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BloodFetish · 04-22-2012, 03:49 AM

I was on tonight to play around with Fraps and discovered the free version limits a video to 30s long. Hopefully I don't spawn in a 2x2 hole next to a Creeper and need more than 30s for my video

Fraps really kicked my frame rate in the junk, and I found the video sizes were huge - over 600MB for 30s of video! Doubtless the settings could be tweaked to preserve hard drive space but on the other hand I don't want to pony up the $37 for the license.

I went searching for alternatives and think I might have a good one called Gregion. Their home page is asian and unintelligable, but it can be downloaded here: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...ad-154814.html

So far it's easier on the fps and file sizes. It does seem a bit quirky - if I start Gregion and then Minecraft pressing the record hotkeys doesn't start the video. However if I start Minecraft first and then Gregion it works fine - I know it will work once I see the FPS overlay that Gregion adds. I guess the rule is Gregion will work on any existing window, but will not work on new windows.

The other quirk is probably not Gregion's fault. I run Minecraft in a window and Gregion records the video in whatever resolution the window happens to be. It results in very non-standard video resolution.

In any case I expect there will be other first-time gamecasters and hopefully that this free software will do the trick.

04-22-2012, 03:49 AM	#268
BloodFetish First Line Centre Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Coquitlam, BC Exp:	I was on tonight to play around with Fraps and discovered the free version limits a video to 30s long. Hopefully I don't spawn in a 2x2 hole next to a Creeper and need more than 30s for my video Fraps really kicked my frame rate in the junk, and I found the video sizes were huge - over 600MB for 30s of video! Doubtless the settings could be tweaked to preserve hard drive space but on the other hand I don't want to pony up the $37 for the license. I went searching for alternatives and think I might have a good one called Gregion. Their home page is asian and unintelligable, but it can be downloaded here: http://www.softpedia.com/progDownloa...ad-154814.html So far it's easier on the fps and file sizes. It does seem a bit quirky - if I start Gregion and then Minecraft pressing the record hotkeys doesn't start the video. However if I start Minecraft first and then Gregion it works fine - I know it will work once I see the FPS overlay that Gregion adds. I guess the rule is Gregion will work on any existing window, but will not work on new windows. The other quirk is probably not Gregion's fault. I run Minecraft in a window and Gregion records the video in whatever resolution the window happens to be. It results in very non-standard video resolution. In any case I expect there will be other first-time gamecasters and hopefully that this free software will do the trick. Last edited by BloodFetish; 04-22-2012 at 03:53 AM.