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Old 10-17-2006, 08:41 PM   #1
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REQ: How 2 Record clearer

Hey guys, for recording movies I use a purchased copy of FRAPS and I run on 1280x1024 resolution however my movies are never particularly clear. As of recently I've been seeing movies where even the chat is readable, and mine don't seem to have that quality. I have my recording set to full-size and 30fps but I don't know what else I should tweak.
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Old 10-17-2006, 09:10 PM   #2
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Fraps can only record up to 1152x864. Thus it only captures half of your 1280x1024 (640x512), if you want better quality I suggest switching the resolution down to 800x600-1152x864.
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Old 10-19-2006, 06:09 PM   #3
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I usually play in window mode, if I put my settings to 1152 x 768 then the window is smaller than my monitor. If I then press the maximize button (which brings it up to 1280 x 1024), then will fraps then start recording in half size (because it's been maximized to 1280), or will it continue to record at 1152 x 768 because that's my ingame setting...

sorry if that seemed a bit on the confusing side.
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Old 10-19-2006, 07:31 PM   #4
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It would then switch to the half size, windowed mode ignores the set resolution sort of (smaller window = faster game)
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Old 10-19-2006, 08:57 PM   #5
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I usually play in window mode, if I put my settings to 1152 x 768 then the window is smaller than my monitor. If I then press the maximize button (which brings it up to 1280 x 1024), then will fraps then start recording in half size (because it's been maximized to 1280), or will it continue to record at 1152 x 768 because that's my ingame setting...

sorry if that seemed a bit on the confusing side.
Say the native resolution for your monitor is 1280 x 1024. If you play in fullscreen mode with the game resolution set as 1152 x 768, fraps will record at that resolution (set in-game) and it'll still fit your whole screen, although it may look a bit out of proportion at first.
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Old 11-03-2006, 08:56 AM   #6
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I'm actually in a similar situation. I started running WoW in 1024x768 windowed mode maximized on a monitor that I run at 1280x1024 so that I would not get half-sized fraps files. Though the files weren't half-size, they were definitely not as clear as I was hoping. Once I dropped my monitor resolution down to 1024x768, the quality of recordings was significantly better.
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Old 11-03-2006, 05:23 PM   #7
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Fraps runs with 1280x1024 on me.. weird...
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Old 11-03-2006, 07:38 PM   #8
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2.8.1 - 26th Oct 2006
- Fixed skewed video capture when game resolution width not a multiple of 8
- Fixed slow full-size recording when anti-aliasing forced in NVIDIA Control Panel
- Fixed blank/garbage captures after switching between multiple games
- Fixed crash on Fraps exit

2.8.0 - 20th Oct 2006
- Added full-size video capture up to 2560x1600 for dual core CPUs
- Added G15 gameinfo screen (mapped to 4th button)
- Added Targa (TGA) screenshot format support
- Added dual core optimizations to Fraps FPS1 codec
- Added extra digit to counter (now displays above 999 fps)
- Improved full-size D3D9 video capture speed (10-20%)
- Fixed G15 display not scaling properly with high framerates
- Fixed Company of Heroes reporting 999 fps
- Fixed mouse cursor offset in some windowed applications
- Fixed flickering movies recording Flight Simulator 9/FSX with dual monitors
If you have a dualcore CPU and version 2.8.0 or higher, that would be possible yes
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My FPS are always extremely slow with Fraps =(
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