Realtime Video Capture Software?

[ultimatedragoon69]

If anyone can help i'm looking for some software for my next video of an update on pangea's quest. I don't mind paying a little bit if its good software. What do you guys use, any input would be greatly appreciated. Have a nice day.

[aamesxdavid]

I've used Fraps, and it's pretty good. I'd say it's the best I've used. There's a trial version you can check out that just puts a watermark on the video.

[davidthefat]

In linux theres a program for that for free

[wearymemory]

CamStudio is free.

[hurstshifter]

CamStudio is free.

+over 9000

[ultimatedragoon69]

sweet thanks so much im going to try out camstudio & fraps.

[Moosader]

CamStudio is free.

Aye, this is what I use. Though I don't know if it's my computer fault or what, but if I record a game (at least an Allegro one) at 640x480 res, it sound lags out the ass.

I prefer rewriting part of my code to resize the game to 320x240, though, to having those ugly "UNREGISTERED COPY OF SOMETHINGOROTHER" on the video.
D:

Oh and FRAPS only works for hardware-rendered thingies (DirectX, OpenGL)

[Spikey]

For gaming I use Fraps, the video codec's compression sucks, but I edit and re-encode videos later anyway.

For desktop captures I have tried CamStudio, but since I started using Vista, audio recording has been a pain. Besides audio though, CamStudio is pretty good.

There's also HyperCam, it works pretty good. The free trial leaves a caption at the top of the videos.. but you might be able to crop that out later.

Then there's Camtasia, which seems to be getting popular. I think I tried it once, there's a free trial, not sure what its restrictions are, I'm guessing another unregistered notice watermark somewhere.