Fraps
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| File:FrapsScreenshot.png Screenshot of Fraps version 2.8.0 | |
| Developer(s) | Beepa |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.8.1
/ October 26, 2006 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Screencasting |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.fraps.com |
Fraps (derived from Frames Per Second) is a benchmarking, screen capture, and real-time video capture utility for DirectX and OpenGL applications. It is commonly used to record gaming footage. The program is very popular in amature Machinema
The Fraps codec allows decoding of Fraps-encoded videos (using a media player capable of decoding the AVI container format) or conversion to other video formats (with the use of the right software). The Fraps video codec manages to capture videos with minimal impact on game performance, as it has been optimized to achieve compression higher than uncompressed RGB, resulting in smaller filesizes, though the format is considerably less space-efficient than more heavily compressed video formats such as DivX. (Few computers can encode video to high-compression formats such as DivX on-the-fly, and few hard drives are fast enough to be able to record the immense amount of data produced in using uncompressed video. The Fraps format is a compromise of the two.)
The free version of Fraps displays an unremovable Fraps header (watermark) at the top of every video, and video length is capped at 30 seconds. In the full payware version of the software, videos are recorded without the FRAPS header indefinitely at a maximum resolution of 1152x864 (full-size 4:3; 2048x1536 for half-size or 2560x1600 for full-size with a dual-core CPU) and a rate up to 100 frames per second. When recording mode is switched on, Fraps, and whatever application is being recorded will "hold themselves back" to match the framerate of the recorded video; most commonly 30 FPS.
Fraps can also take screenshots in various formats: BMP, TGA, JPEG and PNG. However only the BMP format is availiabe on in the free version.
When active, Fraps displays a Frames-Per-Second count in the corner of the screen. This number display does not show up in the recorded video, and shows as yellow when not recording and red when recording. Fraps runs in the background, and is activated by a user-defined key combination. It can be stopped in a similar way.
Features
External links
- Fraps' website
- Fraps FAQ
- Problems Testing 3D Performance with Fraps
- Clips recorded with FRAPS Demo Version. Armed and Dangerous
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