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MBidness · Jan 16, 2008, 10:33 PM // 22:33

hey guys n gals i was wondering if u knew an easy way to record gameplay from guildwars. i tried fraps and gamecam but they both left marks on my recording and i dont wanna pay money to get rid of the marks if i dont have to. please let me know!!

Dev121 · Jan 16, 2008, 10:34 PM // 22:34

Dont be so cheap. Cough up the cash. Although if anet designed the recorder it will be re relased 50% cheaper in the next month.

Killed u man · Jan 16, 2008, 10:35 PM // 22:35

*cough*warez*cough Cough*

Gorndt · Jan 16, 2008, 10:42 PM // 22:42

You could just use WeGame for free and legally.

It's still in beta but I've had no problems with it so far. It takes up fewer system resources than FRAPS and the movie files it outputs can pre-compressed if you want them to be, so you don't end up with gigabytes of footage by accident.

http://www.wegame.com/watch/Kings_Be...Darktide_serp/

Check it out.

Smile Like Umean It · Jan 16, 2008, 11:55 PM // 23:55

I'm using FRAPS, but that sounds pretty good. Gonna have to check it out.

DarkWasp · Jan 17, 2008, 12:38 AM // 00:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killed u man

*cough*warez*cough Cough*

Warez is like crack, its illegal and you have to have connections. Without the connections you're more or less bound to get a grand total of 6783 viruses from the first place you look.

Don't do it.

cellardweller · Jan 17, 2008, 02:25 AM // 02:25

Camtasia will let you record without a watermark during the trial period, but it eats cpu for breakfast so don't expect good fps.

Ekelon · Jan 17, 2008, 02:33 AM // 02:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gorndt

You could just use WeGame for free and legally.

It's still in beta but I've had no problems with it so far. It takes up fewer system resources than FRAPS and the movie files it outputs can pre-compressed if you want them to be, so you don't end up with gigabytes of footage by accident.

http://www.wegame.com/watch/Kings_Be...Darktide_serp/

Check it out.

Wow that looks really good. I'm going to try it out now!

EDIT: NIce program. My video sizes are coming out kinda big though. Is 100 MB too big for a 2 min file? any1 know how to resize it?

Panix · Jan 17, 2008, 03:30 AM // 03:30

Xfire is currently testing a video capture as well, still beta and xfire is free

Dark Luke · Jan 17, 2008, 03:41 AM // 03:41

You might want to try Virtualdub - it's free and open source.

Wolf2581 · Jan 17, 2008, 03:51 AM // 03:51

I will put in another mention of Xfire. Its beta capture feature performs very well so far, but games seem to not want to shut down properly after using it.

xDusT II · Jan 17, 2008, 04:23 AM // 04:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ekelon

Wow that looks really good. I'm going to try it out now!

EDIT: NIce program. My video sizes are coming out kinda big though. Is 100 MB too big for a 2 min file? any1 know how to resize it?

100mb sounds just slightly higher than FRAPS. From using FRAPS to record Halo games, a standard match of about 10-15mins resulted in a filesize that was a couple of gigs.

Redfeather1975 · Jan 17, 2008, 05:41 AM // 05:41

In FRAPS I can have a 1 minute video reach 400mb! :O

Celestial_Kitsune · Jan 17, 2008, 05:52 AM // 05:52

CamStudio is an open-source free alternative.

Smile Like Umean It · Jan 17, 2008, 06:07 AM // 06:07

Yeah, I tried that program out and either I forgot to turn my graphics back up or it doesn't capture that well.
A 28 second video was 37 MB.

xDusT II · Jan 17, 2008, 06:47 AM // 06:47

I posted the WeGame link on another forum and the Community Manager popped in to listen to our opinions on the program and such, which was pretty suprising.

From some experimenting, WeGame seems to be a very nice program to record with, although it lacks some advanced recording options, they are likely to be implemented in later releases.

Recoding quality is decent and can be increased with the HD option. File size on the default recording options is also quite small.

Darkobra · Jan 17, 2008, 06:55 AM // 06:55

Hail XFire! Seriously. It's a brilliant gaming messenger alone that now has video in beta stages. Just throwing out the XFire love.

Harrier's haste · Jan 17, 2008, 07:20 AM // 07:20

but are you seriously gonna rewatch these vids?

Fril Estelin · Jan 17, 2008, 08:50 AM // 08:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkWasp

Warez is like crack, its illegal and you have to have connections. Without the connections you're more or less bound to get a grand total of 6783 viruses from the first place you look.

Don't do it.

Warez is still a place where trojans are distributed. I personally would NOT download warez for security reasons, the cost of a problem will greatly outweight the benefits.

It's nice to see free alternatives like WeGame and CamStudio.

Glider of chaos · Jan 17, 2008, 10:06 AM // 10:06

Just curious. Anyone tried Taksi? It's advertised as free open source fraps alternative.