Looking to make a movie...

MilitantB0B · 2004-02-18, 10:09 PM

Does anybody know of any other way of video capture? FRAPS costs money, and that is something I just can't spare right now. Does anybody know of any way I can record some video on my comp without shelling out any dough?

Thanks in advance.

Spee · 2004-02-18, 10:12 PM

You have S-Video out?

Biohazzard56 · 2004-02-18, 11:00 PM

Militant Bob, Check your PMs

ZeroShadow · 2004-02-18, 11:34 PM

Ive been wanting to do the same thing but, i dont have a paypal or cedit card to buy fraps and i dont have s-vid out anyone know of a way

321 · 2004-02-19, 12:05 AM

Well you could always get the free Fraps which isn't that good.

MuNsTeR · 2004-02-19, 12:26 AM

Originally Posted by 321

Well you could always get the free Fraps which isn't that good.

tahts what i use but i dont wanna pay money to host it...

321 · 2004-02-19, 12:31 AM

Then get a free host

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HawkEye · 2004-02-19, 12:52 AM

yea i have fraps and it kinda sux. if anyone can tell me or pm a site that is free and better than fraps i wuold really like that.

321 · 2004-02-19, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by HawkEye

yea i have fraps and it kinda sux.

Do you have the free version or the non-free one? I know that the free one is pretty bad cause it only films a part of your screen but, I've herd that the non-free one is really good.

Dharkbayne · 2004-02-19, 01:01 AM

I have the full version, contact me by MSN IM, [email protected] , I might be able to "help you out"

BigFreak · 2004-02-19, 03:19 AM

lol.

Phaelon · 2004-02-19, 09:26 AM

Fraps will take processor power away from the game, so if you have a slower computer, it might not be the best idea. Also depending on where Fraps is storing the video in real time, your I/O requests could go through the roof.

Use your Video card's capture ability to do two things.
1).Capture to a VCR via RCA composite or S-Video. Then capture it back to your computer via Adobe Premier or another video editing software. Just go to a bit torrent site like super nova to download the apps if you don't own them.
2).Capture to another computer for "Awesome" quality via a RCA composite or S-Video.

Capturing to another computer will give you the best quality, but if you have a good vcr, it can be pretty decent too.
I used to make videos for battlefield 1942 and fraps just doesn't get the job done. If you want to make a video that you are going to be proud of at the end of all the hours spent, you might have to shell some dough out.

XxXMaRiNeXxX · 2004-02-19, 06:27 PM

how do you capture to another computet? a nd could I do so with a 9600XT and craptaculer laptop?

321 · 2004-02-20, 01:41 AM

Well if you are connected with a router you can use on computer to get into the other computers files so you just get it from there.

Phaelon · 2004-02-20, 09:21 AM

To capture to another computer, you need two computers, two video cards, one with VIDEO-OUT and one with VIDEO-IN.

Networking has nothing to do with an actual Video Capture.

Computer A - Main Machine, PS is played on, has VIDEO-OUT via RCA Composite.
Computer B - Capture Machine, has Adobe Premier(or any other video capture software) loaded, has VIDEO-IN via RCA composite.

Configure computer A to do something called "Clone" This allows you to see the same thing on your monitor as on the RCA composite line. Open Adobe Permier and select the source to capture from, then select a place to store it to, and then select a compression setting. Depending on your compression, MPEG-2, DIVX, MPEG-4 make sure you have at least a pentium 4 1.6 with 512 ram and 60 gigs free depending on how long you plan to capture. For Raw data footage, you could fill that 60 gig in no time.

If you don't have expierence in a lot of computer stuff, I would shy away from this. I would try the ComputerA to VCR, it would be a better thing for you. Get familiar with your graphics card and learn all the features it offers.

There is a lot of research that goes into making a movie and making a great one none the less.