Any recommendations on capture of the Skyrim game to a video file ? I want to do this for a couple of shots

I use VirtualDub, which is free, but it doesn't seem to handle the game menus very well (they randomly and frequently flicker).

One possibility is FRAPS, however the free version only lets you record up to 30 seconds in one take, and it has a watermark at the top. The codec is also really inefficient as like 1 minute of footage is like 2 gigs. But it get's the job done.

MSI Afterburner can capture screenshots and video with hotkey combos. Free as well -

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

Nice piece of software that lets you tweak your graphic card settings as well,...if you want to.