Simviation Forum - Can I output a flight to a hard drive ?

Aug 9^th, 2011 at 6:01am

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I was told yesterday that Dave Opa Marshall has had a fatal heart attack...if so, I send my deepest sympathies to his family. He will be greatly missed in the flight sim community.

My question: My FS was output to a projector via the VGA & shown on a large tripod screen 2 days ago. This set me wondering if it's possible to send the output to a hard drive for playback whenever needed again?

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Reply #1 - Aug 10^th, 2011 at 9:52am

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Download and use Fraps, or FSrecorder, or any other app I at the moment do not remember that allows you to record your flight in a video file.

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Reply #2 - Aug 11^th, 2011 at 8:02pm

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Yes, basically you have to record it. Either use software or a recording device that will accept the signal from the computer's video ports (as was done for the projection you saw).

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Reply #3 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 12:11am

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Thanks....I've just learned that FS9 has an inbuilt recording facility Roll Eyes

so I'll have a go with that......

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Reply #4 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 8:41am

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gypsymoth wrote on Aug 12^th, 2011 at 12:11am:

Thanks....I've just learned that FS9 has an inbuilt recording facility Roll Eyes

so I'll have a go with that......

External softwares, the kind I suggested you and even others, will give you more flexibility and power in management of your records than that haphazardly put together default recording option, but if what FS9 gives you default is enough, don't let my words get in your way. Wink

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Reply #5 - Aug 12^th, 2011 at 12:36pm

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The FS9 facility is dreadful. I'm thinking about Fraps as it doesn't have to be played from within FS9 I gather?

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Reply #6 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 8:07am

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If you have a reasonably fast PC, Fraps is good. It's a separate program, though of the shareware kind (that means that to use it fully you must fork out some dough), it's very widely used and known for its reliability.

Try it out... but before paying for it, try the completely freeware FSrecorder too. You never know... Wink

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Reply #7 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 9:37am

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I thought FSRecorder had to be played throughFS? I want to give a flight to someone to play at a restored WW2 control tower....

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Reply #8 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 11:21am

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Terry,

You're correct....FSRecorder is a replacement for the default Flight Video recorder and playback is in FS. It works much better and has more options than the default.

Fraps is video capture and records in avi video format. The free version is limited to 30 second clips and places a Fraps watermark in the video.

Once you've captured video clips with Fraps, you can stitch the clips together and edit using Windows Movie Maker which should already be installed on your system.

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Reply #9 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 11:21am

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I've tried the trial Fraps....it looks OK. I paid up via PayPal but have no email from Fraps with an unlocking code & still have the 30 second version.....after reading the help pages Istill don't know what I'm supposed to do now to unlock it... Shocked

I'm saving test videos to an external HD.....

OOOppps I see I have to get the member's version! I must stop panicking Roll Eyes

« Last Edit: Aug 13^th, 2011 at 12:51pm by gypsymoth »

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Reply #10 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 5:52pm

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I think what you are wanting to do, is set up your flight then save it, and let someone else fly it, is that right? or do you want it as a video that you save?

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Reply #11 - Aug 13^th, 2011 at 6:30pm

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Well...I've made a WW2 airfield & there are plans to restore the tower. I've been asked to make a flight over the airfield to be run when needed so that folks can see what it would have looked like.

I've made a test DVD which is in widescreen to fit my 20" monitor, but when replayed via WMPlayer has 2 black bars on either side & squeezes it to square view. Playing the video & clicking the widescreen button gets widescreen.....I can't see how I get it in widescreen in DVD....

I've asked this on Video by the way.

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It's never too late for a happy childhood....

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