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Offline zespri

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video capture tool
« on: January 04, 2013, 02:23:50 am »
Guys, I want to capture a video of a game (Valley 2) never done it before. What software should I use?
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Offline LaughingThesaurus

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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2013, 02:31:26 am »
Personally, I prefer Fraps. You'll need a program to edit and compress the video, because you'll get massive uncompressed video files... but it gives you the most to work with out of anything. You can take any level of quality and go down. You can't exactly take a low res video and just make it better somehow.
For perspective, an hour of video can be like 200 gigabytes or more. If you haven't got the hard drive space, look up Camstudio, or I'm sure someone else has a better one.
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2013, 02:36:06 am »
Thanks, since this is likely a one off thing, I'd prefer free software. I don't think Fraps has a free version. I obviously can google a ton of tools like that, but I was after "used it, found it useful and convenient" type of recommendation. Yours is good, but I'm not ready to pay =)
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2013, 04:00:43 am »
I think fraps has a trial, but it's a really awful model. Only 30 seconds of recording, and with a watermark.
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2013, 06:16:30 pm »
Quote from: zespri on January 04, 2013, 02:23:50 am
Guys, I want to capture a video of a game (Valley 2) never done it before. What software should I use?

I was using OpenBroadcaster for streaming, and from what I understand it does video too but I never tried just pulling video with it.
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2013, 01:28:23 am »
Thanks, I'll remember OpenBroadcaster for the future, was able to make a short video with help of a hammer and a spade for now, so thank you all =)
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2013, 01:13:47 pm »
FRAPS is great for everyday stuff and non-demanding stuff. But once you get into my serious stuff, I've found DXTory to be absolutely invaluable. The ability to record audio into separate audio channels is absolutely priceless for post-editing. Not to mention that it's settings are vastly superiour to FRAPS, and it's CPU usage is a lot less than FRAPS.
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2013, 02:47:35 pm »
Also I suck at reading. DXTory is payware, and doesn't have a demo AFAIK, nor is it suitable for a one-off thing. It's more of a serious production tool.
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Re: video capture tool
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2013, 02:52:35 pm »
Quote from: Moonshine Fox on January 05, 2013, 02:47:35 pm
Also I suck at reading. DXTory is payware, and doesn't have a demo AFAIK, nor is it suitable for a one-off thing. It's more of a serious production tool.
No, any info id good. Thank you, it's good to know about this option.
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