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Hey folks, I've got a retarded native resolution on my monitor, it's 1680x1050. Why they chose to produce such a strange, non-standard size is beyond me, but it's what I have.
Fraps is the program I use to record my games for YouTube, but unfortunately Fraps only has two size settings when recording: Full size or Half size. In StarCraft 2 I can change my resolution to 1280x720 and produce good, crisp-looking 720p videos for YouTube, but basically any tricks I try to upload a 1920x1080 or 1440x1080 picture look miserable because of my monitor's native resolution and Fraps being unable to customize recording size. I do not have access to a 1920x1080 resolution in SC2, so am I basically out of luck until I can afford to upgrade?
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On June 14 2010 06:52 JoshSuth wrote:
Hey folks, I've got a retarded native resolution on my monitor, it's 1680x1050. Why they chose to produce such a strange, non-standard size is beyond me, but it's what I have.
Fraps is the program I use to record my games for YouTube, but unfortunately Fraps only has two size settings when recording: Full size or Half size. In StarCraft 2 I can change my resolution to 1280x720 and produce good, crisp-looking 720p videos for YouTube, but basically any tricks I try to upload a 1920x1080 or 1440x1080 picture look miserable because of my monitor's native resolution and Fraps being unable to customize recording size. I do not have access to a 1920x1080 resolution in SC2, so am I basically out of luck until I can afford to upgrade?
1680x1050 is not non-standard. It was very popular several years ago before these 16 : 9 monitors became cheap to produce. I actually prefer 16:10 monitors (1680x1050 and 1920x1200) and I think it's a shame that they've become "non-standard"
Yes you're out of luck. If your monitor can not physically display 1920x1080 its not possible for starcraft 2 to use this resolution, thus you can't make 1080p videos.
Just buy a 1080p monitor if you really want 1080p, they're pretty cheap nowadays.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236053
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1680 x 1050 16:10 ratio is one of the most common and standard ratios for wide screen monitors for many years. But ye, I don't think you can get higher than your native resolution recording. 1280x720 is your best option, but all honestly totally enough for youtube.
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Just re-encode it and add 15 pixels top and bottom... what does the "full size" video coming out of fraps look like?
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what program are you using to render the FRAPS footage?
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Record with Fraps at 1680x1050, then encode the video at 1920x1080 using letterboxing, and it'll upload to YouTube in 1080p. The video quality on YouTube will be 1080p, but the screen will only be 1680x1050 with black bars filling up the rest of the picture, so it's not real 1080p. But if you *really* want to have that 1080p button pop up, this'll work.
Though the only way to get true 1080p footage is to have a 1080p monitor and run Starcraft at 1920x1080.
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On June 14 2010 07:01 xmShake wrote:
1680x1050 is not non-standard. It was very popular several years ago before these 16 : 9 monitors became cheap to produce. I actually prefer 16:10 monitors (1680x1050 and 1920x1200) and I think it's a shame that they've become "non-standard"
qft. I run 1920x1200 and I would never trade it for a 1080p display. That bit of extra vertical is so nice when you're doing real work. The ONLY redeeming quality of a 16 : 9 display is that it fits HDTV, which is great for TV, but sucks for everything else.
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I use Adobe Premiere Pro for encoding and mashing together my Fraps chunks into full games. Adobe pretty much only operates in 16 : 9 and 4:3. You can export it in whatever size you want, but it'll look like garbage since it was pieced together in 16 : 9 (or 4:3). Not to mention YouTube only has 2 HD speeds, 720 and 1080.
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I record at 1920x1200 (my native res) and youtube auto-rescales it to 1080p. Alternately I can rescale it in vegas if I want to, but it's unnecessary because youtube has always handled it for me. I didn't think it was non-standard, I always thought 1920x1200 was standard these days. I couldn't imagine using any less, I actually want a second 1920x1200 monitor for all of my multitasking and 3d work. :\
The monitor is 24" widescreen.
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Ive connected my comp with my TV display and I play starcraft 2 at 1920x1080 so its possible to play sc2 at that resolution.
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720p is honestly quite good enough for youtube though.
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Try using Premiere's crop function to pad your 1680x1050 video to 1680x1080, then hopefully YouTube can just handle the non-standard width and will display it as 1080p content.
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