How To...Capture, Convert, and Post your PC Game Play Footage II

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Quick question, youtube made their video size bigger or whatever, whats the best resolution i should use, 1024x640 or 1280x720?

I use my screens native res, 1650x1080. I don't have any experience with other resolutions. Experiment and let me know what happens mate!

 

[RadeonProVega]

1024x640 seems to look really good on my latest video, thanks.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Maybe this isn't a big deal, but i notice when uploading videos on youtube, if it takes a while or you just don't feel like waiting at the page , just play some games and i notice it seems to load up quicker.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Question, is there any difference in recording half screen or full screen?

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

I believe going half-screen reduces quality. I always capture in fullscreen.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Quick question, what is a good resolution to upload to youtube?
Because i use CRT and my desktop resolution & game resolution is 1280x1024, and most of the time i use 1280x720 for youtube, but some folks are saying its looks weird. Now 1280x1024 i recorded look like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbCHMnvj0gI

See the black emtpy spaces on the sides?
So what is the best resolution , 1024x768 or keep it at 1280x1024 or maybe 1280x960?

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

to be honest u2konline, you'd have to experiment. The reason for the black bars on either side is more because of aspect ration more so than resolution...you want a 16:9 Ratio.

You may be able to capture in your choice of resolution but set the aspect ratio to 16:9 in vitual dub (follow my guide in first post). No guarantee on the results though because I never tried it.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Thanks, feedback later

 

[albernbowen]

Is it possible to store game on m3 real card?? i have new m3 real card, still i didn't use it for a single time. Can any suggest me how can i do this with it to convert ma games profiles as well as sources of games on m3 real!!

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Is it possible to store game on m3 real card?? i have new m3 real card, still i didn't use it for a single time. Can any suggest me how can i do this with it to convert ma games profiles as well as sources of games on m3 real!!

Your question goes beyond the scope of this thread alber. And perhaps this whole TPU forum. This is a Computer Tech forum. You might want to look towards Nintendo DS support to answer your question.

 

[RadeonProVega]

Your question goes beyond the scope of this thread alber. And perhaps this whole TPU forum. This is a Computer Tech forum. You might want to look towards Nintendo DS support to answer your question.

I think what he said was spam trolling

 

[RadeonProVega]

I follow your steps , testing on my quad core with flatout 2, file size is around 300MB. This is insane dude lol, hope the quality is better tho, feedback on that laterz.

 

[ERazer]

sub

 

[Hayder_Master]

question, can i record more than 30 second in FRAPS

 

[entropy13]

question, can i record more than 30 second in FRAPS

Get the full version and you'll be able to.

 

[spud107]

anybody thought about using livestream? it records as you stream and your vids appear on your livestream page, its a bit limited as you cant put it on your youtube ect, but it cuts out a lot of hassle of capturing/converting/uploading.
http://www.livestream.com/

 

[Hockster]

I just use Xfire to record my game vids. Auto conversion and uploads as well.

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

I just use Xfire to record my game vids. Auto conversion and uploads as well.

In High Definition H.263 16:9 aspect ratio for a full 1080p on youtube?

 

[Melvis]

Thanks for this link this will help me alot

As i just uploaded a video clip the other day >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_vGokyCvM and i uploaded the full raw file 1.8GB took over 24hrs to uploaded

Now i will be able to cut that upload time down by half

 

[codyjansen]

i record with fraps and i set fraps at full size and 60fps. i use a 1440x900 monitor but i play games at 1280x720. then i edit with vegas 9, after effects or premiere

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

Thanks for this link this will help me alot

As i just uploaded a video clip the other day >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_vGokyCvM and i uploaded the full raw file 1.8GB took over 24hrs to uploaded

Now i will be able to cut that upload time down by half

Nice video Melvis

Youtube uploads used to be faster until they changed format...I think they capped their upload rate at the same time. A 500 - 600Mb file used to take about 25 minutes and now it takes over an hour....to make things worse, if I play my online game the upload always fails whereas it used to only cause slight loading lag but would still succeed. Bummer.

i record with fraps and i set fraps at full size and 60fps. i use a 1440x900 monitor but i play games at 1280x720. then i edit with vegas 9, after effects or premiere

60fps is nice....you must have raptor drives. I'd go 60fps too if I had a high speed HDD or even an SSD :drool: But most people use 7200rpm HDD's and 29.97 and full size is pushing the threshold with those types of drives.

Yes I use premiere elements as well when I want to add a soundtrack to my gameplay...mostly my TrackMania dirt cross team races. But for Crysis and other single player games it's fraps and virtualDub. It's all I need.

The main reason I put this tutorial together was not just to Capture compress and upload, but to maximize the chances of it being processed by youtube into 720p or 1080p HD.

I see so many lame gaming videos with low quality....not HD.

Cheers guys

I follow your steps , testing on my quad core with flatout 2, file size is around 300MB. This is insane dude lol, hope the quality is better tho, feedback on that laterz.

Link me to it when you're done!!

question, can i record more than 30 second in FRAPS

Yes Hayder....if you have the registered version.

I record my gameplay for have an hour at a time sometimes. Fraps saves the it all in 3.9Gb segments which I append (splice together) using virtual dub. Sometimes up to 4 raw fraps files...total 12gb and VirtualDub compresses them down to 700Mb (approx)

 

[Melvis]

Nice video Melvis

Youtube uploads used to be faster until they changed format...I think they capped their upload rate at the same time. A 500 - 600Mb file used to take about 25 minutes and now it takes over an hour....to make things worse, if I play my online game the upload always fails whereas it used to only cause slight loading lag but would still succeed. Bummer.

Thanks Man

Ahh ok well there you go, i haven't got fast internet speed here cant get it :shadedshu only ADSL 1 so uploads are slow. 1500/256 speed. So even a 600MB file will still take me close to 12hrs

I need a multi core CPU to record, because when i use Fraps to record my FPS drops to like 20-25frames and starts to look laggy, im just surprised how the AVP turned out, looked smooth thank god lol

 

[ERazer]

ty for the thread btw, hres my vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnvdouH6dZE

btw how can u make screen size bigger?

 

[HammerON]

ty for the thread btw, hres my vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnvdouH6dZE

btw how can u make screen size bigger?

Nice vid

 

[ChaoticAtmosphere]

ty for the thread btw, hres my vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnvdouH6dZE

btw how can u make screen size bigger?

Well done vid Erazer

Waht do you mean by "screen size"?