Video Screen Capture

[dreach]

I thinking of making a movie by filming Star Wars Galaxies while playing. I am using fraps to film. But a editing program im thinking of getting (Final Cut Express HD) can't read the .AVI files that fraps produces. Is there another video screen capture program that u use, or a way to convert the .AVI into different files without losing resolution? Or a way to change the options on the Fraps program to produce a different .AVI or use a different compressor?

[theewizard]

why not just rip the DVD, try dvdshrink or Ripit4me

dvddecrypter

there are plenty of options, for this

[steveryan]

why not just rip the DVD, try dvdshrink or Ripit4me

dvddecrypter

there are plenty of options, for this

dreach is talking about the video game, not the film.

[theewizard]

oops... I guess he has the correct Idea then,

I thought it was a FAN film

[dreach]

so, what do i do?

[Baldrick]

what video codec does fraps use? you can check the codec in the avi with gspot,avicodec,avi2clipboard,mediainfo,etc.

[dreach]

i took a screen shot of the avicodec program (don't understand it, but u might b able to make some sense of it) U'll have to zoom in on the picture to get a clear image [/img]

[dreach]

and here is the second screenshot (again zoom in on it)

[Rawit]

Fraps uses a custom codec called FPS1. It is installed together with Fraps, and should allow you to edit the video in all kinds of programs. It's possible however, that Final Cut HD doesn't like the codec, or, the resolution of your capture.

Before you go try all kinds of different editing programs, think about the resolution your final product/movie should have. If the resolution you are capturing in now is higher then what the final movie is going to be, maybe it's wise to use another resolution for your captures.

Try to stick with existing video resolutions and frame-rates if possible. Fraps can produce high resolution captures, with a high frame-rate, which in turn are a pain to edit (uses lots of resources).

If you stick with the resolution you are using now, I bet a lot of people here can advise you what software to use for high resolution captures.

[dreach]

i am getting Final Cut Express HD, is there anything i can do to make it work with Final Cut?

[Rawit]

Try keeping the captures at HD resolution, 1280 x 720 pixels for example. You have a better chance then that Final Cut will except the files.

[dreach]

how do i change resolution in fraps?

[Rawit]

You can always set the display resolution / resolution of your game to the desired setting. I believe Fraps will record in that same resolution.

[dreach]

k, but are there any other programs that peopl use, that works with Final Cut Express HD?

[dreach]

anyone?

[dreach]

ANYONE !?!?!

[Baldrick]

Have you tried D3DGear ?

[dreach]

no i haven't, but im going to download the free trail now.

Thank You

[dreach]

i tried it, and not even 30 seconds of recording, was 996megabites in size

[Smoogle]

I'm having the same problem i wonder if this issue is resolved? I cannot open Fraps film footage on quicktime and cannot edit it on the mac..responses are kind of slow here so im hoping someone can help