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Mad-Mike
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Post by Mad-Mike »

hello all,
got the full version of Fraps and i recorded PR for like 1minute odd and the video size was 1.45 GB WTF? anyone know how to make it smaller ?

thanks mike.
Swe_Olsson
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Re: fraps

Post by Swe_Olsson »

Copied and pasted from Fraps own FAQ
Why is the AVI movie generated by Fraps so big? How can I reduce the size?

The filesize is big because there isn’t enough time to encode the movie while the game is running. The movie frames are slightly compressed, but still require a large amount of disk space due to the high resolutions. Once you have finished capturing you should convert the saved AVI into one of the popular compressed movie formats such as mpeg or divx. Recommended programs for doing this are tmpgenc (Tsunami Mpeg Encoder), and VirtualDub.

Using VirtualDub is quite easy. To create a compressed version of the AVI follow these steps:

* Start VirtualDub
* Select File->Open and choose the AVI in the Fraps directory you wish to compress.
* Select Video->Compression and choose the codec you wish to compress with (usually divx)
* Select File->Save As AVI and specify a filename for the new AVI.

If you have Windows XP you can also use Windows Movie Maker to compress the video files. If you use Windows Movie Maker it's recommended that you keep your Fraps video files at 800x600 or under.
Taliban-IED
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Re: fraps

Post by Taliban-IED »

Mad-Mike wrote:hello all,
got the full version of Fraps and i recorded PR for like 1minute odd and the video size was 1.45 GB WTF? anyone know how to make it smaller ?

thanks mike.
all good vids stop after 30 seconds :D
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Mad-Mike
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Re: fraps

Post by Mad-Mike »

Swe_Olsson wrote:Copied and pasted from Fraps own FAQ
thank you!
Taliban-IED wrote:all good vids stop after 30 seconds :D
not when u have the full version of fraps, u can record as long as you want :D
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