Fraps 2.8.0 Released

[1Strive]

Originally Posted by FRAPS STAFF

Dear Registered User,

A new version of Fraps has just been released. As a registered
user of the software you are entitled to free updates to the program. You
can download the full version of Fraps 2.8.0 from the Members Area at
the following page:

http://www.fraps.com/members.php

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FRAPS 2.8.0 RELEASE NOTES
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Got Dual Core? For video capture we're happy to announce the
removal of resolution restrictions on multi-core systems. So whether you
want to record in 1280x1024 or go for HD 1080p you now have the choice

We're also proud to once again be a sponsor of the Machinima Film
Festival. For anyone interested in the convergence of games and cinema
this is THE event to attend and we look forward to seeing the year's
best Machinima. If you're in the New York area on Nov 4th-5th please
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CHANGELOG
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- Added full-size video capture up to 2560x1600 for dual core CPUs
- Added G15 gameinfo screen (mapped to 4th button)
- Added Targa (TGA) screenshot format support
- Added dual core optimizations to Fraps FPS1 codec
- Added extra digit to counter (now displays above 999 fps)
- Improved full-size D3D9 video capture speed (10-20%)
- Fixed G15 display not scaling properly with high framerates
- Fixed Company of Heroes reporting 999 fps
- Fixed mouse cursor offset in some windowed applications
- Fixed flickering movies recording Flight Simulator 9/FSX with dual
monitors

So no more capture at HALF the resolution! Yeah! Makes a differencs when playing games at 1920x1440.

Enjoy,
1STRIVE (on vacation)

[Jimmy 2004]

Fraps has started crashing my PC when I use it now, so i'm staying clear from it for a while. Anyone know any other good FPS software?

[lemonadesoda]

FRAPS is the best. If you are getting issues, use an older version until 2.8.0 is debugged.

Some games (e.g. quake engine and others) have inbuilt FPS indicator. Turn it on. e.g. cg_drawfps 1

[dvvv]

No doubt fraps rulzzz... but.. i have 19" lcd monitor, so the prefered resolution is 1280*1024, but i have no dual core processor, so movies i record in 1280*1024 are half-sized, and only thing i can do to get full-sized movies - is to switch game resolution to 1024*768, but the quality will suffer as i use lcd monitor.
Is there any way i can record 1280*1024 movies with no dual core processor(i understand that performance will slowdown, but anyway)?
Such situation a bit offends me =(

[1Strive]

Originally Posted by dvvv

No doubt fraps rulzzz... but.. i have 19" lcd monitor, so the prefered resolution is 1280*1024, but i have no dual core processor, so movies i record in 1280*1024 are half-sized, and only thing i can do to get full-sized movies - is to switch game resolution to 1024*768, but the quality will suffer as i use lcd monitor.
Is there any way i can record 1280*1024 movies with no dual core processor(i understand that performance will slowdown, but anyway)?
Such situation a bit offends me =(

Easy...

You don't have to have a dual core proc to run the new version of FRAPS (2.8). It runs on my laptop just fine (Pentium M).

The new version will allow you to record your movies at 1280x1024.

The old version just went up to like 1158x864 or whatever.

Hope this helps,
1STRIVE

[dvvv]

Originally Posted by 1Strive

Easy...

You don't have to have a dual core proc to run the new version of FRAPS (2.8). It runs on my laptop just fine (Pentium M).

The new version will allow you to record your movies at 1280x1024.

The old version just went up to like 1158x864 or whatever.

Hope this helps,
1STRIVE

Thanks for your response 1Strive
but i have a new version of fraps (2.8.1) and a new NVIDIA drivers, but anyway when capturing video in a game(resolution 1280*1024) it's being half-sized, reduced to 640*512.

gameCFG:


systemCFG:


videoFile:


And as I understand from http://www.fraps.com/news.php

For video capture we're happy to announce the removal of resolution restrictions on multi-core systems.

New resolutions are available only for Dual Core systems, otherwise I don't understand why I can't capture 1280*1024 video...

Best Regards,
dvvv

[dvvv]

Update, i've got a response from "beepa support" <help@beepa.com>

Dear dvvv,

Thanks for your message. We are always looking for ways to improve
the features of Fraps, however at the moment we are unable to provide
support for video capture at resolutions higher than 1152x864 (or 1280x800
widescreen) on machines using a single core CPU. This is because Fraps
requires a lot of bandwidth to record high resolution videos due to the
very high amount of data being saved to disk.


Regards,
Chris Van Graas

So.. without dual core there is no any posibility =(

[1Strive]

Originally Posted by dvvv

Update, i've got a response from "beepa support" <help@beepa.com>

So.. without dual core there is no any posibility =(

Just one more reason to go dual core! (or Quad Core, or Multi Core)

Sorry about your luck,
Later,
1STRIVE

[Mohbius]

Hello, i was googleing and i found this forum.

As i can see the posts are old, but let's try.

I have a question, i have too a simple core procesor, i would like to know if it's possible to play in 1280*1024 and when recording resize it to 1024*768 and not halfsized.

Thx.