[Kosh]

I've been thinking about recording some FS2 missions from some of the mods, so other than FRAPS what is out there? I recall someone posted something a while back with a name that started with x (I think), but I haven't been able to find the post so I dont remember exactly what the name was. So what is out there (that's free, but also good)?

[QuantumDelta]

Having taken a tour of most of the capture proggies recently, I'd DEFINITELY stick with fraps if you have the hardware to manage 1080p recording.
If you don't, hypercam and gamecam are 'ok', most other stuff... try to avoid.

But FRAPS is the industry standard atm.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Actually, QD, Fraps runs very solidly on all but the most outdated computers. Most of the trailers that you see on my YouTube channel uploads were recorded with Fraps on my IBM, which had 248 MB back then.

[SpardaSon21]

Xfire has built-in video capture, and it is pretty good from what I've heard (never used it myself since I've never needed to capture video).

[watsisname]

I purchased gamecam a while back and it's reasonably good, but in hindsight probably not worth the pricetag. 

I'm surprised about the positive things being said for FRAPS -- I might check it out for myself now.

[TopAce]

FRAPS is good as long as you purchase it. The free version's 30-second limit is burdensome for recording whole missions.

[Mongoose]

Xfire has built-in video capture, and it is pretty good from what I've heard (never used it myself since I've never needed to capture video).

I used it myself for my one ill-advised mission-recording attempt, and I was rather impressed with the results.  It wasn't very resource-intensive while recording, and its encoding scheme produced fairly good quality in a very small file size.  And the way I see it, you can't beat free.

[headdie]

Xfire has built-in video capture, and it is pretty good from what I've heard (never used it myself since I've never needed to capture video).

I used it myself for my one ill-advised mission-recording attempt, and I was rather impressed with the results.  It wasn't very resource-intensive while recording, and its encoding scheme produced fairly good quality in a very small file size.  And the way I see it, you can't beat free.

how do you get around xfire insisting on using the retail exe ?

[SpardaSon21]

You can choose manual detection for it in your Options/Games tab in Xfire and then point it to your C:\Games\FreeSpace2 folder, then choose which .exe.

[headdie]

I try that but I'm getting this

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[Topgun]

try the fso exe, not the launcher.

[headdie]

I'm still getting the error 

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[Mongoose]

I feel like you might have to re-name the executable you're using to one of those two options, as those are the two that Xfire has as presets.  (There may be some config file somewhere to change that, but I'm not entirely sure.)  I don't think I even had FS2 listed as one of my installed games when I recorded with it, as I just had to add it in there now; I think the in-game recording worked just fine without it.

EDIT:  Ah, here's something that might work.  The Xfire program folder has a file called "xfire_games.ini" that stores info for all of the accepted games on the list.  Presumably, you can change the executable listed there from 3.6.10 to whatever you're currently using.

[headdie]

I feel like you might have to re-name the executable you're using to one of those two options, as those are the two that Xfire has as presets.  (There may be some config file somewhere to change that, but I'm not entirely sure.)  I don't think I even had FS2 listed as one of my installed games when I recorded with it, as I just had to add it in there now.

didnt think about renaming, thanks

[Mongoose]

Gah, you got in before my edit.

[Kosh]

xfire, that's the one I was thinking about. Cool, I'll give it a shot in the next couple of days.

[headdie]

EDIT:  Ah, here's something that might work.  The Xfire program folder has a file called "xfire_games.ini" that stores info for all of the accepted games on the list.  Presumably, you can change the executable listed there from 3.6.10 to whatever you're currently using.

that did the trick

[QuantumDelta]

Fraps vs Xfire;


Fraps Pros;
Superior Audio.
Superior Video.
Superior Data Rate Handling.
No Watermark (or similar crap on screen).
Video-Loop tech = freaking awesome.

Fraps Cons;
There is a slight jump even on a high quality system when swapping files, fraps cuts videos into 3.9GB chunks, and it's very hard to piece these together smoothly.

Xfire Pros;
Lower quality picture means less data rate to handle, less i/o spam and slightly lower filesize.
Saves everything as one file. - no skipping.

Xfire Cons;
Basically?
Looks like ass, sounds half decent at best compared to FRAPs, and leaves a crappy water mark on the screen.

[Enigmatic Entity]

There's zSoft Game Recorder, don't know how well it compares to FRAPs, but it's only $10 if you decide to pay for it, otherwise it's 60s and a stamp, which is a small www. in the corner. Or there's other methods...

[Androgeos Exeunt]

I remember Fraps used to have that watermark at the top of the screen...

I believe Twitter has a video recording function as well, but I'm not sure if that's true or a load of manure.