Firefighterdan
343 NEVER FORGET
I want to purchase a good program to record game stuff, but not sure what one is better. What one do you prefer, and why?
Bandicam or Fraps?
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cascaderailroad
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Use the free versions ... good enough for Trainz
FRAPS 30 seconds recording time
Bandicam 10 minutes recording time
FRAPS 30 seconds recording time
Bandicam 10 minutes recording time
cascaderailroad
New member
Most videos are best kept short to 3 - 5 seconds (any longer and the viewer gets bored).
Splice hundreds of 5 second shorts, together, using Windows Movie Maker.
Use a Trainz rotating trackside camera, and position it down low, at a pedestrians height, or no higher than a 30' bridge (very rarely does one view trains from a 30 story building).
Most people make the big mistake of using the ride along tracking view camera, which is highly unprototypical, as unless you win the Lottery, you wouldn't be filming Trainz with a follow along whirlybird chopper.
Place a trackside camera several hundred feet past a grade crossing, as the worst sound effects are a rudely loud blaring horn, and annoying clanging bell, drowning out your train soundtrack, and blowing out your sound system.
As in railfanning ... A video 50' - 200' distant the tracks, gives the best view.
Splice hundreds of 5 second shorts, together, using Windows Movie Maker.
Use a Trainz rotating trackside camera, and position it down low, at a pedestrians height, or no higher than a 30' bridge (very rarely does one view trains from a 30 story building).
Most people make the big mistake of using the ride along tracking view camera, which is highly unprototypical, as unless you win the Lottery, you wouldn't be filming Trainz with a follow along whirlybird chopper.
Place a trackside camera several hundred feet past a grade crossing, as the worst sound effects are a rudely loud blaring horn, and annoying clanging bell, drowning out your train soundtrack, and blowing out your sound system.
As in railfanning ... A video 50' - 200' distant the tracks, gives the best view.
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captainkman
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I prefer FRAPS to Bandicam, but maybe just because I paid for Fraps.
I lock FRAPS and all my games to 30fps so I can get fairly smooth video, and I find that if the frames are locked and the screen lags, the video won't show it.
The AVI videos are, while large, high quality and easy to edit. I just use Windows Live Movie Maker.
Kieran.
I lock FRAPS and all my games to 30fps so I can get fairly smooth video, and I find that if the frames are locked and the screen lags, the video won't show it.
The AVI videos are, while large, high quality and easy to edit. I just use Windows Live Movie Maker.
Kieran.
LNERlover5
Average Grad
One could try the recording functions available in MSi Afterburner, or even Nvidia Shadowplay with an appropriate GPU. I have found them to be far better in terms of performance hit and quality, along with being free.
WestSideRailways
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i paid for Fraps a long time ago, and still getting FREE Upgrades.
Firefighterdan
343 NEVER FORGET
Thanks for all the advice everyone! :wave: