[UV_Power]

Well, like the title says, I was wondering if I could play a full screen game and create an mpeg file from it.

I see all the video clips on the internet of people beating Mario in record time and was wondering how they got it into a movie format.

Any ideas? (Hopefully some freeware rather than having to spend $100 on a TV tuner or something... )

Thanks in advance.

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It's not free but Fraps is a great movie capturing utility. ( www.fraps.com )

It's main features are:
-Frames per second display in one corner of the game (if you want)
-Benchmarking (min., max., and average FPS)
-Screen shot taker
-Video capture utility:
~Select from 25, 30, 50, 60, or your own number of FPS recording rate
~Choice to record sound, or don't
~Ability to record full screen or it will automatically half the size if you want
~If making tutorials or something similair, ability to hide the cursor

It's not free but it's cheap ($37). There is a free version, but you can only record up to 30 seconds of video at a set rate of 25 FPS I believe.

[BlackPandemic]

It's not free but Fraps is a great movie capturing utility. ( www.fraps.com )

It's main features are:
-Frames per second display in one corner of the game (if you want)
-Benchmarking (min., max., and average FPS)
-Screen shot taker
-Video capture utility:
~Select from 25, 30, 50, 60, or your own number of FPS recording rate
~Choice to record sound, or don't
~Ability to record full screen or it will automatically half the size if you want
~If making tutorials or something similair, ability to hide the cursor

It's not free but it's cheap ($37). There is a free version, but you can only record up to 30 seconds of video at a set rate of 25 FPS I believe.

[HaraldR]

Here is another one to consided:

Screen Recorder

Features:
Record your Windows desktop activity in real time.
Ideal for web based product demonstration.
Create effective training material in minutes.

Screen Recorder Gold is used for:
Develop videos to demonstrate features of your new software or train new
users of existing software.

Create movies used in user training and tutoring.

Record other video format (such as real media file) into standard, editable,
uncompressed AVI format movie file.

Record abnormal events for support and testing purposes.

Develop multimedia material that can be shown on TV or burn to CD Rom.

Capture an entire course for online and CD delivery