FRAPS videos are ear-fuckingly loud - Page 2

phil_ · 02-09-2009, 02:35 AM

To avoid lag, you could record your voice over with a different piece of hardware, like a Yak Bak or a tape recorder, then get that into your computer.

Mirai Gen · 02-09-2009, 12:18 PM

So Mirror's Edge won't work with Xfire. It keeps telling me it can't find files, including Steamapps.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

I swear to god I've told it to detect repeatedly and it keeps on looking for Steam applications rather than the fact that I got it from a CD.

Mesden · 02-09-2009, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike McC

Or, record your commentary through a different program and combine the two into one movie file.

This is probably the best idea. Do something noticeable and time it with some ingame noise at the beginning so you can sync the audio.

Mike McC · 02-09-2009, 03:54 PM

I really don't think a simple audio-recorder is going to diminish the preformance of the game + video combination in any significant way.

Now, if you try to record it through some massive editing program with the resource footprint on par with iTunes or Firefox, yeah, there might be complications.

If you are not already doing so, it might help to boost preformance to record these files in a raw format, and do the compression after the fact. However, you would need ample harddrive space to achieve this. Also, I've noted preformance boosts in my computer when I write large files (such as torrents of AVIs) to one of my secondary harddrives as opposed to my primary one.

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Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

He originally recommended it over MSN, which is why he said 'as previously recommended'.

Thank you. I did not know Nikose expected me to be clairvoyant.

Mirai Gen · 02-09-2009, 04:01 PM

What audio-catching program should I use? I was thinking Audacity but that probably sucks up processing power like crazy, and my instinct is to shy away from any and all built-in Windows programs.

Mike McC · 02-09-2009, 04:10 PM

The easy way to see how much resources something takes is to start recording with it, Open up the task manager, and look at it on the second tab. Also, minimize it after you open the task manager to get a more accurate view of how much resources it is eating up. You could also play with the settings to see which settings have the lowest impact on the system.

Edit: From my test, recording on the default settings, Audacity looks to take up no more than 8 megs of RAM. If your computer can't spare that, I'd look into upgrading the RAM, optimizing the SWAP file, or perhaps closing absolutely everything except the game, video recorder, and audio recorder (this includes things like your anti-virus program).

The CPU load on my poor, old, mostly idling Celeron D, as reported by the task manager, was about 10%. It should be significantly less on anything that decently runs Mirror's Edge.

Mirai Gen · 02-09-2009, 04:48 PM

The real trick is that I'm running FRAPs too, which creates absolutely giynormic videos and makes ME run choppily.

After running Audacity and Fraps and putting together a Mirror's Edge video I've decided that this really isn't something I wanna do. So, okay, thanks for the help but dinner is canceled.

02-09-2009, 02:35 AM	#11
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	To avoid lag, you could record your voice over with a different piece of hardware, like a Yak Bak or a tape recorder, then get that into your computer. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.

02-09-2009, 12:18 PM	#12
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	So Mirror's Edge won't work with Xfire. It keeps telling me it can't find files, including Steamapps. FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I swear to god I've told it to detect repeatedly and it keeps on looking for Steam applications rather than the fact that I got it from a CD. __________________ Last edited by Mirai Gen; 02-09-2009 at 12:20 PM.

02-09-2009, 04:01 PM	#15
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	What audio-catching program should I use? I was thinking Audacity but that probably sucks up processing power like crazy, and my instinct is to shy away from any and all built-in Windows programs. __________________

02-09-2009, 04:10 PM	#16
Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	The easy way to see how much resources something takes is to start recording with it, Open up the task manager, and look at it on the second tab. Also, minimize it after you open the task manager to get a more accurate view of how much resources it is eating up. You could also play with the settings to see which settings have the lowest impact on the system. Edit: From my test, recording on the default settings, Audacity looks to take up no more than 8 megs of RAM. If your computer can't spare that, I'd look into upgrading the RAM, optimizing the SWAP file, or perhaps closing absolutely everything except the game, video recorder, and audio recorder (this includes things like your anti-virus program). The CPU load on my poor, old, mostly idling Celeron D, as reported by the task manager, was about 10%. It should be significantly less on anything that decently runs Mirror's Edge. __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey Last edited by Mike McC; 02-09-2009 at 04:32 PM.

02-09-2009, 04:48 PM	#17
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	The real trick is that I'm running FRAPs too, which creates absolutely giynormic videos and makes ME run choppily. After running Audacity and Fraps and putting together a Mirror's Edge video I've decided that this really isn't something I wanna do. So, okay, thanks for the help but dinner is canceled. __________________