There was a thread about capturing the video/audio from a game a while back, but iirc, it wasn't FREE.

I want to play through the Legacy of Yun and capture it. Without paying $25-40 dollars. Is there software that will do it (on XP)?

i thought this was gonna be about CAPTCHA

same here. I want to see the free video game CAPTCHA.

Buy fraps

Yeah, I looked at fraps. Hence the FREE qualifier in this thread.

The short answer is no.

(suggests illegal activity through which to get fraps)

I hink paying a few dollars for Fraps is probably the best way to go, really.

I recommend against playing this level. It is very amateurish and poorly done. It would be nice to think that the author used it as a learning experience and went on to actually create playable levels but I doubt it.

Fraps is pretty good. I'd say the author deserves a couple of bucks.

Seconded.

You could try that, Chewb, and see if the author will cover the other $35.

Wegame has a video capture tool, but I am unsure whether it allows you to upload it anywhere else other than wegame, and if it gives you access to the raw video so you can encode it however you want (I think yes on both counts but I haven't tried it yet).

Also if you want to record a Source engine game, best thing to do is make a demo instead (Google for directions). Demos will take up a lot less space so you can record a lot more before deciding what you want in a video, and then you can play it back and use a video capture tool to capture only what you want into a video. Also I THINK you can freely move the camera around while playing back a demo too, which allows for better shots (and out-of-body shots of yourself playing).

But I haven't really done any of this stuff other than recording demos.

lol

I'll check out wegame. My students at school want to see the level, and of course they don't have MotS, and I don't have install rights on the work PC. I don't have a laptop I could install it on and then hook up to the projector either. So making a vid and uploading to youtube will have to suffice.

You could probably afford Fraps...just saying.

I really can't afford $40 on a single-use software purchase right now.

But I thought teachers in America were all incredibly rich.

rich with ideas and imagination!

How did your students hear about a level for MotS?

He told 'em about it.

Ok, more specifically then, why did you tell them about it? Nothing wrong with it, I wish I had a teacher who showed off that kind of stuff :/

Teachers are terribly underpaid. Education has become one of this country's lowest priorities.

I just find it unusual that any of your students would be interested in this... I had a teacher who was always going on about Asheron's Call, though.

I remember using a window recorder. It recorded whatever you had open and you used the arrow keys to select what window you wanted to record. Maybe if you opened jedi knight in a window and use one of them? Sorry I don't remember what the program is called.

Infact why didn't I use this method to record Negative Gain? I'm an idiot.

You could try CamStudio, don't know how well it works with games, but works pretty good for screen recording.

Web game sucks, don't even try it.

Why don't you just record it with a video camera & upload the video? Your students are probably used to watching CAMs. Paying for things is so 1980s.

Hey, I'm an 80's kid.

The first day or two of school I have them tell me about themselves, what they like and such. Then I reciprocate.

@Mentat: Because it would look like dookey?

Well to be fair a lot of them aren't worth much either.

Yeah there is. Teaching isn't exactly an easy job, not even in the classes for it in college.

Just 2 more cents, since I have first-hand knowledge/experience - most of my "education" professors were total morons that taught totally useless classes. I was also an adjunct at the local uni for a couple of years, and that was a gravy job. Easiest job ever. And btw, none of your professors have ever had an education course either.

Back to the paying for FRAPS thing. I'd pay for it, if I was a) making money doing something where I employ this tool, and b) I could afford it.

With regards to your criteria, I guess you should ask a refund on those game engines....