haganinc Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 What programs (if any) do people tend to use to edit the videos of playing sessions in Skyrim? When I use FRAPS the resulting video file is HUGE, somewhere around a gig for only a minute or two of video. Do these files just get uploaded to sites like YouTube at this size or is any editing done that preserves most of the quality but shrinks the file size? Also, what about clipping video files, for example say I only want the first minute of a two minute video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fms1 Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Some of the higher end capture cards will record in the more compressed HD format found on the Youtube videos, and most come with some kind of editing software, although a stand alone editing (pay $ for) program, may have more features\ better quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haganinc Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 So they are using a different tool than FRAPS then, something that comes with the video card driver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effoff Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 (edited) My linkThis is what i use it's a lot better then Fraps and the Video size is nowhere near as big And It's FREE! i hope this helps... Edited April 18, 2012 by effoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorwynKelm Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Fraps is fine. Just make sure to install Skyrim/FRAPS on different drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooker75 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 The FRAPS capture is huge because it's uncompressed AVI. I just use Windows Movie Maker (or whatever they're calling it these days) to save it as something smaller, but it doesn't do any fancy effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndorilTheGreat Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Also, from what I've found, if you record the FRAPS footage to a different drive (external or just a different HD), the resulting performance impact on the game while recording is minimal. Now I want to start recording again. I just need some sort of motivation to start up another LP. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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