Screen capture program

Rave · March 23, 2005, 11:06am

Hi guys
well i want a software that captures ingame screenshots. i know fraps, but the thing is that it dosent capture in jpp format and compressing bmp to jpg is unnecessary work.

if there is a recording facility, that too wud be great

also

need a LAN chat client low on resources and it MUST have voice chat…

so pls keep those suggesstion comming

kailash · March 23, 2005, 2:32pm

Hey try “SnagIt”.It is a wonderful capture utility .U can even capture videos and add markings in the videos to make it look like a presentation.

_uNIx · March 23, 2005, 3:35pm

i really not test it bcoz i don’t have two windows machines to test and there is no linux version

http://cqphone.com/

Rave · March 23, 2005, 4:00pm

thanx unix,
and snagit dosent help, too complex…
any other software?

and hey uNix, wanna try out Linux, can u tell me which one to start of with? dont want anything complex to start of with.and also let me know where i can get a copy of the same

_uNIx · March 23, 2005, 4:26pm

Start with Live Cd’s. You can install live CD to harddisk for eg one very easy good live Cd is:

PCLinuxOS
Download: http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/pclinuxos/live-cd/english/preview/pclinuxos-p81a.iso

Screenshots: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/html/screen_shots.html

other famous live CD is Knoppix:
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-mirrors/index-en.html

After getting familliar with them u may try real distros like:

**Fedora Core 3: **
**CD 1.ISO.32-bit**
**CD 2.ISO.32-bit**
**CD 3.ISO.32-bit**
**CD 4.ISO.32-bit**

**CD 1.ISO.64-bit**
**CD 2.ISO.64-bit**
**CD 3.ISO.64-bit**
**CD 4.ISO.64-bit**

Watchout for Fedora Core 4 Test 1 is here:
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/test.html

Suse 9.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/ for 32bit
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/x86_64/current/ for 64bit

Mandrake:
http://www.click-now.net/download/Mandrake_Linux.htm

Ubuntu:

The list goes on ha ha also refer my signature

Rave · March 23, 2005, 4:58pm

hey thanx mate, will try it out

_uNIx · March 23, 2005, 5:15pm

Welcome to the world of freedom !

next time plz ask linux questions in Open source so it looks better

Blade_Runner · March 23, 2005, 6:01pm

Rave the pro version from 2.5.1 captures in jpg/png/bmp format too. Imo fraps is the best when it comes to capturing in game shots.

Rave · March 23, 2005, 7:19pm

even the trail version?

Indyan · March 23, 2005, 7:29pm

If you want video capturing go for FRAPS.You may also try camtasia studio.

But for taking screnshots i recomend Grapcapturescreen[freeware]
Get it from

http://www.grabcapturescreen.com/

Also try Snag it.

saumilsingh · March 23, 2005, 7:35pm

Fraps is the best, captures in lossless bitmaps giving you the highest quality output always.
And you can always compress them down to any quality level in acdsee or similar software.

it_waaznt_me · March 23, 2005, 8:13pm

Hmm.. You can use IrfanView for that .. Just open IrfanView and press C .. Set the capture options .. You can capture by a hot key ..or on a timely basis and have those files saved automatically in a folder .. IrfanView is freeware and IMHO its better then others ..

Blade_Runner · March 24, 2005, 4:05am

Dunno abt the trail version, u might as well try it out.

Rave · March 24, 2005, 4:52am

trial version dosent help, even the original version has some stupid problem, it just dosent open, i get the small icon in the task bar and when ever i move my curson over it, it dissappears, the same copy works well on some other computer
and yes, the trial version works without a hitch, only that there is no option to capture in jpg format