fraps

ZiGGY

more of a steam question but, is fraps considered and/or detected as a cheat somehow? I was debating getting some footage in games from it to try and show my friend what this other game is but I dont wanna get my account banned in the process <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

Align

If it is, you can just record a demo, and then record the demo with fraps.

sherpa

No, it's not detected as a cheat, but FRAPS is real crappy.

The best way to do it is use the built-in "staretmovie 25 clipx" command then use virtualdub to compress the bmps into a divx movie.

(+ Vegas for easy editing)

tigersmith

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more of a steam question but, is fraps considered and/or detected as a cheat somehow? I was debating getting some footage in games from it to try and show my friend what this other game is but I dont wanna get my account banned in the process <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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No its not a cheat but like the post said above me its really bad at messing up your frames. For instance If you have 150 FPS in HL2, you would expect it to be somewhere near that when its recording. But no it does not do that. It records your game your playing with 25 FPS, and it drops the whole game to that level(thats terrible). I used it many times, got fed up on how I cant shoot people because of it. So I just baught a HD capture card for my other computer, works wonderful. But if you dont have enough cash or another computer to do that, fraps is the only choice.

enigma

uh, no. what sherpa said works, even on my pos comp.

RoCity

but dont you lose sound in recorddemo t? You keep the sound in Fraps
correct me if im wrong

Ansjovis

Fraps records video+sound, if you use the startmovie you have to capture sound with some other app.

Warrior

I use fraps all the time and havent been banned. I just put the fps to 60 since I have a paid version. The files tend to be HUGE. Like 50 GB plus for less then a hour. I have no slow downs and I maintain a constant 60 fps.

TerRaKanE

if you dont want to use the "startmovie" function of ns I recommend to record a demo, then capture it with fraps...this suxx though.

the best way is:
1. record a demo
2. capture it with "startmovie <25> (or 200pictures per second if you want a high quality movies) <name>
3. Encode with Virtual Dub
4. Use vegas for cutting the scenes

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5. Record the demo again with fraps
6. Use Virtual Dub to rip the audiostream of the fraps avi
7. insert the wav-file to your vegas project
8. edit and finish it

RoCity

you have to record the exact same things again and still then how are you able to time both on the exact same second :O

TerRaKanE

Have you ever used Vegas? Or did Movies?
Usualy you've only got short clips, cutted togehter. Its not a big deal to sync them with the sound.
Same goes for 1 large video. you just need to 1 shot or footstep synchronous.

its not that hard to record the whole thing with fraps again, you just have to start the demo and press F5 ohr whatever key starts fraps.

ZiGGY

eugh sounds like a lot of hassle, playing with 30fps is no big deal for me, its more than i would get most of the time :/

tigersmith

Here is one of my videos done from my capture card. And just some quick editing done in Vegas(i think, that or primere dont remember)

<a href="http://www.tigersmith.com/TigersmithV2Test.wmv" target="_blank">http://www.tigersmith.com/TigersmithV2Test.wmv</a>

SpaceJesus

Ok, the actual syntax is :

<!--c1--><div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain'><!--ec1-->startmovie <outputname> <framerate><!--c2--></div><!--ec2-->