Fraps - How do i keep down the amount of memory used...?

[SpoonyPizzas]

Hi I use FRAPS to record goals, but whenever I want to host them, i can... but they are HUGE.... like 18meg is the smallest for like a 7 sec video....

I have it on half size settings with 25FPS....

Any ideas?

Is there a way to record in a different format such as .avi with fraps?

[Barry]

Hi I use FRAPS to record goals, but whenever I want to host them, i can... but they are HUGE.... like 18meg is the smallest for like a 7 sec video....

I have it on half size settings with 25FPS....

Any ideas?

Is there a way to record in a different format such as .avi with fraps?

FRAPS is good, what you need is a program called VirtualDub. Ill update this post and ive you a link to the thread where this all is explained.


EDIT:

1) Goto File
2) Open Video File
3) Select Video from your video docs(the one you recorderd with FRAPS)
4) Click “Audio”, select “No Audio”
5) Then “Video”, then “Compression”
6) Then select codec, ie “DivX5.1.1 Codec”
7) Click “Configure”
8) Next, lower bitrate. 526 kb per second is a good general guide
9) Click “Ok” until you get back to where the video was opened
10) Finally, select “File” & “Save as avi”

Play around with the bitrate until you get a file that is nicely reduced in size, but is still reasonably high in quality.
Obviously, the lower the bitrate, the smaller the file will be, but the quality of the replay will be worse. Over-compression leads to a clouding effect; similar to one’s impaired vision after a few too many stella’s.

Thanks to hb for help with this guide.


Download VirtualDub here:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/virtualdub/VirtualDub-1.6.11.zip?download

If you have any questions after this, or you dont understand something; just ask.

[SpoonyPizzas]

FRAPS is good, what you need is a program called VirtualDub. Ill update this post and ive you a link to the thread where this all is explained.

Thanks bud, will appritiate it!