Simple in-game recorder and video editing tool

[ThorSaysWeJack]

Hi Im new to all this ingame recording and editing stuff and I want to try and make short video clips from my games and for bench marking 

Few years ago I had tried xfire, fraps and used vegas pro for editing but Ive forgotten all of that now and I dont know what to use.

So yeah just a basic in game recorder that doesnt eat up to much fps since I will be bench marking low end GPUs and an editor thats not to fancy. 

Right now I'm looking at the Vegas Movie Studio 13 Platinum at Steam for the editor since its on sale for about 14$

[themctipers]

You can use hitman film for free I believe, but use hitman film first and if it doesn't suit your needs, get Vegas. 

 

For game capture you can use the nvidia shadow play if you have a nvidia GPU, but that will lower a few frames. 

For me, fraps has been very good. Only problem is that it's uncompressed. It doesn't drop any FPS for me. 

[ThorSaysWeJack]

4 minutes ago, themctipers said:

You can use hitman film for free I believe, but use hitman film first and if it doesn't suit your needs, get Vegas. 

 

For game capture you can use the nvidia shadow play if you have a nvidia GPU, but that will lower a few frames. 

For me, fraps has been very good. Only problem is that it's uncompressed. It doesn't drop any FPS for me. 

you mean hitfilm? or hitman film? 

[themctipers]

2 minutes ago, ThorSaysWeJack said:

you mean hitfilm? or hitman film? 

Hitfilm 

 

it was on the tip of my tongue.  used the wrong thing. 

[ThorSaysWeJack]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

Hitfilm 

 

it was on the tip of my tongue.  used the wrong thing. 

haha ok thanks. i tried googling for it only thing that came up was the game lol 

Ok so Ill try and get fraps and Ill get the editor thats on sale at steam then. thanks man  

[ThorSaysWeJack]

Ok so I tried getting the paid version of fraps and since I have no paypal I cant get it. 

Do you know of any other programs that are available at the Steam store? Seems to be the easiest way for me to purchase soft ware 

[themctipers]

1 minute ago, ThorSaysWeJack said:

Ok so I tried getting the paid version of fraps and since I have no paypal I cant get it. 

Do you know of any other programs that are available at the Steam store? Seems to be the easiest way for me to purchase soft ware 

You could shadow play if you have a nvidia graphics card

 

(or I can show you the dark ways of the Internet to illegally obtain software ?)

[ThorSaysWeJack]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

You could shadow play if you have a nvidia graphics card

 

(or I can show you the dark ways of the Internet to illegally obtain software ?)

Hey if you got anything about a safe crack for fraps Im all down for it lol 

Im just paranoid about pirated software now with all the crazy stuff people saying like a Skidrow crack of a game that carried a bitcoin mining tool along with it and stuff lol 

[MrDrWho13]

Try out OBS?

[themctipers]

4 minutes ago, ThorSaysWeJack said:

Hey if you got anything about a safe crack for fraps Im all down for it lol 

Im just paranoid about pirated software now with all the crazy stuff people saying like a Skidrow crack of a game that carried a bitcoin mining tool along with it and stuff lol 

keep in mind that fraps records lossless,and takes up a lot of space.

 

[ThorSaysWeJack]

Just now, MrDrWho13 said:

Try out OBS?

Is a full version available at Steam? 

[ThorSaysWeJack]

1 minute ago, themctipers said:

keep in mind that fraps records lossless,and takes up a lot of space.

 

You have something else in mind? A different cracked program maybe? lol 

[themctipers]

Just now, ThorSaysWeJack said:

You have something else in mind? A different cracked program maybe? lol 

thats illegal you know

Just now, ThorSaysWeJack said:

Is a full version available at Steam? 

OBS is free. 

[SkilledRebuilds]

Use AMD RELIVE or Nvidia SHADOWPLAY.

Your likely going to have one or the other.

Or Quicksync if available for Intel igpus.

Depending what graphics hardware you have equals different solutions.

 

 

The performance free solutions stated above are easy to use and will work with most modern and semi-oldish gpus still...be it with AMDs VCE media encoder or with Nvidias Onboard Encoder without investigating 3rd party solutions like Cpu encoding options.

 

WindowsMovieMaker can be aquired with Downloading Windows Essentials package or cia a third party website.

It can export 4k 60fps at 132Mbps if required with a small notepad mod (google mrstoolboy window movie maker). Otherwise its good for 1080p 60fps outputs by default and is free to use, allowing customized export presets and basic features, effects and transitions.

[MrDrWho13]

Just now, ThorSaysWeJack said:

You have something else in mind? A different cracked program maybe? lol 

Best to stop talking about cracked programs - it's against the forum rules and the law.

[ThorSaysWeJack]

For ShadowPlay and Relive I have those for the newer GPUs but for old gpus that I will be benchmarking Im not sure if it supports it. Im testing old gpus with 512mb vram

Sorry about cracked programs lol I thought it was ok. Read a few post about cracked games and even windows 

[King_of_Oz]

Windows gaming mode, shareX...

[SkilledRebuilds]

If financially viable...

Possibly pick up a used external capture box from Avermedia called the LGP (live gamer portable) for similarly performance free recording.

 

Of course.. only if cheap, and likely there are competing and compelling products to compare.

 

But maybe a cheap...ish solution?