Fraps & Other Useful Screen Recorders

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Fraps & Other Useful Screen Recorders

19 July 2021 Ashley S. Miller Specialist of Customer Service Dept.

Last update by William Davis at 9 November 2026

Summary
Fraps is a well-known game recorder. But there are many alternatives to Fraps. In this essay, we will talk about Fraps and introduce the other useful screen recorders.

Content

Part 1: What is Fraps?

Part 2: Alternatives to Fraps

1. Renee Video Editor Pro
2. CamStudio
3. Bandicam

Part 3: Conclusions

Part 1: What is Fraps?

Fraps is a benchmarking, screen capture and screen recording utility for Windows. It can capture from video games and videos, and save them as AVI. Due to the lossless compression and the high quality, the file size will be large. That surely takes up the computer space resources. Besides, users merely record a video for 30 seconds in the free version, and it should be installed in the highly configured computer.

If Fraps is not suitable for your computer, you can try the alternatives as follow.

Part 2: Alternatives to Fraps

1. Renee Video Editor Pro

What is Renee Video Editor Pro?

Collecting screen recording, video editing and format conversion functions, Renee Video Editor Pro can help users record anywhere of the screen. Also, users can add watermark to the screen recording video, mark the movement of the mouse and record sound when recording. And auto record plan is also provided in Renee Video Editor Pro.

Besides, Renee Video Editor Pro can help user optimize and improve the video with many video editing functions like cutting or combining video clips, cut and rotate video screen, add starting and ending, transition, subtitles, filters, background music to video, and even remove original background audio from video. After editing, you can save the file in any video or audio formats.

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How to record screen with Renee Video Editor Pro?

Step 1: Download and install Renee Video Editor Pro. Open the software and get into [Screen Recorder].

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Step 2: Next, select the options in [Target], [Audio] and [Output].

Introduction of the above options:
Target: Capture full screen, customize the recording area and record webcam.
Audio: Collect sounds from the computer and the microphone, or set to record video only.
Output: Select a folder to save the recorded video.

Step 3: Besides, click at the gear icon to set more recording settings.

Step 4: After that, open YouTube Live and click on [Record] in the software. Set the recording area well and click on [Record] to record YouTube Live.

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Step 5: Finally, click at the square icon to stop recording. Check the recorded video in the output folder.

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In addition, Renee Video Editor Pro provides the auto recording schedule. In the Ready window, you click on [Auto] to enter Audio Record Settings. Then, you can set the recording time and the recording targets.

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2. CamStudio

CamStudio is the tiny screen recorder which can capture any activity on the computer screen. It can also collect sounds from the computer and the microphone. Besides, users can customize the recording area, speed, frame rate and the cursor effects. It can be used to create demonstration videos and teaching videos. Besides, CamStudio can add text, capture activities and track the mouse movement.

To learn more about CamStudio, you can get access to http://camstudio.org/.

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Advantages:

The software takes less memory resources.

Disadvantages:

Watermark appears on the free version.
It merely outputs the SWF format.

3. Bandicam

Bandicam supports to record HD videos. It offers 3 recording modes, namely screen recording, game recording and device recording. Therefore, it can record Webcams and HDMI devices. Besides, you can draw and outline on your video or screenshot in real-time.

To learn more about Bandicam, you can get access to https://www.bandicam.com.

Advantages:

The software takes less memory resources.

Disadvantages:

Watermark cannot be removed from the free version, and it can merely records 10 minutes for free.
It only outputs AVI and MP4.
It only runs on Windows.

Part 3: Conclusions

In this essay, we’ve introduced the alternatives to Fraps, Renee Video Editor Pro, CamStudio and Bandicam. Unlike the latter ones, Renee Video Editor Pro is not only a screen recorder, but also a video editor. Users can use the functions to edit the recorded videos. It is friendly to many users.