Help doing a video with fraps

[HTM|Minus]

i recorded my screen with fraps... it less then a 5 mins video and it's 2 gigs....how can i make it smaller?

[Freak]

I did the same thing and just had to edit-cut most out.

[HTM|Minus]

i recored some races in trackmania nations and i can't cut or edit...i just need to make the file smaller.

[HTM|Minion]

You'll have to lower the resolution somehow, or compress it to make it smaller.

What file type is it?

[HTM~.:Q:.]

* Why is the AVI movie generated by Fraps so big? How can I reduce the size?

The filesize is big because there isn’t enough time to encode the movie while the game is running. The movie frames are slightly compressed, but still require a large amount of disk space due to the high resolutions. Once you have finished capturing you should convert the saved AVI into one of the popular compressed movie formats such as mpeg or divx. Recommended programs for doing this are tmpgenc (Tsunami Mpeg Encoder), and VirtualDub.

Using VirtualDub is quite easy. To create a compressed version of the AVI follow these steps:

* Start VirtualDub
* Select File->Open and choose the AVI in the Fraps directory you wish to compress.
* Select Video->Compression and choose the codec you wish to compress with (usually divx)
* Select File->Save As AVI and specify a filename for the new AVI.

If you have Windows XP you can also use Windows Movie Maker to compress the video files. If you use Windows Movie Maker it's recommended that you keep your Fraps video files at 800x600 or under.

[HTM~ZenEye]

Q to the rescue

[HTM~.:Q:.]

[HTM|Minion]

Ok....

I wanna see this video now... get to virtual dubbin Minus!

[HTM|Minus]

ok.. it's gone from 2 gigs to 300mb's following the instructions there.is there anyway to make the file smaller so i can share?

[HTM|Minion]

Making it any smaller would no doubt result in poor resolution. I'll take a look at the 300MB file, post a link. Did you use windows movie maker and create a wmv? That can be streamed I believe.

[HTM|Minus]

ok... i got it down to 57mb's thanks for the help Q

[HTM~.:Q:.]

No problemo