FRAPS is the most popular I reckon. It records on a ridiculously high bitrate (quality), can capture screenshots while capturing (for quick "save that one" moments), shows FPS and I think you can even record your own commentary.
You'll need a licensed FRAPS iirc though to record more than 4 GB (which is around 2 minutes or 30 seconds, don't know for sure).
Also, recording anything like 10-15 minutes is going to take a HUGE amount of space on your hard drive (probably something like 20-30 GB). Rendering that to more a manageable size can be done with Windows Live Movie Maker or a more professional video editor like Sony Vegas Pro or Adobe Premiere (which aren't cheap :fret:)
Fraps always seriously slows down the program I'm recording too. Honestly I think Hypercam is the best program but you just gotta make sure the program is in window mode. I've not seen a window mode option in D3's beta. And some programs you can force into window mode but I have little luck doing that ever.
Fraps is what I use. To get the best results from it:
Record to a different hard drive than the OS and game. Preferably one dedicated to videos.
Have at least a quad-core CPU; Fraps' compression* algorithms take a lot of CPU time.
Know that Fraps will lock the recording speed to a multiple of the framerate to keep the output video smooth. In other words, if you typically get 45-65 FPS in the game and record at 30 FPS, it'll force you down to 30 FPS. You need to have a lot of surplus FPS if you want to maintain 60 while playing (so try to hit 80+ FPS). If nothing you do works, you can force the game FPS to the recording FPS to at least have a consistant experience.
Vsync should be off while recording for a smoother result.
In-game FPS limiters should be disabled while recording.
* Fraps actually has two recording modes: lossless RGB (compresses about 3 to 1) Something-that-is-or-approximates YUV 4:2:0 choma subsampling (compresses about 6 to 1, can cause noticable quality loss on hard color edges, like red-text... but most mainstream video formats use 4:2:0 sampling, anyway, so unless you're resizing the video before output this is ultimately lost in the end, anyway).
The free version only lets you record 30-second videos, but it's a good way to get a feel for the program and whether your computer can handle it.
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theres a free program?
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FRAPS is the most popular I reckon. It records on a ridiculously high bitrate (quality), can capture screenshots while capturing (for quick "save that one" moments), shows FPS and I think you can even record your own commentary.
You'll need a licensed FRAPS iirc though to record more than 4 GB (which is around 2 minutes or 30 seconds, don't know for sure).
Also, recording anything like 10-15 minutes is going to take a HUGE amount of space on your hard drive (probably something like 20-30 GB). Rendering that to more a manageable size can be done with Windows Live Movie Maker or a more professional video editor like Sony Vegas Pro or Adobe Premiere (which aren't cheap :fret:)
Siaynoq's Playthroughs
The free version only lets you record 30-second videos, but it's a good way to get a feel for the program and whether your computer can handle it.