Heya I want to get a program to record video/take stills during gaming, but the demo version of Fraps limits video to 30seconds. and im not going to pay $37 for the proper version, because that seems far too much. Are there any alternatives? Pirating the full version of Fraps is NOT an alternative
Camstudio is pretty good in Windows, never used it during games though. You could always try Xfire though, it has a built in video recorder now, haven't used it myself, but I can't say i have heard anything bad about it.
xfire +1 I haven't recorded videos with it, but a few of my friends have gotten nice ones which they've shown me... braggers! Plus it adds the chat/mic ability ingame.
XFire does screens, videos, in-game voice chat, tracks gameplay time and more. If you're a gamer with gamer friends, get XFire and get them to as well