Fraps + Games in general

**TFEF** · 08-02-2011, 02:39 PM

If you're recording for YouTube, you should probably have the game at 1280x720 resolution. That seems to be the ideal spot for good YouTube videos. I've tried a test recording for YouTube at 1920x1080, and it didn't look better at all, even though the Fraps video had been recorded at the same resolution. I like to keep the 'Lock framerate while recording' option ticked, but that's just me.

The only way to reduce the Fraps video sizes are to have Fraps record at less FPS and/or at a lower resolution. The file sizes are still going to be huge, though.

You should also be editing the video. I just use Windows Movie Maker for the simple tasks (putting the clips together, etc), then export at the same resolution the videos were saved as. It makes the files sizes a lot smaller.

Links to the tests:
-Portal 2 at 1280x720: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN0dVVIQWNY
-Portal 2 at 1980x1080: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdFa9sBI75k

I think the 1280x720 video looks a bit better, but that's just me.