How to use fraps while recording games

What is a fraps program ? The answer to this question can be found in this article.

Fraps is a versatile program for capturing video or photos from the monitor screen. It can easily work with any games (working on both OpenGL and DirectX), count the number of FPS (frames per second) for a comfortable game.

The program of fraps with its wide possibilities allows:

- Display during the game process FPS, which determines the speed of the game in the most demanding performance places.

- Make a screenshot of the screen in one click. The picture will contain detailed information about the time and date.

- Capture the video. Record high-resolution gaming fragments with a large length.

For all this, you need to know how to use fraps . The Internet is full of information, but it often contains a lot of water and unnecessary information. We will try to give you brief advice on the most pressing issues.

How to use Fraps?

At the first start, pay attention to the bottom of the program window, where you can select "Start Fraps with Windows", which will allow you to remember to run the utility during games and in time to remove an important point.

How to use fraps right away when the system starts up, and so that it does not interfere? Very simply: put the birdie in front of the "Start Fraps Collapsed" item, which will immediately start it from the system tray, and its window will not blister your eyes.

The question of how to use fraps will disappear immediately if you have a modern technology keyboard with an additional screen. All information and functions of the screen capture utility will be available on the monitor of your keyboard.

But there is a counter question about whether this utility does not require a large amount of system resources, which reduces the frame rate in the game? The answer is no. Fraps need a minimum amount of allocated memory, which in no way will affect performance. But be careful: when you record video of the game process (good quality at high resolution), performance may fall due to the small amount of RAM that is required for processing and recording material on the hard disk of the system.

How to use fraps when capturing images and video from a monitor screen

Let's start with the images. First, it is necessary to determine the folder for storing the screenshots made (by default the folder is in the root of the program, but it can be changed to any convenient for you). For fast and efficient capture (sometimes it is necessary to take a screenshot in a few seconds, otherwise the moment will be missed), there is a possibility of assigning "hot keys" (a button or a group of buttons that instantly make a screenshot when pressed). The captured photos can be saved in various formats (BMP, JPG, PNG) and the maximum resolution is 3840x1200 or 2880x1600.

How to use fraps when capturing video? It will take a little longer, since there are more features and specifics in this issue. Similarly configured "hot keys" and a folder for storing files (it is necessary to choose a disk that has more free space than the rest).

In more details it is worthwhile to choose the frame rate when capturing video: the higher the value, the smoother playback will be, but this will significantly affect the size of the final file. It is not worth chasing the big numbers. The "Half resolution" item will affect the picture of the recorded video, which will reduce the resolution by half.

It's worth mentioning that the size of the final file will be affected by the sound recording, so in advance, calculate whether you have enough space or not. For convenience, you can break long and heavy rollers into 4 GB pieces. The most convenient function can be - "Hide the mouse cursor on the video." We will not dwell on it.

Important: when capturing video from the screen, the file will not be compressed by codecs, it is recorded in the original format. Therefore, the recorded video weighs so much. Maximum resolution when recording 7680x4800 (you yourself understand the consequences of such a huge resolution).