Need help recording myself playing an emulator

HI-TECH · April 10th, 2008

I wanted to record myself playing an emulator but when I tried using the program called Camtasia Studio, it took a serious toll on my memory and my project 64 performance went downhill cuasing me record playing at very low FPS whats a good program to use that wont hog up ram of 512mb. I tried using Fraps but had no clue what I was doing. If anyone could help me how to use that as well it would be greatly appreciated.

**MiretanK** · April 10th, 2008

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I tried using Fraps but had no clue what I was doing.

what do you mean? press the hotkey and voila... the video will be saved in the fraps folder.

You can use Snag It, like I've suggested on some other thread

SCHUMI-4-EVA · April 10th, 2008

Sounds like you simply don't have the power to run any of them propperly....

HI-TECH · April 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by SCHUMI-4-EVA

Sounds like you simply don't have the power to run any of them propperly....

I figured that

I tried on all my pcs (which each hold around 512mb of ram space) and it went slow whenver I wanted to go full screen. How much ram do you think I would need to run some recording?

Fadingz · April 10th, 2008

What are your GPU and CPU?
You might need least 1 GB for most of the programs nowadays.
2GB is like the standard.

SCHUMI-4-EVA · April 10th, 2008

Yeah it kinda depends on the rest of your PC...afterall RAM is not the only factor in performance.

Exodus · April 10th, 2008

It's more CPU and HDD intensive.

cyclonmaster · April 10th, 2008

Uh...Oh... O.O I thought you want to record "yourself" playing with emulator

NamesSolidSnake · April 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by cyclonmaster

Uh...Oh... O.O I thought you want to record "yourself" playing with emulator

Lol

Fadingz · April 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by cyclonmaster

Uh...Oh... O.O I thought you want to record "yourself" playing with emulator

Get a high contrast video camera if that is the case :]

HI-TECH · April 10th, 2008

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Originally Posted by SCHUMI-4-EVA

Yeah it kinda depends on the rest of your PC...afterall RAM is not the only factor in performance.

I got an AMD Anthalon 2800 with 2.8 GHZ processor for my primary pc. . I recorded PJ64 on the lowest resolution which seemed to run at the standard FPS but when the recording came out, the video was very pixilated and the overall grfx were worse than when I was playing.

Is there any way with a program like Snag It where I can directly record within the running program (Project 64) instead of selecting a specific area within my desktop?

22point8 · April 11th, 2008

Got an idea for you, while recording with whatever program, set your desktop to 16 bit, that should speed things up a little, on the recording there won't really be much difference in quality if you're going to be posting your videos on youtube or whatever. Windows media encoder has a feature where you can record only the specific window or area of screen. If you need help recording sound try finding the options in your sound devices for 'stereo mix' or similar, usually under sound in control panel.

Exodus · April 11th, 2008

I'll be honest when I say don't waste time with anything other than FRAPS. What issue are you having with it?

strike105x · April 11th, 2008

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Originally Posted by HI-TECH

I got an AMD Anthalon 2800 with 2.8 GHZ processor for my primary pc. . ......

The real frequency isnt 2.8 GHZ its either 2133 if you have athlon barthon either 1800 if you have the 64 bits model either way from the processor point of view fraps should be able to work (it worked on an P3 1000 Mhz overcloked at 1333 Mhz with ePSXe Pete D3D plugin at 640X480) what HDD do you have also if your HDD is to busy that could also be a problem also specify your videoboard

HI-TECH · April 11th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Exodus

I'll be honest when I say don't waste time with anything other than FRAPS. What issue are you having with it?

Got it to finally work pretty good with FRAPS! Thanx

It was just for some reason I tried loading the videos on VLC media player no video came up but booted it in WMP and everything turned alright

Exodus · April 12th, 2008

Don't forget to encode them - those files are crazy big.

HI-TECH · April 13th, 2008

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Originally Posted by Exodus

Don't forget to encode them - those files are crazy big.

Ah Yes you beat me to my next question! Now personally I was recording a two miniute vid of Super Mario 64 and it came out to be 675 MB!!! I really dont have a huge HD and if I even try to record 5 min worth of PJ64 vid I would most likely run out of space. So would I have to record these vids in seperate cuts and also what should I use to encode the videos in?

NamesSolidSnake · April 13th, 2008

You need to encode them to .avi or something.

The file you have is uncompressed.

HI-TECH · April 13th, 2008

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Originally Posted by NamesSolidSnake

You need to encode them to .avi or something.

The file you have is uncompressed.

What program do I use to do this?

NamesSolidSnake · April 13th, 2008

Um, a video encoder...

Here's a link: Video Encoders

April 10th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
HI-TECH Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Home Posts: 462	Need help recording myself playing an emulator I wanted to record myself playing an emulator but when I tried using the program called Camtasia Studio, it took a serious toll on my memory and my project 64 performance went downhill cuasing me record playing at very low FPS whats a good program to use that wont hog up ram of 512mb. I tried using Fraps but had no clue what I was doing. If anyone could help me how to use that as well it would be greatly appreciated.

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SCHUMI-4-EVA Devastating Force Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Xenophobia FTL Posts: 4,601	Sounds like you simply don't have the power to run any of them propperly.... __________________ AMD Athlon64 3700+ (2.2Ghz rated as 3.7Ghz Pentium), ASUS A8NE-FM (OEM), 4x512MB DDR400 RAM, ATI Radeon X850XT (256MB GDDR3 PCIe), Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2 HDD, Windows XP SP2 Home, Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!! The Champ has retired, but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!!

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SCHUMI-4-EVA Devastating Force Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Xenophobia FTL Posts: 4,601	Yeah it kinda depends on the rest of your PC...afterall RAM is not the only factor in performance. __________________ AMD Athlon64 3700+ (2.2Ghz rated as 3.7Ghz Pentium), ASUS A8NE-FM (OEM), 4x512MB DDR400 RAM, ATI Radeon X850XT (256MB GDDR3 PCIe), Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA2 HDD, Windows XP SP2 Home, Leadtek Winfast TV2000 XP Expert, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Value Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!! The Champ has retired, but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!!

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Exodus Now the stars don't match Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 13,888	It's more CPU and HDD intensive. __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

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Exodus Now the stars don't match Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 13,888	I'll be honest when I say don't waste time with anything other than FRAPS. What issue are you having with it? __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

April 12th, 2008	#16 (permalink)
Exodus Now the stars don't match Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 13,888	Don't forget to encode them - those files are crazy big. __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

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NamesSolidSnake nullDC Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Posts: 616	You need to encode them to .avi or something. The file you have is uncompressed. __________________ PC/Laptop:Compaq Presario v5000 Notebook CPU: Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+ at 1.8 GHz with PowerNow! technology. Graphics: ATI Radeon Xpress Mobility 200 Series. RAM: 512 MB. HDD: 60 GB. OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP2.

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NamesSolidSnake nullDC Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Posts: 616	Um, a video encoder... Here's a link: Video Encoders __________________ PC/Laptop:Compaq Presario v5000 Notebook CPU: Mobile AMD Sempron 3000+ at 1.8 GHz with PowerNow! technology. Graphics: ATI Radeon Xpress Mobility 200 Series. RAM: 512 MB. HDD: 60 GB. OS: Windows XP Home Edition SP2.

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