Skopintsev said:
How does someone make LPs? For PC I know that you can just use FRAPS, but for consoles like PS1-2-3 games, I'd like to know so I may begin doing some of my own.
OT: I watch LPs all the time, Its interesting to get peoples reactions and see how they solve puzzles.
They hook up their game consoles to a DVD recorder and, using A/V splitters, connect the game into the TV. As they record the footage, they wear a headset, to record their reaction to the game, onto a computer via Premiere or other recording software. They import the gameplay footage and match up the commentary at the right times and voila, instant Let's Play. There are other ways to do it, but this is probably the easiest and cheapest.
For instance you could use dual monitors on a PC and using a capture card, record the footage with a live feed so long as you have splitters, but if you don't have a computer with enough memory it will lead to a loss in A/V synchronization. You could also use a device known as a Canopus AD-VC 100, which can be used to capture anything coming out of your TV through the use of A/V splitters, but through my experience this leads to a dreadful loss in A/V sync, especially if your computer can't handle recording a Live Feed (a la memory lower than 4 GB). It is indeed difficult and costly to do, and I hope in the future it gets easier to record game footage.
Probably the easiest way is to just get an emulator for the PC and record using Fraps. You can usually find one for free for any pre-PS2 games. Though, a lot of purists and commenters don't like players using emulators because that usually means their cheating through save-states. Granted for any game using a CD, one usually need a copy of the game to work, and I am by no means condoning the stealing of a game, I am simply giving you an example of what some reviewers do.
OT: I enjoy watching Let's Plays, and I believe that Spoony's are the best. Phantasmagoria, Ripper, and SWAT? Yes please.
