Recording lag

**Acies** · 10-06-2012, 04:14 PM

You can see me recording Mirror's edge too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrf0jMikLY&feature=plcp

While the image quality is higher than your recording - you can see the notable lag while I play. I simply don't have enough CPU power to support a game + a video recording Smile

I'd like to know the full name of your i5 CPU?

Edit: Try recording uncompressed as well. Recording with a codec while playing takes a heavier toll on the CPU, since it's doing compression+recording+gameplay.

Edit2: I believe it was fraps - on a separate sata harddrive.

**Bridge** · 10-06-2012, 04:20 PM

(10-06-2012, 04:14 PM)Acies Wrote: You can see me recording Mirror's edge too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrf0jMikLY&feature=plcp

While the image quality is higher than your recording - you can see the notable lag while I play. I simply don't have enough CPU power to support a game + a video recording

I'd like to know the full name of your i5 CPU?

Intel i5-3450. It's very good. I have the cores running at 3.1 GHz now but you can overclock them to 3.5 and above if you want (you better have some good fans though).

What recording software do you use BTW?

**Your Computer** · 10-06-2012, 04:29 PM

(10-06-2012, 04:14 PM)Acies Wrote: Edit: Try recording uncompressed as well. Recording with a codec while playing takes a heavier toll on the CPU, since it's doing compression+recording+gameplay.

If he did that, he would run out of space.

**Yuhaney** · 10-06-2012, 04:35 PM

(10-06-2012, 04:14 PM)Acies Wrote: Edit: Try recording uncompressed as well. Recording with a codec while playing takes a heavier toll on the CPU, since it's doing compression+recording+gameplay.

With current firmware on his SSD, it's not capable of recording uncompressed... and even if it was, space ends in just couple of minutes.

**Bridge** · 10-06-2012, 04:48 PM

This is the 1280x720 test. I could do a lot worse so I guess this will be my go-to resolution for recording youtube
videos. I will probably get a monitor cabable of 1080p HD some day but for now this is fine. I'm not ecstatic about the video quality and it still lags slightly but it's barely noticeable. Thanks for the help guys.

**Acies** · 10-06-2012, 04:50 PM

Why would one want to record on an SSD then? A sata can write at 70-100 mb/s - do you need higher speeds than that? Especially if recording with a codec, where filesizes become smaller. In comparison; I had 300gb of space on a separate harddrive for recording purposes.

**Yuhaney** · 10-06-2012, 04:56 PM

If you are serious about making videos, I would recommend getting HDD just for the recordings.

**Your Computer** · 10-06-2012, 04:56 PM

(10-06-2012, 04:50 PM)Acies Wrote: Why would one want to record on an SSD then?

It is possible it is the only storage drive he has for the system. 120gig SSD can get pretty expensive, since most SSDs cost over $1 for each gigabyte measured.

**Bridge** · 10-06-2012, 04:58 PM

(10-06-2012, 04:50 PM)Acies Wrote: Why would one want to record on an SSD then? A sata can write at 70-100 mb/s - do you need higher speeds than that? Especially if recording with a codec, where filesizes become smaller. In comparison; I had 300gb of space on a separate harddrive for recording purposes.

Well you wouldn't. I don't have another HD to record to and I store most of my files on a network drive anyway (which actually may be fast enough to record to). It has an insane boot speed though; It takes literally 4 or 5 seconds to boot my computer.

**Robby** · 10-06-2012, 04:58 PM

(10-06-2012, 04:50 PM)Acies Wrote: Why would one want to record on an SSD then?

Have you thought about people who don't really have money for hi-end tech?