Anyone fimillar with Fraps or Quicktime?
by Jon Mitchell · in General Discussion · 01/04/2007 (8:36 pm) · 8 replies
I am using Fraps to capture on screen video. The program saves to .avi format but for some reason Quicktime Pro will not open the file so I can export to .mpg or quicktime. I get an error that quicktime may be missing something. The .avi will play but shows up as a blank screen, the file will open in Windows Movie Maker so I can export it to a (ugh!) .wmv file.
Anyone fimillar with Quicktime or Fraps have any ideas?
Anyone fimillar with Quicktime or Fraps have any ideas?
#2
No I did not get DivX support with the Quicktime pro I bought, that would be interestering if that is the problem and a super easy fix. :)
01/04/2007 (8:54 pm)
Hi David,No I did not get DivX support with the Quicktime pro I bought, that would be interestering if that is the problem and a super easy fix. :)
#3
01/05/2007 (6:10 am)
Yeah. I believe you have to purchase the plug-in codec to use DivX. I didn't get a chance to check last night. I'll check the options later today. Do you have the full version?
#4
01/05/2007 (6:51 am)
Run the fraps file thru Windows media encoder to make it a WMV then try to import into QT. 
#5
01/05/2007 (6:55 am)
When you install FRAPS, it will include the codec (it's own internal one) into your system so that most applications now can read those files and properly export. If you can't view the them then I suggest a reinstall or using some other application to open it. I use Adobe Premiere.
#6
Does quicktime have its own special codec directory or some method of manually adding in an extra codec?
I am now using virtualdub to export it so I can open it in quicktime, but I would really like to cut out the extra step if possible :-p
01/05/2007 (8:08 pm)
The frapsvid.dll codec is installed and like I mentioned it works fine with windows movie maker and it will play in windows media player.Does quicktime have its own special codec directory or some method of manually adding in an extra codec?
I am now using virtualdub to export it so I can open it in quicktime, but I would really like to cut out the extra step if possible :-p
#7
mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
It's free and can convert to many format or play many format direcly. I use it to compress my fraps AVI, at low res you can reduce a fraps 100mb AVI to less than 10Mb easily.
01/05/2007 (11:16 pm)
I suggest you try this :mediacoder.sourceforge.net/
It's free and can convert to many format or play many format direcly. I use it to compress my fraps AVI, at low res you can reduce a fraps 100mb AVI to less than 10Mb easily.
#8
BTW, for AVI in QuickTime (on a Mac), you should be able to simply "import" the file into QuickTime player. If the movie uses a newish codec (i.e. WM 8 or 9) you might need Flip4Mac, which is the Microsoft-sanctioned replacement for Windows Media Player on Macs. For free codecs, use Perian http://perian.org.
01/06/2007 (5:00 am)
Quicktime codecs are completely different than Windows Media codecs. And fraps uses its own codec, which it only installs for Windows Media.BTW, for AVI in QuickTime (on a Mac), you should be able to simply "import" the file into QuickTime player. If the movie uses a newish codec (i.e. WM 8 or 9) you might need Flip4Mac, which is the Microsoft-sanctioned replacement for Windows Media Player on Macs. For free codecs, use Perian http://perian.org.
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