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General Category => Technology and Programming => Topic started by: Aten on October 03, 2008, 01:31:03 am
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Not a major problem (at least for now), but, when ever I go full screen on a program, fraps counter comes up with the FPS. Now, for eg, in rm2k3, it shows at 60FPS, which is proper, but then I start RECORDING, it drops to like, 12FPS, (and takes the game with it). And as soon as I stop recording, the FPS is back to normal.
Is this a PC problem? Or fraps? Is there something better (and/or free) then fraps?
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Recording does put additional strain on your system. I suggest trying a program like hypercam, and running the program windowed if possible. It has a good variety of codecs and you have quite a bit of customization for most of them.
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Sweet. Thanks goat, I'll try that and see how it goes.
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more like CRAPS
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Tried hypercam 2. It's a little better then fraps, but not by much.
Maybe the fact that my videocard is only 64MB has something to do with it?
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What kind of a processor do you have?
Most the work needed to both display and record the content is done by the CPU. Try toying with different codecs, and trying them all at low levels of compression. You could even try no compression which would mean massive filesize, but you could just convert the video after you finish capturing it.
You want to capture at about 320x240 resolution, at 24-30 fps. If you're in full screen, run in as small a resolution as possible.
Close out of any unnecessary programs that could be taking up CPU time. You could even try setting the priority of the recording app (fraps/hypercam) to highest in windows task manager (alt-ctrl-del).
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afaik fraps captures without compression by default (as in you can't even use any codec to encode recorded videos on fly)
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also in fraps there's an option to select framerate. so if you set that option to a low fps, the game will run at that fps.
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Well, my CPU is a Pentium 4, 3.20GHz, (and RAM is 1gb)
When I recorded with fraps, the FPS was set to 60.
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http://taksi.sourceforge.net/ might work for you (doesn't capture sound iirc)
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Try at 30 fps, thats the fastest that most video plays at.
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Well, my CPU is a Pentium 4, 3.20GHz, (and RAM is 1gb)
When I recorded with fraps, the FPS was set to 60.
What resolution did you record at? Recording at high FPS (and especially with high resolution) can be very CPU demanding. Especially since you have a single core CPU. I remember that with my previous computer (P4 3.2 GHz as well), my FPS dropped to 10-20 while recording with Fraps, but when I got this one (E6600 Dual core 2.4 GHz), it was much, much better.
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rpg maker is 320x240 so its pretty much on the lowest resolution.
Aten as far as your problem goes, does the frame rate drop in game or on the title screen (when recording)? If you arent getting a frame rate drop on the title screen then it means that its your game causing the lag, and the video card combined with lack of ram wont help.
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You can play rpgmaker games with 640x480 though, and you can even override that resolution in fraps.
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rpg maker is 320x240 so its pretty much on the lowest resolution.
Aten as far as your problem goes, does the frame rate drop in game or on the title screen (when recording)? If you arent getting a frame rate drop on the title screen then it means that its your game causing the lag, and the video card combined with lack of ram wont help.
Video card and RAM are not what is slowing him down, it's his CPU alone.
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Even 24 fps would be smooth enough - that's what DVD videos run at (but they have a healthy dose of motion blur).