I'm trying to record a few videos with Fraps but the craziest thing happens whenever I'm recording and enter a town/any zone: my monitor sort of freezes to the loading image but from the music I can hear that it's not loading any longer.
My video card drivers are 100% up-to-date (updated to the 2/17/'10 ones today). I use Fraps 3.1.0 build 11052, 30fps recording, "Lock framerate" is not ticked, no sound recording enabled, cursor is NOT hidden, "force lossless RGB capture" is not ticked.
Please help me =|
PC's Specs:
Intel DQ35JO Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 2.83GHz, AC Alpine 7 Pro cooler
ASUS EAH4890 1GB DDR5
4GB (2x2GB) Kingston DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
HuntKey 550W PSU
Guild Wars & Fraps
floor69
tasha
Does your pc have only 1 hard drive?
Similar issues I've had are when I've been recording to the same hard drive that the client has been on. The hard drive has a hard time keeping up dumping uncompressed frames on the hard drive while retrieving the game information it needs from the Guild Wars .dat file, resulting in stuttering or the game appearing to lock up. The solution I found was to change my fraps destination to another hard drive (external hard drive works fine).
Similar issues I've had are when I've been recording to the same hard drive that the client has been on. The hard drive has a hard time keeping up dumping uncompressed frames on the hard drive while retrieving the game information it needs from the Guild Wars .dat file, resulting in stuttering or the game appearing to lock up. The solution I found was to change my fraps destination to another hard drive (external hard drive works fine).
floor69
I have 2 hard drives, one 320gb and one 500gb. No extra partitions.
Guild Wars is on C:\, Fraps is on D:\
Guild Wars is on C:\, Fraps is on D:\
tasha
That throws that idea out the window then. I'll admit I'm not really sure what to suggest from here. But just to confirm are you trying to record the loading screen itself rather than just having fraps running in the background?
floor69
Let's say I'm recording a droks run. I press F9 to start Fraps recording while I'm outside Beacon's Perch. I do my running bit until I have to zone -to Dreadnought's Drift or w/e-, THEN it freezes on the loading screen.
My only solution would be recording it in several bits, skipping the loading screens :\
My only solution would be recording it in several bits, skipping the loading screens :\
Warduke
I'm having exactly the same problem. Me and 2 other friends are playing Guild Wars for the first time and I thought it would be cool to capture a lot of it using Fraps. It works fine until I get to the load screens between areas and there it freezes. I have to close GW and then relaunch. I use Fraps all the time to capture a variety of games without problems so not sure what to do about this. If someone comes up with a solution I'd love to hear it. I want to be able to start a recording and play with my friends for several hours and just leave it recording the whole time. I have Fraps recording to it's own dedicated Raid 0 array and my C drive with GW on it is also a Raid 0 array. I'm running XP Pro w/ 2GB of memory and a Dual Core @ 2.4Ghz. Anyone out there getting this to work where they can just leave Fraps running for hours during a GW session?
floor69
It sure as heck aiin't any of our specs. 
What kinda PSU do u have? For me the problem -could- be my shitty 3rd world country brand but I'm getting a corsair 750w soon
edit:
Just tried it on my dad's Win7 Home Premium x64; no worky
[that had an ATi gfx card]
tried on another laptop with vista, nvidia graphics, it WORKED. It might just be ATI's drivers.
What kinda PSU do u have? For me the problem -could- be my shitty 3rd world country brand but I'm getting a corsair 750w soonedit:
Just tried it on my dad's Win7 Home Premium x64; no worky
[that had an ATi gfx card]tried on another laptop with vista, nvidia graphics, it WORKED. It might just be ATI's drivers.
Zarion Silverarrow
This happens to me and i have nvidia video card....the drivers have to be up to date but just in case il check now.But i do use only 1 hard drive so that might be it...will get back to you as soon as i try...
Anyways,not trying to get views or anything just showing,this is what i do to kinda make it go away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg-tjzGGhmI
put titles when im about to map,stop recording,load map,start again and so on.
Also yes,theres a mess with music but next time ima turn music off in game and leave effects because i like hearing them but i forgot music would be heard too ><
Anyways,not trying to get views or anything just showing,this is what i do to kinda make it go away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg-tjzGGhmI
put titles when im about to map,stop recording,load map,start again and so on.
Also yes,theres a mess with music but next time ima turn music off in game and leave effects because i like hearing them but i forgot music would be heard too ><
merciless_mike
I share the problem too and just do the same as the guy above me does; pausing fraps whenever I'm about to load.
I didn't think that as an issue because it has an easy compromise, but seeing as it's been raised here, I'd like to know a fix too. Sorry I can't help either
I didn't think that as an issue because it has an easy compromise, but seeing as it's been raised here, I'd like to know a fix too. Sorry I can't help either
moriz
does your screen flicker once on load screens? apparently, that's what's causing the issue. it happens with all radeon graphic cards on vista or windows 7, and as far as i know, there's no fix for it.
Warduke
Well I've watched it very carefully many times and there is no flicker, also I don't have a Radeon video card I have an Nvidia GTX260. I'm guessing that this is just a problem with Fraps and this particular game. I was really more curious if there is anyone that can get it to continue recording while the area is loading and it sounds like at least floor69 was able to get it going on the Vista/Nvidia combo. Anyone else?
