If you frequently visit gaming forums or video sharing sites such as YouTube, you may have come across videos containing actual gameplay footage. As you may already know, most games do not come with options that enable users capture in game video footage and create gameplay movies. Then how do people make these videos? Actually, it’s not that hard at all – just use FRAPS.
FRAPS is a nice piece of software that enables users capture real time video rendered using OpenGL and Direct3D. Simply run FRAPS while playing your favorite game and set it to record. The end result will be a high quality video containing your gameplay. This is an excellent way to save and share those ‘gaming moments’ of yours. Apart from real time video capture, FRAPS can function as a standard screen capture utility as well as a benchmarking software. It’s an excellent software check it out.
Developer Description
Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:
- Benchmarking Software - Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points. Save the statistics out to disk and use them for your own reviews and applications.
- Screen Capture Software - Take a screenshot with the press of a key! There's no need to paste into a paint program every time you want a new shot. Your screen captures are automatically named and timestamped.
- Realtime Video Capture Software - Have you ever wanted to record video while playing your favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution! Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam, game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can capture audio and video up to 2560x1600 with custom frame rates from 10 to 100 frames per second!
