Quote Originally Posted by Vilhem View Post
Fraps doesn't use any special codecs. It just records raw, uncompressed video, which is why the files are huge. Bandicam, OBS, and software from Nvidia are three that I know of that record and compress files automatically, though I can't attest to their quality because I don't use them.
Ah, okay. Thanks for clearing that up. Boyfriend was trying to figure it out a few months ago and found someone say it had a special codec. I just took that as a good enough reason, I suppose.