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[Video] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 13:46
by Wicca
Hello! I have always wanted to record and play PR. Here is a video made by using expression 4 encoder.
I will work on settings and encoder options until i get it right. But it looks good. Getting it to run in fullscreen mode is also a goal
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 15:53
by Psyrus
Your frame rate seems super low... but in the window it says you're running @ 30-40fps... not sure what the problem is there...
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 16:23
by saXoni
Psyrus wrote:Your frame rate seems super low... but in the window it says you're running @ 30-40fps... not sure what the problem is there...
Just thought about that. Could it be because he runs it in windowed-mode?
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 16:44
by AfterDune
I don't experience any difference in framerate if I play windowed or fullscreen mode.
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 17:37
by Johncro
I think teh reason the FPS is low is because of teh capture software.
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 19:33
by Daniel
Just record with MSI Afterburner and you'll have no FPS drop mate.
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-04 19:42
by Wicca
I am experimenting

I had a few more tries today. And it is connected to the number of kbs a second. So i need to run at like 30 000 kb/s. or 100 000 for a good fps.
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 08:09
by otom24
... and reduce video resolution. No need to record shitty bf2 graphics in High Definition ^^
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 08:12
by Mad-Mike
Daniel wrote:Just record with MSI Afterburner and you'll have no FPS drop mate.
Isnt this only for MSI Hardware only though?
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 09:35
by Psyrus
I agree with the above poster (otom24), fraps is the way to go!
Mad-Mike wrote:Isnt this only for MSI Hardware only though?
Afterburner? Nah it can be used with (afaik) all brands. I used it on mine which was certainly not an MSI
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 10:00
by PoisonBill
I like Xfire, it works for me. The problem when I film myself playing though, is taking care of all the raw footage. I film in 1920x1200, because I want to show how "I" play and make the footage look as good as possible. When I do this, my raw footage is the size of 4 Gb even though its only 3 min long. You have to edit all these clips together, then covert them to the right format, with the right codec. It's so much hassle it's insane! It would be much easier if I would have a internal hard drive over 300 gb, a fast one as well.
Forgotten Hope 2, Lee Enfield Longshots vs BOTS (HD) 1920x1200 - YouTube One of the few good looking footages I've been able to fix.
Xfire or Fraps are the only programs that actually work, the rest of them are either fake, meaning that they say HQ, but in real it's your resolution divided. Or it's really buggy and your raw data is impossible to convert.
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 19:29
by Wicca
Msi afterburner doesnt record sound. And the file is frikkin 2gb after 1 min lawl.
I will use this cause the file sizes in expression are far smaller, and i can encode it after easily. Not to mention that it records sound
EDIT: Here is video two!
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Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 20:45
by Wicca
After recording 8 min, its 890 mb. Then i use the program that came with it, encode it to wmv 720p upload it to youtube voila.
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-05 23:55
by Wicca
Here is the first vid.
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Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-09 15:37
by Wicca
Me testing Fraps.
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Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-09 16:42
by Psyrus
Much,
much better quality (rendered frames)!
To reduce file size I suggest capping the recording fps @ 30fps (or 29.97), as well as playing at the lowest resolution that you'd like the video to be rendered at.
So basically if 720p is good enough for you, I'd play in a window @ 1280x720 resolution, as it will chew through much less disk space at the lower fps & lower resolution.
But yeah, I had 2x500GB disks raided just for fraps dumping. It was nice to never have to care about it, and it cost like... $120 to set up so no real big outlay.

Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-09 19:02
by splatters
Judging by the videos Wicca is a total newbie in PR
Also, post some real gameplay videos instead of these video recording experimentals
Re: [VIDEO] Wicca's Wacky Games
Posted: 2011-11-10 01:35
by Wicca
splatters wrote:Judging by the videos Wicca is a total newbie in PR
Also, post some real gameplay videos instead of these video recording experimentals
Had an epic round on iron ridge, but alas recording tool would not start
