Author Topic: What frame rate is best for RA2 matchs for fraps? (Read 3494 times)

life robot arena2 · « **on:** August 01, 2009, 10:04:57 AM »

What frame rate is best for RA2 matchs for fraps?

JoeBlo · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2009, 10:12:55 AM »

Madiaba set mine up with..

(except the video capture key) Thanks again Mad,

RedSawn · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:12:58 AM »

I think Fraps sucks. I don't like dropping to 5 FPS at the push of a button.

So I use Growler. No mess, no fuss, no slowdown unless your game is running slow anyway.

Reier · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:15:58 AM »

And that is what? Free?

RedSawn · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:20:48 AM »

Nah, not free.

cephalopod · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:21:42 AM »

Just had a look at the site, doesn't look free to me

EDIT: Red beat me to it. Slooow typing.

russian roulette · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:50:51 AM »

Quote from: RedlineM203;56308

I think Fraps sucks. I don't like dropping to 5 FPS at the push of a button.

So I use Growler. No mess, no fuss, no slowdown unless your game is running slow anyway.

Go half size then there is no lag.

RedSawn · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:53:15 AM »

Quote from: russian roulette;56319

Go half size then there is no lag.

Back when I used it, I did whatever that was possible to increase FPS.

Reier · « **Reply #8 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:57:01 AM »

Quote from: russian roulette;56319

Go half size then there is no lag.

You kidding?!?

DuckRA2 · « **Reply #9 on:** August 01, 2009, 12:25:58 PM »

LRA2, can't figure out anything on your own?

russian roulette · « **Reply #10 on:** August 01, 2009, 12:45:22 PM »

Well it makes it better. Plus if you want your videos to look non laggy using fraps. After you record use windows movie maker and post your video in the time line and in the video effects select the 2 times faster and the video will look flawless.

Reier · « **Reply #11 on:** August 01, 2009, 12:57:34 PM »

That's what I do for RRR. 1 problem: if you have a microphone, the sound will sound like chipmunks when you're done.

System32 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 01, 2009, 01:05:33 PM »

Fraps never worked for me.

After 5 seconds It crashed or stopped recording.

Hate it. Even hypercam works more than that trash.

Madiaba · « **Reply #13 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:43:49 PM »

Joe, that would take an ultra-nice comp to crunch all of that info at those settings. I'm impressed...

Pt. There is no 'right' parameters for everyone, because everyone has different comps with different processors, memory, HDD, CDD, apps running in background, etc... As has been mentioned, just use the max settings you can without significant lag.

Notes: The resolution suffers a bit on "Half-Size", so I like "Full-Size". Lower frame rates seem to effect quality less than "Half-Size", on my comp set-up.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2009, 09:46:57 PM »

mad.. im pretty sure thats how it was when I installed it ???.. but yeah it handles it fine except for a few matches that were going to lag anyway.

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:18:55 PM »

The maximum frame rate perceivable by the human eye is about 30 FPS, so there is absolutely no reason to use anything higher, unless you're inserting subliminal messages to make anyone watching your video mysteriously want popcorn or something.

Also, Windows Movie Maker always compresses the video to 30 FPS when you save it anyway.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:41:25 PM »

thats interesting ? but I found SHW's in the robot wars arena knocks 30 FPS to about 5-10 ? but it manages to hold about 30 FPS average on 60

Clickbeetle · « **Reply #17 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:52:35 PM »

! I'll have to try that... I've never recorded at 60 FPS because I just assumed it would be laggier. If I could consistently get 30 FPS, that would be great. Most fights I record are around 20-25.

Although, I notice your Clash Cubes videos always have at least some lag. In theory, at 30 FPS there should be 0 lag... unless, since you're recording at 60 FPS, 30 is half speed? In which case you get more lag than recording at 30.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #18 on:** August 01, 2009, 11:56:52 PM »

it gets about 30 but drops to about 15-20 for robots with a weapons overload (bladewave and grindhouse was a good example) but there have been more lagless videos then laggy ones

Madiaba · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2009, 12:21:40 AM »

Almost all of mine are recorded with FRAPS set at 25 fps. Never looked choppy.
I only alter the size; starting with full size for better resolution, and if lag then half size.

And FRAPS works very well on my comp(s). No issues manifested for me.