Prepar3D V5 and FRAPS

[Quasimodo 505]

Any one manage to record P3D V5 footage with FRAPS?

I tried but FRAPS doesn't seem to recognize it.

Start FRAPS first then V5 and no frame counter shows.

Then when I start TrackIR the frame counter shows

It worked fine with V4.

[Chock 17,769]

Fraps won't work with V5, since it is DX12 and Fraps isn't compatible with DX12. Bummer, I used to use it for my videos as well, I use the ATI Radeon's recorder now instead, there is an equivalent NVidia one if you have an NVidia GPU.

Edited May 22, 2020 by Chock

[CaptainNick 575]

If you have an Nvidia GPU, it is much easier to enable geforce in game overlay/Shadow play recording. Very little if any noticeable frame hit, the video quality and frame rate or selectable and with a modern Nvidia gpu it will use the awesome nvenc encoder...it is worth it's weight in gold!

[Quasimodo 505]

Ah, DX12 is the issue. that makes sense. I typically use shadowPlay but ShadowPlay can't record at 24fps. FRAPS can. So that's, that! ☹️

Edited May 22, 2020 by Quasimodo

[Sethos 4,335]

Have you tried using OBS? Can use Nvidia's NVENC encoder to record, tons of quality and FPS settings, plus it's free. FRAPS is ancient, slow and not really recommended in this day and age. 

[Quasimodo 505]

1 hour ago, Sethos said:

Have you tried using OBS? Can use Nvidia's NVENC encoder to record, tons of quality and FPS settings, plus it's free. FRAPS is ancient, slow and not really recommended in this day and age. 

Can it capture at 24fps?😁

[Sethos 4,335]

2 hours ago, Quasimodo said:

Can it capture at 24fps?😁

Yes, you can also manually put in whatever FPS you want it to be recorded at. 

[teopereira 25]

Use "Streamlabs OBS", much better than Fraps...

[Rogen 1,087]

I tested a selection of screen recording applications (including those above - apart from the Radeon option) and settled on Action! as being the most reliable, easiest to use and with the features I was after.

Yes it is a paid application but imho is well worth paying for and you can trial before purchasing.

Check out my vids link in my sig where everything since the 4th of March 2019 has been recorded with Action!

https://mirillis.com/en/products/action.html

Cheers

Edited May 23, 2020 by Rogen

[JeffLewis4 16]

I concur OBS studio, is worth checking out..

[Christopher Low 5,353]

That's a shame. I like to use Fraps when I am taking beta screenshots, so I guess that I will have to find something else when I eventually upgrade to Prepar3D v5 ☹️

[Quasimodo 505]

On 5/22/2020 at 7:50 AM, Sethos said:

Have you tried using OBS? Can use Nvidia's NVENC encoder to record, tons of quality and FPS settings, plus it's free. FRAPS is ancient, slow and not really recommended in this day and age. 

Man am I ever impressed with this recorder. Thanks for the tip. It might revive my YouTube channel!🤣

[Ed_S_Pilot 227]

On 5/22/2020 at 10:29 PM, Christopher Low said:

That's a shame. I like to use Fraps when I am taking beta screenshots, so I guess that I will have to find something else when I eventually upgrade to Prepar3D v5 ☹️

I use snapper for screen shots