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Occulus

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4. Fraps will do it, at a single keystroke.

Mon Mar 11, 2013, 01:39 PM

Mar 2013

It's good for recording tutorial videos and game clips (people use it for that all the time; any "Let's Play" clip on YouTube was probably made using Fraps).

You'll need to buy the full version of Fraps (I think it's $15), it will record everything on the screen regardless of where or when it happens, and the final file size can be very large indeed depending on your recording settings.

Fraps is a very useful piece of software. Anyone who wants to do any recording of their desktop for any purpose should buy it.

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Is it possible to record a streaming Netflix movie. [View all] pennylane100 Mar 2013 OP

If you are in the USA, even if there is a way, this is illegal. nonoyes Mar 2013 #1

Thanks, pennylane100 Mar 2013 #2

Set up a video camera and point it at your computer monitor. krispos42 Mar 2013 #3

Fraps will do it, at a single keystroke. Occulus Mar 2013 #4

I use anyDVD along with cloneDVD to rip DVD's Go Vols Mar 2013 #5

Jing will record 5 minute videos... Thor_MN Oct 2014 #17

DVDs are dirt cheap anymore Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2013 #6

thanks for all the helpful suggestions pennylane100 Mar 2013 #7

yeah there's a word for that. 'piracy' Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #8

I had not thought of the legal angle. pennylane100 Mar 2013 #9

heh. for some people, not me, obviously.. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #10

How is this different than recording something on HBO to a DVR? Occulus Mar 2013 #11

true but the temp copy stored during streaming Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #12

Proving once again that *nix does anything you want it to do Occulus Mar 2013 #13

yepper! i love my *nixbox. Phillip McCleod Mar 2013 #14

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