Loading Fraps Into Youtube?

[Thew123]

Hey guys, looking for some help here please.



I have been making movie clips and would like to share some cool ones with you guys, I used fraps to record the clips and they are saved in a file on my desktop.



So I created a youtube account, and when I go to upload the fraps clip into it (even small ones) it goes through the whole upload process (takes like 2 hours) then at the end says upload failed when the movie is posted.



Anyone know what I am doing wrong or can help please?

 

[Crilicilyn]

shoot--- i dk where to get fraps in the first place lol sry

 

[Firetruckk]

It's either fraps is being recorded into a format youtube doesn't recognize, or the file size is waaay to large, because i use fraps myself, and it takes too much space just for even a tiny clip.



are you loading them to youtube in the raw format? or are you putting them through an editing program to render as a smaller and more convenient file type?



if the raw file keeps fucking you over, then maybe just throw it into the most available program you have (which would proabbly be movie maker) and then just render it was a .wav or .avi.



that should definitely cut down the file size, and compress your footage, but may make it a bit grainy (just because windows movie maker doesn't have the best compression settings).

 

[Painaid]

1. Fraps is bad. Its clips take up way too much space. Save yourself and use X-Fire Video Capture. Not to mention, it's free.



2. Compress it using a program like Windows Movie Maker.



3. ...There is no step three.

 

[Trêêhuggêr]

It's either fraps is being recorded into a format youtube doesn't recognize, or the file size is waaay to large, because i use fraps myself, and it takes too much space just for even a tiny clip.



are you loading them to youtube in the raw format? or are you putting them through an editing program to render as a smaller and more convenient file type?



if the raw file keeps fucking you over, then maybe just throw it into the most available program you have (which would proabbly be movie maker) and then just render it was a .wav or .avi.



that should definitely cut down the file size, and compress your footage, but may make it a bit grainy (just because windows movie maker doesn't have the best compression settings).

this is pretty much spot on, i use sony vegas pro 9.0 and i render as WMV, though.

 

[blueisbetterthanyou]

Fraps is bad. Its clips take up way too much space.

why would space ever be an issue



and why are you guys even saying it takes up too much space, of course raw video clips are going to be huge in size but last i checked 1tb hds are 80$



also dont use windows movie maker its fucking shit, get sony vegas

 

[Thew123]

Ok I am a total noob at this, Fraps was the only capture program I tried, I will look into that other one thanks for the tip.



I do have windows movie maker on my pc, I am going to try to save one of the clips to that and then I will come hit you up for tips tomorrow once I mess that up Thanks for the help guys.

 

[lindenkron]

There's nothing wrong with fraps, failure stating that.



Any decent recording program will take alot of your PCs FPS etc. All depending on settings etc of course.



1. Capture what you want with fraps, settings 30~ FPS recommended. (More if you like doing non-lagging-slowmotion footage.)



2. Get Sony Vegas (I'm using 8 atm, since I havn't done movies for so long. My computer ain't no longer good enough to record I'm afraid)



3. Open Sony Vegas -> File -> New Project.

Settings:

Width: 1.280

Height: 720

Pixel aspect ratio: 1,0000(Square)

Frame rate: 29,970.



Save as a template you call something like: "YouTubeQuality" so you can easily enter it again.



4. Enter your footage (Recommended 300gb+ free space for a decent length'd vid) into Sony Vegas, edit at the best of your skills.



5. When done, go to File -> Reder as -> Custom..(The button)

Settings:

First tab: (Project)

Video rendering quality: Best

Second tab: (Video)

Frame size: HDV 720 (1.280x720)

Frame rate: 29,970 (NTSC)

Pixel aspect ratio: 1,0000

Video format (Important): Xvid MPEG-4 Codec (If you got it installed, it should be found under Configure).

I'm not sure how I got this codec, but do some searching. What it does is: Lower your file size, BY ALOT and keep the quality. It's quiet good.



