antman

I would agree with Ziff. Frap captures the raw video output meaning a 720p windowed recording of 30 minutes @25FPS would be about a 80GB file size :eek: Bandicam, Mirillis Action or even Xsplit would suit your needs while the instantaneous conversion to .mp4 would mean much smaller files. The main advantage of this is many of the editing programs will grind to a halt if you throw a 80GB file their way! The advantage of Xsplit is that you can create different "screens" that you can fade in/out live e.g. you can display your initial intro screen then fade down into your gameplay part live. The main advantage there is the reduced amount of editing to be done afterwards so you can just use Windows Movie Maker rather than going for a more complex program like Sony Vegas. I'm going to sound like a Xsplit employee here, but another advantage is that you can click one button and livestream your video to the net via Twitch.tv or similar. An interesting Twitch.tv feature is the ability to archive your past streams and automatically upload them to youtube. I'm sorry, I tend to waffle when I get going on this geeky recording stuff. I've been a youtuber for a couple of years and its a damn lonely hobby!