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ZD Soft
Game Recorder |
Fraps |
Game Cam |
| Impact on system when recording | Small | Big | Medium |
| Windows GDI 2D games compatibility | Good | X | X |
| DirectDraw 2D games compatibility | Good | Ordinary | Poor |
| Direct3D 3D games compatibility | Good | Good | Ordinary |
| OpenGL 3D games compatibility | Good | Good | Ordinary |
| Full-screen games compatibility | Good | Good | Ordinary |
| Windowed games compatibility | Good | Good | Poor |
| Show real-time game FPS | √ | √ | X |
| Inject game to start recording at anytime | √ | √ | X |
| Save game videos as AVI files | √ | √ | √ |
| Save game videos as WMV files | √ | X | √ |
| Provide various video codecs for selection | √ | X | X |
| Encode game video using built-in codecs | √ | √ | X |
| Encode standard video format | √ | X | √ |
| Encode lossy video (e.g. MPEG4) | √ | X | √ |
| Encode visual lossless video (e.g. MJPEG) | √ | X | X |
| Encode lossless video | √ | √ | X |
| Record half-size video | √ | √ | √ |
| Record full-size video | √ | √ | √ |
| Record custom-size video | √ | X | √ |
| Automatically detect suitable video FPS | √ | X | √ |
| Adjust video quality | √ | X | √ |
| Custom video bit rate | √ | X | X |
| Save multiple video files continuously | √ | X | X |
| Limit the max file size to a user-defined size | √ | X | √ |
| Capture mouse cursor | √ | √ | X |
| Preview video in game | X | X | √ |
| Adjust video brightness | X | X | √ |
| Custom watermark on video | X | X | √ |
| Record video in cached mode | √ | X | √ |
| Record audio along with video | √ | √ | √ |
| Allow built-in selection of the audio source | √ | X | X |
| Custom audio sample rate | √ | X | √ |
| Custom audio bit rate | √ | X | X |
| Save screenshot as BMP file | √ | √ | √ |
| Save screenshot as PNG file | √ | √ | X |
| Save screenshot as JPG file | √ | √ | √ |
| Custom the quality of JPG file | X | X | √ |
| Save full-size screenshot | √ | √ | √ |
| Save half-size screenshot | √ | X | X |
| Save custom-size screenshot | √ | X | X |
| Automatically repeat screenshot at intervals | √ | √ | X |
| Custom watermark on screenshot | X | X | √ |
