Software FRAPS with DX9

[Atmosphex]

Hello! New to the forum but have been using Orbiter on and off for a few years now.

I'm wondering if someone could offer some help, basically as the title suggests, I'm trying to record Orbiter for a little Youtube project. The trouble is the DX9 client crashes every time I try and record the footage through FRAPS.

I really don't want to have to record the original version's graphics if I can help it. Does anybody know if there is a work around with this?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Enjo]

Hi there!

Have you tried Open Broadcaster? Better quality vs. size, and Blixel records all his TransX videos with it.

 

[asbjos]

If you are on Windows 10, you can record any game by pressing Win+G. Here is a 30 second video I just recorded of "Donamy's" ISS AtoZ. Framerate before recording was 28 fps. The video itself has a framerate of 13 fps, but I imagine a less intensive add-on to run smoother.

Bitrate is 4800 kbps, 1920x1080. Sound can be recorded, default is 128 kbps, but you can change the audio bitrate.

 

[Atmosphex]

Thanks Enjo! That OPS was a good shout, works like a charm, although took me a while to get used to the options!

Interesting that WinX has a native recording function Asbjos. Worth knowing as I've yet to see many reasons to make the cross over. That been said, if it wasn't for the fact I had FSX flight sim installed and actually working ok for a change, I'd probably get download it.

 

[Gazernismar]

Sorry to bother , but this seems to be the only thread I can find about Fraps screen capture program. I have a related question about it to ask you guys. Recently I recorded a gameplay video with Fraps and later found it was too big, (the video length is just 10 minutes but the output is near 2G).So I downloaded this software as you can see (http://www.videoconverterfactory.com/tips/compress-fraps-videos.html) to help me compress Fraps videos. But after conversion, the original AVI file got converted into MP4 and I found there was video quality loss and the frame rate also dropped a little. I want to know if you know what parameter values i should set for the best output quality and the smallest size