Then save this template as something like "YoutubeWideAVI"



Render your video, and upload the file (it should turn out as .avi) to youtube.

Wait about an hour, after you see the first upload, and it should be there as High Definition as well (HD).



-Enjoy

Jaxel

 

[blueisbetterthanyou]

1. Capture what you want with fraps, settings 30~ FPS recommended. (More if you like doing non-lagging-slowmotion footage.)

you really have to play around with how high you can set your fps.



30 fps is really low and makes gameplay really fucking annoying, so try setting it higher and see if you can actually maintain that fps :/

 

[lindenkron]

you really have to play around with how high you can set your fps.



30 fps is really low and makes gameplay really fucking annoying, so try setting it higher and see if you can actually maintain that fps :/

That setting aint for the game, it's for the fraps you nib



30 FPS ~ = How many frames fraps steal. Meaning if you run at a 90 FPS (good PC) you'll still see 60 FPS which is how much the eye can see (Atleast afaik) without discovering lag.



So it should be all good.

 

[blueisbetterthanyou]

That setting aint for the game, it's for the fraps you nib



30 FPS ~ = How many frames fraps steal. Meaning if you run at a 90 FPS (good PC) you'll still see 60 FPS which is how much the eye can see (Atleast afaik) without discovering lag.



So it should be all good.

actually it is. fraps will cap your fps at whatever you set it to. if you set it at 20 fps your fps will cap out at 20 etc.





if you set it to 60 but your pc can only record at 40 fps it will just be wasting harddrive space and your harddrive will be maxing out its write speed and the video can possibly be fucked up.



fraps doesnt "steal" anything rofl ..

 

[lindenkron]

actually it is. fraps will cap your fps at whatever you set it to. if you set it at 20 fps your fps will cap out at 20 etc.





if you set it to 60 but your pc can only record at 40 fps it will just be wasting harddrive space and your harddrive will be maxing out its write speed and the video can possibly be fucked up.



fraps doesnt "steal" anything rofl ..

Didn't quiet get any of that.



Anyway, know loads of people that can record without losing FPS enough for lagging. etc, stay above 60+ FPS. All depending on the PC.



And I've recorded with settings at 30 FPS. Yes, it takes a harddrive that ain't complete crap, but so does anything you do now a days basically. So

 

[Boglund]

For those who want full fraps:

Download FRAPSREG264.EXE from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way



Made this link some month ago, should work. Let me know if it doesnt.



You need to edit the movie to upload it. Use Windows Movie Maker if you want standard shit, get something else like Camtasia, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier if you want something which is a little better. You wil prolly have to download it by using torrents though.

 

[blueisbetterthanyou]

Didn't quiet get any of that.



Anyway, know loads of people that can record without losing FPS enough for lagging. etc, stay above 60+ FPS. All depending on the PC.



And I've recorded with settings at 30 FPS. Yes, it takes a harddrive that ain't complete crap, but so does anything you do now a days basically. So

ok i dont know how to explain this any better

see that circled box? whatever you have checked will be what fraps caps your fps at.



it doesnt work like how you said it does. its not "if your fps is normally 90 fps and you set it to 30 you will have 60 fps" if you set it to 30 fps your fps will be capped at 30 fps



how do you not understand that?

 

[blueisbetterthanyou]

and just to repeat my self and explain why recording at 60 fps can be bad even on a standard harddrive. im going to quote someone else from a different forum

Alot of people don't realize that FRAPS will cap your framerate at whatever framerate you RECORD at. If set your video to record at 60 fps, your framerate in-game can go no higher than 60.



However, one should note that while recording at a higher framerate will raise this cap, it also will eat up far more CPU time, as well as significantly increase the HDD space the file consumes, and it will push you closer to your maximum HDD write speed (which reaching can cause video/sound desnychronization, as well as significant hitches.) Even on an Intel i7, it's a bit difficult for me to record at 60 fps even in some of the not-so-demanding games out there (then again, I'm running at 1080p)