Converting Compressing programs crashing when converting fraps videos (Possible Solution)

Hi guys just listing a few troubles I've had when converting Fraps videos and a possible solution for anybody else experiencing the same problem.

When using Dvdfab or Xilisoft Video Converter if I try to convert the video to 8000kbs Bitrate, 96kb audio in any format which has worked in the passed for me it now gets to about 13% complete and the program I was using crashes. I tried compressing to 20000kb bitrate and 128kb audio, 100000kb bitrate and 128kb. I used to be able to convert down to 20000kbs then convert that file down to 8000 or even lower but now it seems those good programs can't handle the large uncompressed fraps videos.

Possible solution: Windows Live Movie Maker, I installed this free windows program which you can get off their website or just google Windows Movie Maker and get the appropriate one for you. It works lol, Drag and drop you video or open it into Movie Maker then go to save movie and select whatever works for you, I first did the option "For High Definition Display" which got a 3.95gb avi down to 317mbs wmv (wmv is jsut what I chose) then I got it down further to 117mb with custom settings of 5000kbs, 96kb audio.

Hopefully while googling for this problem you came to this page and it has helped, I always seem to get those 1 off problems that I can rarely find solutions for on the net so I thought since I found a fix for me I thought I'd do a deed and post it up for anyone else in troubles.

My video I was trying to convert which is now up on youtube or perhaps you've come to this page at a much later date and i mysteriously took it down and this is now out of date which means you are stuck in the passed muhaha hahah haaaa.

There isn't really much need to convert a video, you lose quality by converting more and more. Just import the fraps videos into a video editor like WLMM and edit there.

This post is partly about using Movie Maker and you gotta compress fraps videos bro man dude otherwise a 2.35min video is 3.95gb, you can easily get it to around 400mb file with out noticing a quality loss or you can go down to around a 100mb file with only minute quality loss.

No, really? /sarcasm

I've used Fraps for ages and know exactly what the output file sizes are. "compress" means to take a video, put it into something like VirtualDub and output a file that is smaller. What your opening post is talking about is "rendering", which is not the same as compressing.

Uh, the output file of WLMM varies on video length, resolution of videos, setting used.

If an LP'er or Walkthrougher experienced quality loss, it is unacceptable. Nobody wants to lose their video quality. Ever.

I have downloaded Virtualdub and have tried my first experiment with it on a raw fraps video. Using the ffdshow option I compressed it using Encoder and Xvid Decoder, the file is 366mb for a 1.18min video, honestly how big do you let your video file size be? It seems fine to lower the bitrate and audio bitrate in a converter, unless you're Superman I doubt your eyes and hearing can notice a video being lowered further then say around 8000kb bitrate with 96kb audio, ive compared side by side, the whole point for me lowering the file size while keeping awesome quality is so upload times are faster, less space taken up and people watching the videos aren't stuck pausing and loading all the time.

Do you have any of your own video links? I'd like to check them out

Here is a video I recorded at 1920x1080 resolution, 30fps:

The data rate of the wmv before upload was 24000kbps, with 192kbps for audio stream. The file was around 2.5 - 3GB (probably larger)

The output of a m4v for that same video, encoded via Handbrake, made the video about 1.1GB or something.