Fraps / Sony Vegas 7.0 Question

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  1. Apr 26, 2007 at 12:03 AM #1
    KreW

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    Hello ;), I'm having some sort of a problem with either fraps, or sony vegas 7.0. I've been playing Full screen games, such as Counterstrike, and have been using Fraps to record.

    I've been recording like 1 minute clips and my file sizes are anywhere from about 500 mb to 1.5 GB! Just for a 1 minute clip. Now, I've been wondering how people making a 10 minute counterstrike movie with well editing into like 100-200 MB..

    So then, I recently made a 2 minute and 43 second movie, and it is a huge file size compared to any other gaming video. It's 279 MB!!

    So then, here I am.. Wondering what has caused this problem.. Fraps, or Sony Vegas 7.0.. Well I don't know :\..

    I've been rendering my movies as 90% quality for Sony Vegas and other recommended set-ups. If you need any other information, just PM me or post.



    Anyone know?



    So, can anyone help me or at least give me advice?



    Thanks in advanced.
     
  2. Apr 26, 2007 at 2:23 AM #2
    arbiter2005

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    You use compression, Fraps records it uncompressed, When its compressed say with Xvid it becomes a hell lot smaller

    Windows movie maker compresses videos down
     
  3. Apr 26, 2007 at 4:26 PM #3
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    So your saying after I render my video in Sony Vegas I open it with Windows Movie maker and render it again?
     
  4. Apr 26, 2007 at 4:28 PM #4
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    Yes or find somewhere in sony vegas to do with compression, I dont know how to use vegas so i cant help you with that
     
  5. Apr 26, 2007 at 4:41 PM #5
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    Thanks ;), Rep +

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    Thanks ;), Rep +
     
  6. Apr 26, 2007 at 5:50 PM #6
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    Vegas i think if you export it was choose wma for a small thing. RMVB is super small but doesnt work with most websites like youtube.
     
  7. Apr 26, 2007 at 9:55 PM #7
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    Yeah you dont know about vegas rendering yet :D

    I have used vegas before but i find premiere way easier - hm ... uncompressed avi files are 1GB+ - heck my music video from DV tape onto my PC (which was 4mins) was like 5GB lolz

    5GB!! just a 4min clip - However that was 720x576 and was uncompressed DV AVI format

    Ok try these ...

    Microsoft DV AVi if you want high quality but larger filesizes - If you just want t play on PC etc or burn onto DVD/CD

    MPEG is a decent format as well - I cut my video to around 100mb and uploaded onto youtube :D

    WMV is not bad however the quality sucks sometimes if you dont have the settings

    hm .. theres a few more that i cant remember at the moment now - Either render to MPEG and use a converter ie SUPER as i use that all the time - Convert that MPEG to something useable :)

    Vegas is confusing to use until i met Premiere

    I hope that helps

    DARKSTAR
     

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