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phobosdeimos1
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On my computer (2.8GHz Intel Celeron 256MB DDr, Intel Extreme graphics 64MB dynamically shared video memory)

Zdoom works perfectly with fraps and records really smoothly even at high resolution,

however, with Glboom+, it just freezes for about 5 seconds when I press record, then the FPS flashes red for about half a second, then it returns to the normal pre-recording yellow FPS meter.

anyone else have this similar problem?

I've tried lowering the framerate to even 1 FPS, and it just doesn't seem to want to record Glboom+.

07-16-11 17:57 #

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entryway
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Do you compare software zdoom and hardware glboom on your Extreme Graphics?

Read the manual about "-viddump" command line switch or/and try to use "-vidmode 8" with "use_gl_surface 1" in config.

Last edited by entryway on 07-16-11 at 18:19

07-16-11 18:08 #

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dew
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entryway said:
Do you compare software zdoom and hardware glboom on your Extreme Graphics?

i laughed

07-16-11 18:47 #

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phobosdeimos1
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dew said:

i laughed

And I don't really get the piss-take, and it sounds like you're talking "Engrish"

Anyway, I tried what you said, and even read up and downloaded those apps for vidumping.

The point is, why is Fraps not even having a half-hearted attempt at recording? Surely, even if I can't record a good quality Glboom+ .avi, it should merely do just that: Record a bad video, but no, it refuses to record whatsoever.

07-16-11 18:51 #

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natt
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phobosdeimos1 said:
The point is, why is Fraps not even having a half-hearted attempt at recording? Surely, even if I can't record a good quality Glboom+ .avi, it should merely do just that: Record a bad video, but no, it refuses to record whatsoever.

I wrote the viddump system in prboom-plus precisely so that people using even the most pathetic computers imaginable could capture smooth videos with no dropped frames and perfect AV sync. I suggest you take advantage of what's available to you rather than complain about fraps.

07-16-11 22:13 #

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Graf Zahl
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phobosdeimos1 said:

And I don't really get the piss-take,

natt said:

I wrote the viddump system in prboom-plus precisely so that people using even the most pathetic computers imaginable could capture smooth videos with no dropped frames and perfect AV sync.

That's why!

The bottom line is that your system is pretty much bottom of the barrel for hardware accelerated Doom ports. All the CPU speed won't help you with a graphics chip that would have been considered slow 10 years ago.

And then you expect a resource hog like Fraps to work on top of that?

07-16-11 22:20 #

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phobosdeimos1
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Graf Zahl said:

That's why!

The bottom line is that your system is pretty much bottom of the barrel for hardware accelerated Doom ports. All the CPU speed won't help you with a graphics chip that would have been considered slow 10 years ago.

And then you expect a resource hog like Fraps to work on top of that?

i don't really know much about hardware, but glboom+ runs extremely smoothly on my comp..

I'm actually able to record it at 25fps on Camstudio, so I don't see why Fraps wouldn't work considering it's alot faster than Camstudio

07-16-11 22:37 #

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Graf Zahl
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No idea. Maybe Fraps doesn't like your graphics card. I have a system much faster than yours and there's no chance I could ever record at 25 fps with it because it slows down the system too much.

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phobosdeimos1
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Graf Zahl said:
No idea. Maybe Fraps doesn't like your graphics card. I have a system much faster than yours and there's no chance I could ever record at 25 fps with it because it slows down the system too much.

Ah fairdoos man, ah I wish I could have one of those custom built gaming computers. My computer seems to be pretty good for dooming and it was my friends old one so I got it for free. The one thing that makes me not want a new PC is the fact that I wouldn't be able to keep XP, as I hate Windows 7.

Would XP work on a powerful new gaming PC?

07-16-11 23:03 #

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phobosdeimos1 said:

Would XP work on a powerful new gaming PC?

No, it would explode.

Of course it will work, however you'd be limited to DX9. Not ideal, but those are the XP ropes.

07-16-11 23:58 #

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phobosdeimos1 said:
The one thing that makes me not want a new PC is the fact that I wouldn't be able to keep XP, as I hate Windows 7.

Why is this? Is there a specific reason for not wanting to switch (e.g. a compatibility issue with a much-loved program)? Most of the reasons people don't want to switch really stem from silly or paranoid reasons, from what I've seen. Is there anything vital to you that XP provides that Win 7 doesn't? You can turn off all the 'fancy' things like Aero and set up a classic theme, if that's what bugs you.

One can debate all day whether or not upgrading to Windows 7 from an existing XP installation is worth it, but there's usually no reason to opt for the older version when getting a new system.

07-17-11 06:27 #

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Marnetmar
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phobosdeimos1 said:

Ah fairdoos man, ah I wish I could have one of those custom built gaming computers. My computer seems to be pretty good for dooming and it was my friends old one so I got it for free. The one thing that makes me not want a new PC is the fact that I wouldn't be able to keep XP, as I hate Windows 7.

Would XP work on a powerful new gaming PC?

Windows 7 is a very good operating system, it's nothing like Vista if that's what you're afraid of.

Windows XP would work, but it would actually run slower on the newer hardware (I can't seem to remember the explanation for this, perhaps someone else knows), it's much less secure and is becoming extremely difficult to get a copy of.

07-17-11 07:14 #

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Graf Zahl
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Marnetmar said:

Windows 7 is a very good operating system, it's nothing like Vista if that's what you're afraid of.

The badness of Vista is vastly overrated. My computer has been working fine for almost 4 years now.

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Graf Zahl said:
No idea. Maybe Fraps doesn't like your graphics card. I have a system much faster than yours and there's no chance I could ever record at 25 fps with it because it slows down the system too much.

I got no such problems, I can record (G)ZDoom and GLBoom-plus at 60 fps in 1920x1200.

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Graf Zahl said:

The badness of Vista is vastly overrated. My computer has been working fine for almost 4 years now.

The only legitimate complaints were that it was a sluggish on a machine that ran xp smoothly and that the driver support just wasn't that great.

Fast forward to just before 7 came out and that is all a non-issue. My buddies like to refer to Windows 7 as a pay-for Windows Vista service pack. I do not disagree.

But back on topic, natt's solution is what you should use. You could record a nuts3.wad at 60fps at 1920x1080 on a pentium III 866 mhz. Mind you it would take a long time but his solution was meant to get a quality video regardless of wait time.

07-17-11 16:47 #

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Mike.Reiner said:
But back on topic, natt's solution is what you should use. You could record a nuts3.wad at 60fps at 1920x1080 on a pentium III 866 mhz.

at 35 fps

07-17-11 17:03 #

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