Desktop recording software

Hey,
Myself and a friend are looking into recording segments of the games we play for tutorial and other miscellaneous purposes.

I was wondering if anyone knew any good desktop recording software packages/applications.

I've tried FRAPS as I've seen suggested on a number of other threads, but found that it wouldnt capture the game, just a black screen and audio, an added problem being that it was saving the recorded videos in massive sizes.
Like around 6GB for 45 minutes...

Any suggestions?

 

http://majorgeeks.com/CamStudio_d4646.html

This is worth a go.......

http://camstudio.org/

 

Thanks ^^, ill give it a shot

 

You may need http://taksi.sourceforge.net/ Taksi to capture game play.