We recorded gameplay using a program called Fraps. Fraps allows you to record any program at either 60, 30 or 24 frames per second. Our film was at 24 fps, so we recorded at 24 but the higher fps amounts can be used if wanting to share gameplay with a smoother video.
The issue with fraps is that footage was recorded raw and uncompressed, creating huge file sizes. 20 minutes of gameplay totalled about 31GB. To deal with this we compressed the footage with MacX HD, and converted it to the mp4 format. this allowed us to take 10GB videos and make them 300MB with no noticable reduction in quality, although the film was exported at 720p as opposed to the original 1080p.
The issue with fraps is that footage was recorded raw and uncompressed, creating huge file sizes. 20 minutes of gameplay totalled about 31GB. To deal with this we compressed the footage with MacX HD, and converted it to the mp4 format. this allowed us to take 10GB videos and make them 300MB with no noticable reduction in quality, although the film was exported at 720p as opposed to the original 1080p.
Compressing the files allowed us to move the files quickly as well as import it to iMovie.
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