I thought about just stopping recording between areas as some of you have mentioned the problem is when I play with my group if someone enters the next area without thinking about it or asking it pulls me in too since I'm in the party, thus freezing up GW with no warning.
Btw, floor69 your problem is NOT your power supply. I read a thread similar to this on Google (it may have been you) where one or two guys was suggesting the power supply was the problem. That's not the case. I have a nice Thermaltake 650watt power supply. This is a problem between Fraps, GW and the OS/video card setup apparently. If you can successfully record other games using Fraps and just not GW during load screens your power supply is not the problem.
Anyone else out there able to get this to work (i.e. Fraps recording during load screens) as floor69 discovered on his laptop?
I thought about just stopping recording between areas as some of you have mentioned the problem is when I play with my group if someone enters the next area without thinking about it or asking it pulls me in too since I'm in the party, thus freezing up GW with no warning.
Btw, floor69 your problem is NOT your power supply. I read a thread similar to this on Google (it may have been you) where one or two guys was suggesting the power supply was the problem. That's not the case. I have a nice Thermaltake 650watt power supply. This is a problem between Fraps, GW and the OS/video card setup apparently. If you can successfully record other games using Fraps and just not GW during load screens your power supply is not the problem.
Anyone else out there able to get this to work (i.e. Fraps recording during load screens) as floor69 discovered on his laptop?
floor69
It's very possible that that was me, but I need a new PSU nonetheless (other issues occur :\)
Is there a way we can contact the makers of fraps?
Is there a way we can contact the makers of fraps?
Warduke
I sent an email last night to Fraps support explaining the problem and asking about a solution. I'll post here if they reply back.
floor69
What version of fraps are u guys using? I read something very interesting in the changelog from 3.1.1 regarding detection on loading screens. Testing atm!!
EDIT:
Flash 'n' crash >.> Will test more though.
EDIT:
Flash 'n' crash >.> Will test more though.
Warduke
I'm using 3.1.0
Dark Paladin X
Jeez I've recently downloaded Fraps and what's annoying is that it only records 30 seconds of video. Then I found out that I need to buy the full version of it.
floor69
That's kinda irrelevant...
The forth fly
i have 1 hard drive and use fraps 3.1.0 and never had this problem
Warduke
So you can just leave Fraps recording video for a couple hours and cross between areas with no problems?
What are your system specs? (OS, cpu, video card, amount of memory) Trying to narrow down the problem. Thanks.
What are your system specs? (OS, cpu, video card, amount of memory) Trying to narrow down the problem. Thanks.
Zarion Silverarrow
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Originally Posted by Warduke
So you can just leave Fraps recording video for a couple hours and cross between areas with no problems?
What are your system specs? (OS, cpu, video card, amount of memory) Trying to narrow down the problem. Thanks. |
shadowlurk16
When switching zones, fraps stops recording automatically. I do not know a reason for this, but it definitely is a confliction between GW coding and Fraps coding.
This is not something that can be fixed. To avoid it, stop recording just as you are about to enter a zone.
This is not something that can be fixed. To avoid it, stop recording just as you are about to enter a zone.
Warduke
Yes that is one solution but when I'm in a party with friends it's hard for everyone to remember not to walk through a portal without telling me to stop recording ;-)
I have contacted Fraps support and they have responded. I'll see if they can help.
I have contacted Fraps support and they have responded. I'll see if they can help.
floor69
GREAT NEWS EVERYONE! BY CONTACTING FRAPS SUPPORT (+1 FOR THEM) THEY HAVE NOW IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND IN A FEW DAYS A 3.1.2 VERSION OF FRAPS WITH A FIX TO THIS WILL BE RELEASED!
Go Fraps support! ^^
Go Fraps support! ^^
Warduke
Lol, you beat me to it!! The Fraps guys let me test the beta version of the next release and it works great!! No more lock ups during the loading screens. They said this new version should be released to the public by the end of the week. As floor69 said, Way to go Fraps support!!
Elder III
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Originally Posted by Warduke
Lol, you beat me to it!! The Fraps guys let me test the beta version of the next release and it works great!! No more lock ups during the loading screens. They said this new version should be released to the public by the end of the week. As floor69 said, Way to go Fraps support!!
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Zarion Silverarrow
Freekin awesome...thanks for bothering to ask em xD...i was just to lazy and thought they'd ignore me
so yea,gj to the ppl that contacted fraps and to the ppl who work with fraps
so yea,gj to the ppl that contacted fraps and to the ppl who work with fraps
Apoc
I don't know if it's just in GW but when you over-record videos with Fraps, thus running out of space, Fraps crashes and you can't alt-tab back to GW.
Snograt
Don't do that, then 
Warduke
The new version is out guys! (3.1.2)
From the change log..
"3.1.2 - 4th Mar 2010
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- Fixed Guild Wars crashing when moving between zones
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Yes!
From the change log..
"3.1.2 - 4th Mar 2010
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- Fixed Guild Wars crashing when moving between zones
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Yes!