If I were to get some footage from recording with FRAPS and then edited it and exported it into another file format, would that edited movie still run even if I deleted the raw footage. Also can anyone recommend me what HDD(s) I could use in my new pc set up to ensure the footage wouldn't be too big a drain on my system (I was thinking 2, 2TB HDD's), Thanks.
Raw footage still needed?
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...1. yes, the new footage isn't a reference to the old footage. it's been rendered and exported in another format.
2. if you're using FRAPS, at an HD resolution, you get ~4GB per minute of footage (It'll also slice up your recordings into 4GB files). So for an hour at 1080 you'll need about 240 GB of space. Also worth noting FRAPS does not cap it's bit rates. So you get obscenely large files, but it's great for editing. (128GB of video can easily be compressed into 24MB. So..don't worry about making double the sizes.)
On a side note, if you're planning on getting video of 60FPS, you might want to try a SSD rather than a disk drive. It's a major bottleneck for recording.
2. if you're using FRAPS, at an HD resolution, you get ~4GB per minute of footage (It'll also slice up your recordings into 4GB files). So for an hour at 1080 you'll need about 240 GB of space. Also worth noting FRAPS does not cap it's bit rates. So you get obscenely large files, but it's great for editing. (128GB of video can easily be compressed into 24MB. So..don't worry about making double the sizes.)
On a side note, if you're planning on getting video of 60FPS, you might want to try a SSD rather than a disk drive. It's a major bottleneck for recording.