Friday, January 9, 2009

Recording High Definition Videos of any Game with out Fraps and Lag

There is a software called Fraps which can be used to record games with OpenGL or D3D Video outputs. But there are two big problems. One is the recoding will be done by the same PC so, there would be a definite lag in the video and it increases with increase in screen resolution. Secondly, the Video takes very high disk space in some GBs for a minutes of Video. So, here is a solution for this problem,

Requirements:

  1. A PC with TV Out Port from Graphic Card.
  2. Another PC with TV Tuner Card.
The best method to record High Definition Videos of any game with out Fraps is to record in a PC and play in another PC. Because, however fast the PC may be there is a lag if the High Definition Videos are recorded in the same PC. As an extension to this, the Videos can also be recorded directly into a DVD Player connected to the TV Out of a PC. But it takes some number of DVDs.

The method is quite simple. If there are two PC systems, one with a TV Out port from graphic card and another with a TV Tuner Card, then Videos of any game can be recorded with out Fraps and any worry of Lag in the game.

The First PC will output the Monitor into a TV cable which should be connected to another computer with a TV Tuner Card. Since the TV Out from first PC comes to TV Tuner Card of second PC, the game you are playing will be shown in the second PC as TV. Now that you have the Video input, you can record the Game Videos in the Second PC as normal TV. The Software which comes with the TV Tuner Card also provides the means to record the Videos input to that Card. Like this the Video can be recorded with High Definition and more importantly with out any Lag.

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