How to Make a Video Recording of Game Playthrough

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How to Make a Video Recording of Game Playthrough

#1 Post by roankun » Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:46 am

Not sure if this is the right section to ask, but I really want to know.

Is there any program that would let me record playthrough of the game made in ren'py (or any other game, but the one I want to record is made in renpy)?
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Re: How to Make a Video Recording of Game Playthrough

#2 Post by LVUER » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:12 am

There are special softwares that do that. Well, it actually records everything displayed on your monitor, including your game (RenPy or whatever). But I keep forgetting the software name. I believe it's been discussed before in LSF too so you can search it. Or you can google it.
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Re: How to Make a Video Recording of Game Playthrough

#3 Post by mugenjohncel » Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:33 am

Try Overwolf... it's free...

http://www.overwolf.com

It's the one I used when I made this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si47xRBeB6w

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#4 Post by roankun » Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:43 am

Thanks uncle mugen!
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#5 Post by tigerkidde » Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:52 pm

I'm not sure if FRAPS will work. It may not worked in windowed mode on Windows XP. It may work with Vista and Seven with Aero theme enabled. May or may not work in full screen.

I do not think this program works officially for Mac or Linux.

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#6 Post by ShippoK » Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:29 pm

tigerkidde wrote:I'm not sure if FRAPS will work. It may not worked in windowed mode on Windows XP. It may work with Vista and Seven with Aero theme enabled. May or may not work in full screen.

I do not think this program works officially for Mac or Linux.
I use FRAPS(3.4 Version) all the time to re-record some of my sound in Renpy, works like a charm. Though, I do have windows 7, so I'm not sure if it does work for XP.

If the original poster is still looking for recorded software, you can try hypercam as well... But no one 'really' likes to use hypercam in the first place anyway, so forget I said anything.
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#7 Post by Arowana » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:46 pm

I have also used FRAPS to record Ren'py games. It creates very big uncompressed files, but the quality is great.

I also tried CamStudio for a little bit (it's free!), but the video seemed to lag a bit.
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Re: How to Make a Video Recording of Game Playthrough

#8 Post by squark » Sat Jul 28, 2012 11:08 am

I used BB Flashback Express, after multiple fails of varying kinds.
Couldn't capture sound with Fraps, couldn't get the full game window with Camstudio... I tried many things, but BBFE worked like a charm.

Here's a link, though I marked it as Unlisted.
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Re: How to Make a Video Recording of Game Playthrough

#9 Post by roankun » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:33 am

@Uncle Mugen
Unfortunately overflow doesn't seem to consider ren'py a game, so it won't record it. :(

@Tigerkiddie
FRAPS lags my screen... T.T, but thanks for the suggestion.

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