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I'm kind of wanting to make a COD4 video but I'm not sure on how to record video. I tried fraps but it is too jerky to play, no matter what settings I use ingame. Maybe someone can help me out there? I have a feeling it just won't work. I think I need a capture card, but I'm a noob to that stuff.

So basically I'd like to record my COD4 gameplay WITHOUT me even noticing it is recording. Any ideas please help me out! REP+ for helpful responses.

BTW not really sure where to put this, sorry if it's in the wrong section. thanks guys!
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I believe you are looking for "FRAPS".

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Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:

Benchmarking Software - Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points. Save the statistics out to disk and use them for your own reviews and applications.

Screen Capture Software - Take a screenshot with the press of a key! There's no need to paste into a paint program every time you want a new shot. Your screen captures are automatically named and timestamped.

Realtime Video Capture Software - Have you ever wanted to record video while playing your favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution! Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam, game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can capture audio and video up to 2560x1600 with custom frame rates from 10 to 100 frames per second!
edit: Somehow I skimmed right over your Fraps comment, sorry.
Edited by ericeod - 7/27/08 at 12:20pm
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Fraps is the way to go
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Thanks guys but please read the whole post. I've tried FRAPS and it's too jerky, I can't play with it recording. Any other ideas? Or at least what kind of capture card I need? thanks!
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xfire video is pretty good, but the files are HUGE
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Fraps is the way to go
He said he tried fraps but it messed up his FPS.

Other than a separate computer and a capture card, I dont know...
    
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Try GameCam demo
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xfire video is pretty good, but the files are HUGE
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He said he tried fraps but it messed up his FPS.

Other than a separate computer and a capture card, I dont know...
@collins, thanks, I just tried it. Same problem as FRAPS though it has potential. I'll play around with it.

@ killnine, ty for reading and as to your suggestion, I have a laptop sitting next to me that is never used because a few keys are shot, but using it as a capture thingy miught work. Are there any cheap USB capture cards that I can use with it? Also, why can't I buy a capture card and put it in my comp? Does it have to be in a second comp? Thanks guys!
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Quote:
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He said he tried fraps but it messed up his FPS.

Other than a separate computer and a capture card, I dont know...
Yeah I just re-read the post

Apologies.


The only other one I can think of is the Xfire one. I used it when it first came out and it did just fine
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I just finished making my own COD4 video. I made a thread of it, here is the link to the thread.

http://www.overclock.net/pc-games/36...rag-video.html


What I did in the video was I used the /record command in console. That will record a demo. The /stoprecord will stop the demo. Then the demo will be placed in the demos folder in C:\\Program Files\\Activision\\Call of Duty 4- Modern Warfare\\Main\\Demos (The demos get placed else where if you have vista and will be in a different folder if you are in a moded server that has a mod like PAM4). What I did was I binded the record feature to the "x" key and the stop record feature to the "v" key making it easy to start and stop a demo so I wouldn't have lengthy demos to look through. To bind you just simply do /bind x record and /bind v stoprecord in the console The the x key will record and the v key will stop the demo. While making a demo the demo's name will appear in the bottom left corner. The very first demo you make the name will be demo0000, the 2nd demo0001, 3rd demo0002, etc. Using the record feature will not lower FPS like Fraps does so you can game and get frags like you normally do.

I also used the program called COD4 Player. You can download it here: http://www.cybopat.net/vb_cod4player_eng.php

In that program you can fast forward through demos, go in 3rd person while viewing a demo, and slow down demos. You just need to know where you have your demos stored so you can view them through COD4 player. COD4 player will open up the game to view the demo.

Then to get your demos into regular readable video files you use fraps while watching your demos. This way the lowered FPS of fraps will not affect your gaming. With my PC I can average 100 FPS using Fraps while watching a demo, but I have to lower my graphics a lot to get that FPS. Fraps video sizes are really big. For that 5min COD4 frag video I mentioned earlier I used 30gb of Frap videos.

Hope that helps.
Edited by Archertom89 - 7/27/08 at 1:00pm
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