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| Ghoruz |
| Posted: Sep 22 2010, 05:35 PM |
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Hello. As of late I've been looking for an alternative to fraps as I get spiky results with fraps although I have a very capable computer + 2x HDDs - I found this excellent guide http://www.genadmission.com/vdubguide.html (if you click the link and you get page not found, just refresh the page and it'll show).
I tried it out and was very satisfied by the results, I didn't even notice I was recording, the quality is good, however in the guide it instructs me to use PicVideo MJPEG codec and the files become quite big (1 gb for almost 1:30 min of gameplay) - While I've been googling about game recording I've found most people say that x264 codec is extremly good so I thought I'd give it a go.
However, when I try using x264 codec for recording, first of all I lagg as hell while recording, second of all, it doesn't seem to capture anything, all I get is a black screen when I watch the recording afterwards.
I'd really like to be able to keep using virtual dub for recording but the PicVideo MJPEG files are just too big - So I am either looking for someone to help me get x264 codec to work or is it possible to record with the PicVideo MJPEG codec but uhmm, render it or encode to make it smaller, I used fraps earlier to record, then render it in sony vegas pro 9 and then encode it with some program called staxrip with x264 which worked really good.
Here's how the settings look like for the x264 codec http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/9968/wa...aewaeeeeeee.png
The game I am trying to record is WoW, my computer is pretty good (1000gig HDD, 200£ video card, quadcore processor, 4 gb 1600 MHZ DD3 memory), will post detailed information about components if someone would be interested.
Would really really appreciate any sort of answer!
Regards,
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| stephanV |
| Posted: Sep 22 2010, 06:11 PM |
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| QUOTE (Ghoruz @ Sep 22 2010, 07:35 PM) | | or is it possible to record with the PicVideo MJPEG codec but uhmm, render it or encode to make it smaller, I used fraps earlier to record, then render it in sony vegas pro 9 and then encode it with some program called staxrip with x264 which worked really good. |
Do that. X264 is a little heavy to use in realtime, but works fine for rendering the final product.
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VirtualDub, Input plugins and filters, AviSynth, AVI-Mux GUI, AC3ACM by fcchandler, VirtualDub FAQ |
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| Ghoruz |
| Posted: Sep 22 2010, 07:43 PM |
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I tried render the clips which were recorded with the PicVideo MJPEG Codec as I normally do with the fraps clips using sony vegas 9 and then encoding them using staxrip and the x264 codec, however, when I rendered the clip in sony vegas they became insanely huge so one clip of 1 minute ended up being 300 MB which is still too big. |
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| stephanV |
| Posted: Sep 22 2010, 07:44 PM |
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Well that has always been the case if you use the same method as before. The format before rendering has nothing to do with what size Sony Vegas produces. Staxrip is what makes them small.
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