In Game Capture

[Terrifictez85]

I have recently started recording gaming benchmarks for my youtube and record with fraps.
The benchmarks only lose about 5-8 fps but when it comes to playing back the recording it is all jerky and out of sync. I am using a seperate hdd for the recording storage so it does not interefere with the hdd with the games on.
Does anybody know why this is happening or could you recommend other software which can record with better results. Only really affects the games whn physx is on max.
Street Fighter 4 on the other hand lost 68fps whilst recording.

 

[Josh Weston]

Benchmarks and recording do not go well together, dude. If you're benching, you want to have the most accurate portrayal of results - that's why Tom records any benches he shows us with a camera set up.

 

[Terrifictez85]

Benchmarks and recording do not go well together, dude. If you're benching, you want to have the most accurate portrayal of results - that's why Tom records any benches he shows us with a camera set up.

There no drastic effect on the fps during recording, it still goes through the benchmark fine. The only issue i have is when i play back the recording and it is choppy.

 

[seumasbeathan]

You said the difference was about 5-8 fps, well that is actually quite a big difference in my opinion

 

[Josh Weston]

You said the difference was about 5-8 fps, well that is actually quite a big difference in my opinion

Yeah, my thoughts too.

I would hypothesise that your playback is choppy because the recording program is fighting the GPU/CPU for time. The benchmark is set at a higher priority, and as such data is lost by Fraps. Haven't really got anything to back up my theory, but it seems logical to me.

 

[yassarikhan786]

What are the exact settings you're using to record? There are certain options that cause a massive loss in performance.

 

[Ralm]

If you want to strickly record benchmarks in best quality, I would get a second PC with a capture card.

 

[Terrifictez85]

What are the exact settings you're using to record? There are certain options that cause a massive loss in performance.

I am using the following settings:
Video Capture 60fps @ half size
Hide cursor in video and lock framerate whilst recording.

Here are the videos i finally uploaded lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG4GjECR_ZQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUULuSrdpkY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaJS5MReVKk

The only video that suffered was Mafia 2, without fraps i was getting 42fps

 

[Ralm]

Dude, there is no point in recording at 60FPS, youtube will rip that to half.

Record at 30FPS and Full-size so the video doesnt get as blury as it is.

Any video at youtube is at 30fps max, so you dont need 60fps, it will just fill your HDD and resources in general.

 

[Terrifictez85]

Dude, there is no point in recording at 60FPS, youtube will rip that to half.

Record at 30FPS and Full-size so the video doesnt get as blury as it is.

Any video at youtube is at 30fps max, so you dont need 60fps, it will just fill your HDD and resources in general.

Noticed i had better fps when i recorded at 60fps

 

[Stevo]

Dude, there is no point in recording at 60FPS, youtube will rip that to half.

Record at 30FPS and Full-size so the video doesnt get as blury as it is.

Any video at youtube is at 30fps max, so you dont need 60fps, it will just fill your HDD and resources in general.

thanks for the tip man, i'm recording guides on my youtube channel and 1080p recording or just 1 level can take upto 200GB per clip. so tyvm for that bit of info. i can save space and record more at once before i render them now