Screen recording

[Pazik]

What software do you guys use to record your runs?
And more importantly, is it free?

What's the best screen recording freeware?

[bw]

fraps, no, don't know.

[e_-]

You could try WeGame. It's free.

[kEn_sct]

xfire has a free recording thing now never used it tough

[Laserrobotics]

WeGame's still in beta, but it's gone a long ways.  results may vary.

[Lavos^]

The best is built-in replay features. Even StarCraft has replays and it was released 1998.

[Gamergull]

I recommend GameCam and CamStudio. GameCam is quite reliable, and CamStudio has some neat options and good sound recording. However, you need a really good processor to record correctly with CamStudio.

I use GameCam myself, but my poor proccy means lag .

[Laserrobotics]

The best is built-in replay features. Even StarCraft has replays and it was released 1998.

well, since that's still in the works(i hope)...

[Saint Louis EX]

Fraps.

[laZee]

i use fraps - because i had the impression, that it provides the best performance among those screencap tools. you still get "ok" fps with fraps on my machine. other tools just made playing impossible.

my fraps settings: resolution half-sized and 50 fps

I use 50 fps because fraps seems to limit the framerate completely to the settings u make. i mean, the whole game runs at max. 50 fps if u set 50 fps in fraps. I usually dont reach the 50 fps when recording, its more around 30-40, but thats more than 25 (=smooth playback) and way smoother to play than a setting on 30 fps.