Good Maplestory Recording Program?

Hey guys. I saw a certain video and got totally jealous, and I want to make videos on maplestory.

I've downloaded Fraps and Hypercam. The problem with Fraps is that it's only 30 seconds, and the lag is killer. I don't really want to pay $37 for the full version though.. The problem with Hypercam is that it can't record full screen games.

Example of Fraps lag:

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[video=youtube;DrWuZAHVIs8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrWuZAHVIs8[/video]

Example of Hypercam noobiness:

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[video=youtube;LmDufBXmJZY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmDufBXmJZY[/video]

So, any advice of a free recording device?

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And also, I'm seeming to have a problem viewing the videos. Windows Media Player and Windows Movie Maker both show black screens when I try to view them, no matter how many options/settings I try to change. I downloaded "VCL" and it works to show the video, but the color is distorted. VCL does it's job of letting me see the video before I upload it, but I also wanted to edit videos. Without Windows Movie Maker though I can't.

Any advice on how to fix that black screen or another editting thingie?


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Video that inspired me:

[video=youtube;Rqu0JOS2NME]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqu0JOS2NME&feature=player_embedded[/video]

Thanks for any help.

Camtasia was free for a short period of time - if you can find that free version somewhere then that apparently works fairly well.

The most popular alternative I would think of is Camstudio, but that was intended for screen recording in general and not game recording. You'll have to play with the frame rate until it's smooth. I can't remember if I had the same lag as I had with Fraps back when I tried Camstudio. It's free and worth a shot I guess.

There are other ones like WeGames and XFire that will record for you, though I don't know too much about them.

Xfire works best.

Ive never used Xfires video capture, I have broadcasted once or twice... It looked pretty good.

Personally, I just use Fraps. I have a full version and it works very well.

Ive never used Xfires video capture, I have broadcasted once or twice... It looked pretty good.

Personally, I just use Fraps. I have a full version and it works very well.

http://www.xfire.com/video/f5ec0/
and
http://www.xfire.com/video/28cb8c/

If viewed in Full Screen are pretty high quality, and since the video is compressed it doesn't take up much memory.

Mmm thanks I will be sure to look up xfire and camstudio soon.