drive, maby an unknown reason why I dunno, an example I thought is in CRYSIS 2 because that games engine renders everything real time so I though that'd eliminate Hard disk usage during gameplay, i duno'

external drive was(is now?) a no because ye' the slow communication rate

 

[yassarikhan786]

I record with Fraps on the same hard drive I have my games installed on and its smooth as silk. The only problem I have is with the audio being out of sync. Converting the file gets rid of any problems

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[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

FRAPS always sounds like a hit miss with some systems

 

[fcb]

I record with Fraps on the same hard drive I have my games installed on and its smooth as silk. The only problem I have is with the audio being out of sync. Converting the file gets rid of any problems

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It's like light arriving 1st and then sound comes next. At least converting to another format solves the problem.

 

[yassarikhan786]

It's like light arriving 1st and then sound comes next. At least converting to another format solves the problem.

Yep

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