It's a video and screen capturing program. You can record stuff on your PC and your PC video games like RCT or The Sims.

Oh, ok. Thanks.

Unless I have a really slow graphics card I don't see the point with the in game recorder since its such a hassle.

The in game recorder is the only way to get the BEST quality video from the game. Nothing else can even come close.

Wich reminds me, what exactly is fraps?

FRAPS is a program that captures video for DirectX and OpenGL API programs. To quote the FRAPS Website:
Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:

Benchmarking Software - Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points. Save the statistics out to disk and use them for your own reviews and applications.

Screen Capture Software - Take a screenshot with the press of a key! There's no need to paste into a paint program every time you want a new shot. Your screen captures are automatically named and timestamped.

Realtime Video Capture Software - Have you ever wanted to record video while playing your favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution! Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam, game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can capture audio and video up to 2560x1600 with custom frame rates from 10 to 100 frames per second!

9 out of 10* RCT3 machinimators prefer the in-game recorder for video making purposes.
That is personally the only way I do it. Its time consuming, but the results are worth it.




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