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General Forums => Films and Screenshots => Topic started by: jaxxo on January 12, 2006, 06:17:57 AM
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i have come to conclusion after trying some settings that fraps stinks for quality video...im looking for good quality but i cant seem to convert to avi without it looking like doodoo...any tips? most options i try with ahfilm lead to errors of some sort "could not play" etc
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jaxxo, the res fraps records the avis with depends on the size/res of your film viewer window. To record higher res, maximize the viewer before recording.
Also, depending on how much your graphics card/CPU/memory can stomach, try maxing out the detail sliders and vid res ingame before recording (viewer uses those setups). You can also swich on Anti Aliasing for recording, this will smooth out the edges.
My fraps gives me 900x700 res, 12 bit, 30 fps avis, wich is plenty enough quality for editing. (My quality gets lost when i compress the film).
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So do you maximise the Aces High filmviewer or the fraps recorder?
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Originally posted by Spiffing
So do you maximise the Aces High filmviewer or the fraps recorder?
film viewer window. click the 'full screen' button to the right, after setting up the angles and some lead in so everything has time to render. it'll make the film go full screen (FAR better quality)
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thanx for tips
...i got some good ones now as well
change res to higher quality in game..when you record usng fraps in AHfilm it will look to game settings for vid res...you can change old ah files to better quality doing this so no need to refilm in higher res..now you will have to reload cache (automatic) so its a pain in the arse when you log back in
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Originally posted by Pooface
film viewer window. click the 'full screen' button to the right, after setting up the angles and some lead in so everything has time to render. it'll make the film go full screen (FAR better quality)
No actually the FULL SCREEN button leaves me with a lower res then maximising the viewer window Poof. Not sure why.
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man, what did you spill on your computer? rofl
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LoL, i dont know. But they are know to do funny things around me..... :D
:noid
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Quality of your Avi depends on a lot of things. Screen res, game quality settings, frame rate you record, and ending avi screen size. Fraps, in the simpliest version, takes screen shots of your screen and stores them as bmps. Fraps codec is uncompressed, its an avi in raw form. Fraps can only record to the screen size on a CRT screen, 1152 x 864. This is why your recordings can get really big. Record at 640 x 480 or if your rig can handle it 800 x 600 @ 12 fps. Make sure you have your anti virus and any programs you don't need running in the background are shut down. After you are done, take the AVI and dump it into virtual dub and increase the frame rate to 24 fps. At this time you should convert it to for the first compression, myself use HuffyUV, it's a lossless codec. Then dump it into your video editing software. After editing it, dump it back into virtual dub and compress it into whatever codec you want for the final version... I, myself use Xvid, seems to be the best at this momment.
Oh forgot... defrag your computer too before you do this.
What is the maximum resolution supported by Half/Full-size video capture?
The maximum resolution for Half-size capture is 2048x1536. Full-size video capture is limited to a maximum of 1152x864 (4:3) or 1280x720 (widescreen). If Full-size is selected and the game is set to a resolution higher than the maximum, Fraps will automatically switch to Half-size when recording.
Hope this helps.
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The quality of videos using fraps even at half-res is pretty crappy for me. Is there some tweaking possible to lose the compression artifacts?
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The quality of videos using fraps even at half-res is pretty crappy for me. Is there some tweaking possible to lose the compression artifacts?
I know, resurrection.
Dunno if it helps quality and I've never done it, but I've heard that you record at half speed, or slower, in FRAPS at max resolution then speed it back up in your movie maker if you have a system that can't handle everything at once.
Just throwing that out. Dunno.
wrongway
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Mind posting an example moot.
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I think it might be anti-aliasing that throws off the fraps capture algorithm..
Grab from the AHFV with no AA:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3555/3324562842_ed26055f3a_o.png)
With AA:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3615/3324562756_9c8d90b4af_o.png)
This is just from memory, I'll double check that it's AA in a bit.
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On my system I had to add the AHFilm program to the NVidia Control Panels 'Program Settings' tab and set the antialiasing and other graphics settings separate from AH. :aok
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Mind posting an example moot.
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Those pics above don't work for you? They're two screens of videos captured with fraps. The first with the AHFV without AA, the second with.