hey all i been frappin a fair bit and tryin to put video together..as u would know frap files are massive. just wonderin a way i can compress them so its easier to edit.. i tried virtual dub. but it produced a "file" that my video editing app wouldnt accept.. i must be using it wrong. anyway...some help would be awesome thanks heaps

Never heard of frap files (my ignorance) so I looked it up on http://filext.com/ but they didn't know what they were either. Is it a map? Bryan

Fraps Real-time video capture and benchmarking - frequently used by 'gamers' I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter

Thank you Jboy. From the Support page from Jboy's link: Quote Why is the AVI movie generated by Fraps so big? How can I reduce the size? The filesize is big because there isn’t enough time to encode the movie while the game is running. The movie frames are slightly compressed, but still require a large amount of disk space due to the high resolutions. Once you have finished capturing you should convert the saved AVI into one of the popular compressed movie formats such as mpeg or divx. Recommended programs for doing this are tmpgenc (Tsunami Mpeg Encoder), and VirtualDub. Using VirtualDub is quite easy. To create a compressed version of the AVI follow these steps: Start VirtualDub Select File->Open and choose the AVI in the Fraps directory you wish to compress. Select Video->Compression and choose the codec you wish to compress with (usually divx) Select File->Save As AVI and specify a filename for the new AVI. If you have Windows XP you can also use Windows Movie Maker to compress the video files. If you use Windows Movie Maker it's recommended that you keep your Fraps video files at 800x600 or under. End of quote HTH Bryan

... no problemo - yes, as a last resort, read the homepage instructions ; ) Sure, uncompressed AVI files are enormous (something like comparing BMPs to JPGs) The issue may depend on "the file" output by VirtualDub and the capabilities of the unnamed 'video editing app' I'm not one of those who think Bill Gates is the devil. I simply suspect that if Microsoft ever met up with the devil, it wouldn't need an interpreter