WoW and FRAPS - Page 8

• Gnarfoz · 11/10/09, 1:44 PM

That doesn't really sound like a bug to me.
I get exactly the amount of FPS in game that I choose to record at in Fraps.

(I haven't uses half-size in ages though, you're saying it doesn't behave like that there?)

Oh, also, Fraps 3.0 is out.

Illundai · 11/10/09, 6:50 PM

I'm saying that even if I put the FPS higher than 30 it never exceeds 30. It's capped to 30 no matter what.

Aul · 11/15/09, 7:18 AM

Originally Posted by Illundai

I'm saying that even if I put the FPS higher than 30 it never exceeds 30. It's capped to 30 no matter what.

Did you try updating Fraps? They've recently released a new version with the following changelog:

3.0.1 - 8th Nov 2009
- Added minimize to systray option for Win7 users
- Fixed video capture frame rate defaulting to 30 fps when Fraps loads

Perhaps that will solve your issue.

Saltyone · 11/17/09, 4:11 PM

Has anyone ever encountered this behavior in fraps? While recording with 2.x or 3.x, all audio on my machine is piped back through Ventrillo (very loud) when I transmit. I’ve asked around on frapsforum, with no useful replies. It has pretty much shut down my attempts to fraps my guild’s raids, as I must speak on ventrillo.

Intel DP35DPM Motherboard with Intel IDT Audio.

Settings:
* In WoW: Game Sound output: IDT Audio1
* In Ventrillo: Output device: (use direct sound is checked) IDT Audio 1, Input device: (use direct sound is checked) IDT Audio 1, Hardware input mixer (None)
* In sound properties: Recording: Stereo Mix and Line In ('Select' is not checked) 100%, Microphone ('Select'ed) 100%

Terraburn · 11/18/09, 8:49 AM

I apologize if this has been mentioned before but a couple way to increase the performance of Fraps and WoW running together:

Have Fraps installed to a second hard drive seperate from WoW.
If possible, have that hard drive actually be two drives setup in a raid0.

If you're running at least a dual core processor, assign the affinity of 1 core to WoW and the other to Fraps.

Bottom line is even the most beasty machines are going to see a performance dump when frapsing while running the game at super high settings. The above plus turning the quality down a little bit are just a few things that can make a world of difference.

kr0n1x · 11/19/09, 10:17 AM

I would like to have higher FPS while raiding and, why not, make some clips of my playing, but at the moment i can't have any.

My hardware spec is:
Intel C2D E6300 (1,8 Ghz)
Asus P5B
Radeon HD 3450
2*512MB DDR2 800 Mhz
Onboard sound card

I thinke these are the most important pc's parts, right?

What I should change by priority? Are some parts good? Give a grade from 0 to 10 of each piece please, and maybe a good replacement for that part if you can!

At the moment, in fights like Valkyr 25 heroic, I've around 10 fps. This lowers my playing performance.

Thanks!

• Heavenly · 11/19/09, 12:52 PM

Just like the recording feature in the mac version of WoW, the most important aspect to recording video on FRAPS is how fast you can write data to a hard drive; the other parts just apply to if you want to record video with higher settings in the game. Depending on your resolution, even one external drive can't have the write speed to maintain a decent FPS. Terraburn stated that the best way to record with FRAPS(and the Mac client) is to a drive that isn't used by WoW and in a RAID setup. These numbers are from my mac client for the data rate at recording video @ 1280x800 vs. 1920x1200 but should be the same for FRAPS:

20FPS: 29/66mb/s
25FPS: 37/83mb/s
30FPS: 44/99mb/s
60FPS: 88/198mb/s

At 1280x800, you could record to the same HD as WoW but it would kill your FPS in game. With my Macbook, I tested out the highest FPS by recording to an external HD connected by eSATA since the mac client has an automatic disable feature if the write speed isn't high enough(~70mb/s) and I can only record up to 20fps at my resolution of 1920x1200. Anything faster and I'd need something like WD Raptors or SSD's in RAID0

Frah · 11/25/09, 1:27 PM

I am trying to run fraps on specific cores. Its easy enough to open task manager and set them manually for fraps but it is a tad tedious.

I have added this to the shortcut for fraps to specify which cores it should use. Problem is I cant get it to set 2 or more cores it only ever picks one. I use an i7 so affinity 192 should be 4th and 8th core but when using the code it only uses the 8th core. Anyone know what numbers should be used?

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 192 C:\progs\fraps\fraps.exe

sp00n · 11/25/09, 7:28 PM

Originally Posted by Frah

I am trying to run fraps on specific cores. Its easy enough to open task manager and set them manually for fraps but it is a tad tedious.

