Recording wow from a remote computer?

[Klamor]

Hey guys, I was just wondering if there was a way that I could use FRAPs or something to record my wow session from an alternative computer such as a laptop. I don't have much RAM and recording from the same computer isn't very effective as it causes significant lag issues.

I'm looking for a program similar to remote desktop, but that allows me to still have full control of my main computer; i've also looked into capture cards and whatnot, but they would be even more expensive than simply buying more ram or upgrading my computer in general.

[Maxion]

I really don't think so.
You should just upgrade, it'll improve your playing experience as well.

[Klamor]

hehe, ok thanks

[EaTCarbS]

Maybe with a capture card that is running on other PC. But for the cost to set this up you could upgrade your machine so w/e.

[Dorffo]

a couple years ago Xzin posted a guide for recording from a remote machine via VLC streaming... i'll see if I can dig it up

Here it be

[HPAVC]

For what its worth, programs like FRAPs, Camtasia, etc normally dump the video near-raw with very little processing just meta data basically, to be later dealt with by another tool to create into a video file. This should be light on resources.

Xzins method attempts to accomplish this by pushing the data off to another computer and the data is just streamed there, lots packets are lost and not resent etc for the lowest overhead.

I use Camtasia, i just select one of the slave windows or even a YouTube sized subset of the UI window and use that. If you can avoid selecting a window that spans between multiple monitors and especially multiple video cards, or similar issues. If you are not going to want the sound in the end, don't capture that and remove it later do that upfront.