These are links to help answer FAQs etc: Updated 09 May 2012 The answers are both from myself and others. If you have any links to add to this list, that would be great. 'Master Index:' Most Popular Threads By Category Performance issues: Check your hard drive (the benchmark thread) Help Me Choose! (hard drive tech discussion) RAID notes Hard Drives: VelociRaptor vs RAID Best Fraps performance tips AFAIK (updated 15-Dec-11) How to Get Rid of Lag (geforce.com) USB mouse/controller lag fix Desktop recording: Fraps to Record Desktop? Monitor Aero Desktop buttons not available Free encoding tools that can join Fraps 4GB segments: Microsoft Expression (tutorial) StaxRip (tutorial) VirtualDub (tutorial) Window Live Movie Maker (tutorial) Free codecs: ffdshow tryouts (versatile DirectShow and Video for Windows codec) x264vfw (Video for Windows "x264" H.264 encoder) ffmpeg (command line encoder/decoder) Free media players: Media Player Classic Home Cinema - the gold standard Free helper applications: Video file analyzers thread GSpot (check video files for codec & other info) Problems: Audio Sync Solutions (short version) Audio sync problem: list of possible fixes (long version) Fraps freezing @ 4GB: list of possible fixes (work in progress) Dropped frames test AVI file error test Dark Fraps videos - Solved! (?) Video breakup after uploading USB Hard drive - bad connection WiFi bad connection (UPDATE - try YouTube SSL mode) Check Video Files for Errors Tutorials: Jynks' Video Tutorial Series (Fraps, Avidemux, Audacity, etc) Sony Vegas to Youtube Tutorial - A Better Method (for DVDs etc, but check the encoder settings and the test footage) RaffRiff's 'awesome' VirtualDub tutorial Microsoft Expression Window Live Movie Maker [Guide] PC Upkeep for Better Performance [Guide] Specific and General Program and Game Settings for FRAPS [Guide] A Deep Look In to FRAPS Put subtitles (& captions) to a video Encoding Comparing Video Editors and Encoders for Fraps users Fraps to YouTube using H.264 (updated 1/3) Fraps to YouTube using WMV and Sony Vegas Fraps to YouTube using MainConcept AVC and Sony Vegas YouTube 'Original' Resolution Transcoding losslessly (import into NLE etc) Transcoding Fraps videos: the easiest way I can think of (with WinFF) Joining Fraps video segments: StaxRip (re-encode) VirtualDub (re-encode) FrapsJoin (creates an Avisynth script) Renaming with serial numbers (use with VirtualDub) Rename all clips in a sequence - with a script [FrapsJoin.vbs] Rename all clips in a sequence - with IrfanView Join multiple Fraps videos with FFmpeg 'concat:' Vegas, Premiere, Expression, WMM etc: no tutorial, it's too easy. Minecraft! Minecraft troubleshooting (tips from minecraftwiki.net) Minecraft Speed/Optimization Guide (minecraftforum.net) Optifine mod (minecraftforum.net) Precision Window sizer (for recording Minecraft & others in window mode) Fraps Minecraft in fullscreen Other: RGB Lossless capture mode (explained) Rendering Fraps AVI (more RGB; YouTube aspect ratio; frame rates, etc) Washed out colors with staxrip (more RGB; color correction with Avisynth) Fraps Test Pattern High CPU temps when encoding Copyrighted Music in Sound Tracks (don't be an infringer) What's with my avatar I won't be answering questions here. Please post questions to the proper thread, or start a new one.
