A good utlity to record MAME gameplay with.

[Spellsong]

I tried every video recording software, and it slows down my computer if I try to record with MAME. Is there one or a frontend that records without problems, and good file compression? If there is no compression, then I will try to compress it myself.

[Jale]

It'd be easier if you have a dual-core processor such as Intel Core 2 Duo, of course I'm not absolutely sure about this, since I still have a single core Pentium 4 processor. Another method is to record your movie with a VCR or DVD recorder through the TV Out port and then record it back on your PC with a TV capturer (in case of the VCR) or, if you have a DVD-RAM compatible drive, load the DVD you recorded and then make the corresponding edition and compression.

[FatTrucker]

I would imagine you've already tried Fraps (http://www.fraps.com/).

You could also try the mame movie maker designed to run with Buddamame (http://www.cpmaker.mameprojects.com/doc/usage.htm). This build of mame was designed specifically to address making mame movies and a couple of other functions. Not sure if its still about with the current release. The last release I can remember was about 0.104 or 0.105.

[Spellsong]

It'd be easier if you have a dual-core processor such as Intel Core 2 Duo, of course I'm not absolutely sure about this, since I still have a single core Pentium 4 processor. Another method is to record your movie with a VCR or DVD recorder through the TV Out port and then record it back on your PC with a TV capturer (in case of the VCR) or, if you have a DVD-RAM compatible drive, load the DVD you recorded and then make the corresponding edition and compression.


I do have my specs in my profile, and yes I do have a Athlon 4200+ X2, and it still slow. Strange that my old 3500+ seems to never had slow down recording, but at least it emulates things better. Plus I rather not go through all that since I don't feel like buying more thnigs for it as of late. I will check out buddaMAME. Thanks.