I have added this to the shortcut for fraps to specify which cores it should use. Problem is I cant get it to set 2 or more cores it only ever picks one. I use an i7 so affinity 192 should be 4th and 8th core but when using the code it only uses the 8th core. Anyone know what numbers should be used?

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C start /affinity 192 C:\progs\fraps\fraps.exe

192 would be core 8 and 7.
Remember, basically it's a binary mask.

CPU8	CPU7	CPU6	CPU5	CPU4	CPU3	CPU2	CPU1
128	64	32	16	8	4	2	1
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Simply add up the numbers for which processors to use (represented by a "1" in the third row).

Regarding "start.exe", I'm not entirely sure and - lacking enough CPU cores - have no way to test it, but I've read that it uses a hexadecimal representation, so try writing 192 in hex, which is C0 (easily converted with the windows calculator).

Lyssa · 11/27/09, 12:35 AM

Originally Posted by Saltyone

Has anyone ever encountered this behavior in fraps? While recording with 2.x or 3.x, all audio on my machine is piped back through Ventrillo (very loud) when I transmit

I had the same problem myself, and I simply solved it by turning off recording sound in FRAPS and recording Ventrilo separately (with the in-built record function in Ventrilo). You then have to use some other software such as Audacity to transfer the Ventrilo sounds to mp3 format, so it's a little more work, but at least it's a solution.

@ kr0n1x: This isn't proper forum for your question, but your entire computer is outdated and it would do you well to update every piece.

DrCuddles · 12/22/09, 7:33 AM

Just thought I'd throw this out there, when Fraps is recording at a set FPS (You pick the FPS to use in Fraps) it will reduce your game's FPS to that limit, this means that the video will show at that FPS as well but can incur bad results.

I find that putting a custom FPS in at a number that your PC could never possibly reach (100 FPS for me) makes not only the game run smooth whilst recording but makes the recording look smoother as well. This is because the FPS isn't bottlenecked and can fluctuate as much as your PC needs it to.

Hoderius · 01/08/10, 6:22 PM

IS there anyway to make fraps play nice with dual cores? I have a e7400 oc'ed to 3.2ghz.

Mutant · 01/10/10, 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by Hoderius

IS there anyway to make fraps play nice with dual cores? I have a e7400 oc'ed to 3.2ghz.

My e6550 Has no problem with fraps :/

Domey · 01/15/10, 9:57 PM

I have no problem recording and what not. However I have never made a video(Yet!). I have one recorded and would like to upload it. I been trying to use a few programs but I am not having much luck.

For starters I tried using Cyberlink Powerdirector and made my movie. I went to encode it and I cannot find anyplace to set a custom resolution. So my videos always had hard coded bars.

I also have downloaded Vegas and tried a few things. I was able to specify my resolution however still had bars.

I recorded at 1680x1050 Widescreen resolution. I tried to keep the aspect ratio but it wouldn't let me in Vegas(Says frame size not available or something). So I tried 1600x1024 and that wasn't allowed either. My next time I tried 1440x900 and it started working. However after viewing the file it still had hard coded bars on the sides of the video.

How can I get rid of these bars? I am unsure of what resolution I should go with to still be able to keep a decent size view area and good quality. Like I said, I am new at this so pardon any misuse of terminology!

• Heavenly · 01/17/10, 5:11 AM

Originally Posted by Domey

I have no problem recording and what not. However I have never made a video(Yet!). I have one recorded and would like to upload it. I been trying to use a few programs but I am not having much luck.

For starters I tried using Cyberlink Powerdirector and made my movie. I went to encode it and I cannot find anyplace to set a custom resolution. So my videos always had hard coded bars.

I also have downloaded Vegas and tried a few things. I was able to specify my resolution however still had bars.

I recorded at 1680x1050 Widescreen resolution. I tried to keep the aspect ratio but it wouldn't let me in Vegas(Says frame size not available or something). So I tried 1600x1024 and that wasn't allowed either. My next time I tried 1440x900 and it started working. However after viewing the file it still had hard coded bars on the sides of the video.

How can I get rid of these bars? I am unsure of what resolution I should go with to still be able to keep a decent size view area and good quality. Like I said, I am new at this so pardon any misuse of terminology!

Sony Vegas likes to keep the ratio at 16:9 even when you have the project settings at your resolution. After you put the clip into the timeline, right click and go all the way down to properties; there's an option for "Maintain Aspect Ratio" and uncheck it.