I can recommend VHScrCap (VH Screen Capture Driver) or Xsplit Broadcaster.

I do know xsplit is being used primarily for livestreaming, but it also has the feature "Local Recording"

Highly reommendable!

Thanks for the guide!

Aproxx 3 minute map:
Fraps: 2.2GB
After Sony Vegas> .mpg: 135mb

I changed osu! resolutions to 640x480 though, so the video quality isnt the best, but enough for me
..now If only my upload speed was faster than 0.3kbps

If thats the 640x480 video, its still pretty big.

I'm getting like 50-80Mb with 720p videos :V

I used "template" = DVD NTSC instead of HDV 720-30p
It probably so big because its DVD?

Well MPEG2 is generally grossly inefficient compared to MPEG4 encoding. And that DVD template probably gives it the max bitrate specified in DVD spec, thus unnecessarily bloating it.

If you feel adventurous you can always read up on x264 and figure out how it works (Avisynth + x264 is pretty simple once you get the hang of it) or you can read Jeffro's quide on how to use x264vfw with Virtualdub as it uses a simple gui instead of a command line app.

I'll try MPEG4 with 720-30p next time then
- Thanks!
I'll have a look at the guide next time I record, the lower I can get the file the better. I think it took about 40minutes - 1 hours to upload this vid to youtube <_<

With "Windows Live Movie Maker" at 1080p

3 mins : 180 Mb.

VC-1 isn't half bad.

any Dxtory user here?

with Handbrake (x264 of course), 40 MB, 3 minutes, at 720p

i can't get x264 working with dxtory(codec just won't show on list) would you help ?

Why use x264 with some flimsy GUI when x264 accepts Fraps video as input as is?

you need to download the codec first, or just download K-Lite codec pack

i once use x264 directly on Dxtory, no Output whatsoever, so i use Xvid on Dxtory and encode it to MP4 with x264 on Handbrake

i'm not a command prompt user, GUI makes thing easier

You need x264fw for that.

Also, scripting is fun when you get used to it. As a matter fact, I only need to run a batch file without having to tinker with anything for encoding using x264.

QFT