How to record a film clip?

**wynofthetim** · April 01, 2009, 04:28 AM

Is there any way to save a video of a battle from a campaign game? Or can you only use movie_cam on custom battles?

Moved to it's own tread. / Apple

**Gromovnik** · April 01, 2009, 05:52 AM

I think it's only for custom battles...

**Sunbird Alkibijad** · April 01, 2009, 06:17 AM

run Fraps before starting Rome. Then use the shortcut button ( default is I believe F9 or F10) and start recording video. Same button is to stop the recording.

EDIT: 0.o A separate thread!

This is what ya need FRAPS

**Aristedes** · April 02, 2009, 05:31 AM

Fraps only records for 30 seconds though.

**Sunbird Alkibijad** · April 02, 2009, 06:40 AM

Not true...
I could upload you a 4gb capture from my Eve online...

**Aristedes** · April 02, 2009, 07:52 AM

Yea if u put them together afterwards...

**Brusilov** · April 02, 2009, 04:51 PM

Or if you pay the one-off license fee - I did so about three years ago. It's then possible to record as much as your hard drive can take....

**Sunbird Alkibijad** · April 02, 2009, 11:25 PM

It stops recording at 4gb, and starts a new file, again upto 4gb.
Not made from many parts Aristedes.

And my FRAPS I didn't have to pay for. It was a gift

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**wynofthetim** · April 03, 2009, 07:47 AM

Haha, hmm. I could do that but my machine loses its sound and occassionally crashes when im on Roma Surrectum NORMALLY, due the pc's technical inefficiency.
Running any major programmes/applications in the background makes it freeze/crash/lose sound in approximately 5 mins... Enough time to load a campaign lol
But cheers anyway

ps: Apple, were you cherryfunk?

**Brusilov** · April 03, 2009, 07:48 AM

Originally Posted by wynofthetim

ps: Apple, were you cherryfunk?

I'm quite sure that Apple used to be Maxim Victor. Cherryfunk is still Cherryfunk.....

**wynofthetim** · April 03, 2009, 09:35 AM

Ahhh okay. I havent been on here in a while and when i was last on cherryfunk was very active on the forums. I just made the link of "havent seen anything from cherryfunk recently" to "Apple is a new face, but appears to be renown"
Anyway thanks for your help everyone, ill just stick to not recording videos and actually being able to play a whole battle

**apple** · April 03, 2009, 02:19 PM

Originally Posted by wynofthetim

Ahhh okay. I havent been on here in a while and when i was last on cherryfunk was very active on the forums. I just made the link of "havent seen anything from cherryfunk recently" to "Apple is a new face, but appears to be renown"

I been here for a while, nearly one year now

**Sunbird Alkibijad** · April 03, 2009, 02:12 PM

FRAPS doesn't take any of the system resources, I believe. It does slow down the game for a moment or two if you are really deeply zoomed in on the action, especially at the moment you activate and deactivate the FRAPS recording.

**Sunday213** · April 03, 2009, 07:10 PM

Try XFIRE Recorder its the same thing, and quite unknown to people its free no watermork and no time limit.

**Wolfshead** · April 05, 2009, 09:49 AM

Gamecam is the best one I tested, and it doesn't drop your framerate to 5 fps like fraps does.

**TheAeneas** · April 08, 2009, 05:37 AM

I once left the "record" button on for Fraps and forgot about it... I recorded videos for half the games I own without even knowing it. And I filled up my hard drive until all my apps started to crash and I couldnt figure out why...
lol.