Fraps is very jittery on a high-end PC

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

Whenever I try to record pretty much any 3D game, I get random lag spikes. I'm writing to a seperate HDD, what's the issue here? I have an i7 3770 and a GTX 980, this shouldn't be happening.

TechyInAZ · Jun 11, 2015

Resolution?

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

1080p60. Please note my PC specs; I can run Crysis 3 at maximum settings with zero lag.

TechyInAZ · Jun 11, 2015

Try reinstalling the program, and/or update the software.

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

I've already done that, and it is up to date.

photonboy · Jun 11, 2015

NVidia Shadowplay works awesome. I started a video one time, got distracted then tried to click the menu forgetting it was just a video. I even recorded 2560x1440 at 60FPS.

(i7-3770K + GTX680)

Shadowplay uses the NVENC video encoder so there's very little performance drop (maybe 5%). FRAPS however uses your CPU so it has a high overhead.

OBS is another solution which can also use your NVENC encoder so the performance drop is the same, however it may have some other feature you want.

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

My problem with Shadowplay is that it has audio issues and saves files in the mp4 format, which is absolute hell to edit. (Seriously, there is no good free editing software for mp4, and I REALLY don't want to learn AVISynth.)

photonboy · Jun 11, 2015

DahMainahGaimah :

1) MP4 is only the container, the video is H.264 which is standard for many devices.

2) OBS also uses the NVidia encoder and can output to both MP4 and FLV containers.

3) The container can be converted using other software to whatever you need likely. I know you can use MKVtoolnix for example to go to MKV at no loss to the video or audio content (it just swaps containers).

4) FRAPS video format?
I looked it up at fraps and couldn't find out. Wikipedia just says it's a "proprietary format" though I guess if you can edit it the software knows what it is somehow.

I think FRAPS recommends converting to WMV.

5) MP4:
There are LOTS of editors for this so I'm not quite sure what the issue is. It's one of the most common formats (i.e. AAC + H.264 in MP4 container)

6) Free video editors:
(many but not all of these support MP4)
http://www.ezvid.com/21-best-video-editing-software-for-free-download

I use NERO which obviously isn't free but it does work quite well. You can get the entire suite of software on sale for $65. Nero 2015 Platinum:
http://www.nero.com/enu/promotions/sea_2015/nero-2015-platinum-upgrade.php?NeroSID=3df7e5081a4348e437621d248d1e934a&cbtr=g-ca&ecid=ppc.am.can.n2015.go.can-enu-kw.cnd_en_brand-alone-exact.SEAG.R12689

7) *FRAPS STUTTERING*
One possible cause is that you need an SSD for the write file instead of an HDD. You can try dropping the quality to the LOWEST supported on your HDD to see if stuttering drops. If it does it's probably a write speed issue.

TechyInAZ · Jun 11, 2015

photonboy :

I personally use MSI Afterburner's video capture and WOW!!! It's amazing!! Way faster than Fraps, OBS, and Bandicam.

It supports tons of hardware accelerators too, I am able to get 60fps 1080P solid on every game while that's running.

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

I just dunno what to do here. I guess I'm just very new to this. I've been trying to get by with Avidemux, but it's incredibly buggy. I primarily use Virtualdub, is there a way to get Virtualdub to recognize mp4 files?

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

Whatever. It's really late right now, I'm incredibly annoyed at this problem, and I'm tired. I'm going to bed, I'll check out whatever stuff you recommend tomorrow. Thanks for the help, BTW!

k1114 · Jun 11, 2015

Fraps is just such an obsolete software. I use msi ab too. Works great and even has quicksync but I don't really get any performance issues with the default mjpg which is better quality.

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

What if I don't have an AMD card, though?

sickbullet · Jun 11, 2015

I've always has issues recording with fraps on demanding games like GTA V it just stutters but once I have explored the area and go back it doesn't stutter when recording do you get this too OP?

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

Screw it, I'm done with Fraps...

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

Screw it, I'm done with Fraps...

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

What happened there? I never selected the best answer! Gah.

sickbullet · Jun 11, 2015

Not sure how I got best answer but I was waiting my first lol

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

Whatever, I'm just gonna end this here. Thanks for the help anyways, guys.

sickbullet · Jun 11, 2015

No worries but if you do ever find a solution let us know and give this a bump, I stick with Fraps because the quality after recording is the best around when it does decide to record properly.

k1114 · Jun 11, 2015

Msi ab works on all graphics cards. Fraps is not the best quality around, far from it, and also with the time limit and watermark. It's trash imo.

sickbullet · Jun 11, 2015

What timer and watermark? if the quality is as if it was when live then it's the best around.

I'll check out this Msi are the files smaller?

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

Alright then, I'll check out MSI. Thanks!

sickbullet · Jun 11, 2015

Post back what you think OP, I checked it out and the recordings were plain ugly.

DahMainahGaimah · Jun 11, 2015

It doesn't work at all. I tried pretty much everything and it won't even start recording. Basically, it's trash.

Fraps is very jittery on a high-end PC

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