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CocaCola
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 01:37
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I downloaded the full version of fraps, recorded a 15 or so minute long video of minecraft with it, and it split it into 2 minute parts.. each about 2/3GB.. Gigabytes.. not megabytes..

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Indicium
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 01:38
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I've never used fraps before, but something tells me you've set it up wrongly :p

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Thraxas
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 01:45
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If I save uncompressed videos using a different screen recorder I can have 1 minute videos that are 11gb. I use the DivX Pro converter to reduce the size.

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swissolo
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 01:45 Edited at: 21st Feb 2011 01:46
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Well, if you recorded at like 1920x1080 uncompressed I can see that happening.
Edit Thraxas beat me to it....

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CocaCola
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 03:41
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So use a program to compress it? Cause i don't want videos over like 500MB..

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Benjamin
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 03:48
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Just use windows movie maker to export a compressed version of it.



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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 06:17 Edited at: 21st Feb 2011 06:17
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You can use blenders rendering feature to remedy this in a pinch too. (This isnt the easiest... just another route.)
Load your video to the sequence editor, select the rendering format of your choice and render as sequence. You can use this to combine videos when you compress too. I use it to expand looping animations for youtube so that i dont have 1 sec videos like so many of you dont like!

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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 10:03
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i suggest the free program VirtualDub
and the Xvid video compression codec - it's free as well

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Kevin Picone
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Posted: 21st Feb 2011 22:35
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I second virtual dub + xvid combo.

Although if editing clips (with some movie making app) I'll either capture them in lossless or re-compress the raw video's into a lossless form such as (Lagarith Lossless Video Codec. The resulting file is still large, at around about %30-40 of the original file size, but it's not key frame based, and doesn't damage original image quality.


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I recommend the excellent and free Microsoft Expression Encoder: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Encoder4_Overview.aspx

It can produce excellent quality WMV files, and is fast: it uses all CPU cores for encoding if you have a multi-core CPU. I use it all the time to compress my Fraps videos down to a more manageable size.

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crispex
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 13:47
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I use PlayClaw and the videos are MUCH larger, but smoother. I usually use Vegas to edit and compress my videos, works rather nicely.

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BatVink
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 14:18
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FRAPs is intentionally large. The idea is that you dump the video footage as fast as possible so that it doesn't interfere with the game.

To do any of the above suggestions, you may need to download a FRAPs encoder, unless it got installed with the program.

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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 22:33
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Quote: "I use PlayClaw and the videos are MUCH larger, but smoother."


Yeah that's what I use. It creates incredibly smooth videos, particularly when you use it in 4 core extreme mode.

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Hmmm I have to try some of these encoders you guys are talking about. I've been filming lots of video lately with a cheap low-quality grainy webcam. The problem is it takes up about 170MB for just 3 minutes. Yes it's really crappy, and for a specific project, but I'd love to shrink those down even more if possible.


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