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#1 Kazma

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Posted January 21 2013 - 03:21 PM

After I've recently seen many hawken vids aaaand when I was trying to record that helpless guy with his 350 ping, I wondered what recording software you are using.
I tried with fraps(3.5.9) wich works for many other games, but in hawken the fps drops to less than 50% from before, and I get constant 0.2 seconds freezing every 1 second.

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Posted January 21 2013 - 03:40 PM

FRAPS here, no issues.
You sure you're setting it up properly ?
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Posted January 21 2013 - 05:58 PM

I use Fraps, Bandicam and DX Tory. Are you making sure to limit your framerate to 60 fps while recording? Are you recording to a seperate HDD? Try to list every detail of your recording setup.

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Posted January 21 2013 - 06:03 PM

G'day mate, check out this thread: http://community.pla...-game-recorder/

Someone asked the same question and there's quite a few answers there. Plus, I've put some video compression things there also
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Posted January 22 2013 - 02:48 AM

View PostUmbre, on January 21 2013 - 05:58 PM, said:

I use Fraps, Bandicam and DX Tory. Are you making sure to limit your framerate to 60 fps while recording? Are you recording to a seperate HDD? Try to list every detail of your recording setup.

I have tried the lowest possible settings, half-size recording, 60-50 fps and graphics on low.
Running the game on low graphics the fraps fps overlay is on 100-120 fps.
When recording it starts with ~50fps, wich is ok, but when fighting it drops down and freezes a bit every second.
Recording on full size gives me constant lags.
recordings go to my internal hdd on the default filepath(c:/fraps/movies). Audio recording is Stereo
I'm running hawken with game booster.
Don't know what else I should add, maybe pc specs
AMD FX-6100 6core 3.3Ghz
2GB Nvidia GTX660
16gb Ram
When I'm home I'll try installing the 310.70 drivers for nvidia(currently 310.90 wich seem to make problems),
but I don't think that will change too much...or maybe it does

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Posted January 22 2013 - 03:10 AM

My vids are just taken from my stream currently. I use Open Broadcaster Software which it also has an option to locally store the files instead of streaming.
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Posted January 22 2013 - 03:27 AM

View PostKazma, on January 22 2013 - 02:48 AM, said:

View PostUmbre, on January 21 2013 - 05:58 PM, said:

I use Fraps, Bandicam and DX Tory. Are you making sure to limit your framerate to 60 fps while recording? Are you recording to a seperate HDD? Try to list every detail of your recording setup.

I have tried the lowest possible settings, half-size recording, 60-50 fps and graphics on low.
Running the game on low graphics the fraps fps overlay is on 100-120 fps.
When recording it starts with ~50fps, wich is ok, but when fighting it drops down and freezes a bit every second.
Recording on full size gives me constant lags.
recordings go to my internal hdd on the default filepath(c:/fraps/movies). Audio recording is Stereo
I'm running hawken with game booster.
Don't know what else I should add, maybe pc specs
AMD FX-6100 6core 3.3Ghz
2GB Nvidia GTX660
16gb Ram
When I'm home I'll try installing the 310.70 drivers for nvidia(currently 310.90 wich seem to make problems),
but I don't think that will change too much...or maybe it does

Can you screencap every tab of your Fraps settings? I've heard that AMD CPU's aren't exactly the best, and Fraps is very CPU intensive. It MAY have something to with that fact, but I won't assume it is until you've provided me with more information. If you're serious about recording gameplay though, I suggest getting a high-quality HDD to record exclusively to. Make sure it has a lot of space, as I have actually recorded over 1.7 TB in 1 gaming session before. My HDD holds up to 3 TB.

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Posted January 22 2013 - 03:51 AM

+1 to Umbre. Good CPU and HDD/SSD = Fraps requirements

FYI, my fraps record settings:
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I'd recommend you uncheck "lock framerate ...", but even while recording, the FPS counter will show your record framerate

I'm recording to a WD Caviar Green 2TB (SATA 3) and my CPU is an Intel Core i7-920 @ 2.66GHz

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Posted January 22 2013 - 06:24 AM

I actually haven't tried it yet, but I've gotten lots of success using MSI Afterburner. In essence, it's a overclocking management program, but it has the ability to record. To note, the BF3 player Birgirpall also uses the program.

I record at 85% MJPEG at 1920x1200, then throw it into Sony Vegas. As for the hard drive I record to... I totally forget, but it's an external. As mentioned above, it's a good idea to record to an external, as it puts a whole lot less strain on your computer.

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Posted January 22 2013 - 06:43 AM

View PostRei, on January 22 2013 - 03:10 AM, said:

My vids are just taken from my stream currently. I use Open Broadcaster Software which it also has an option to locally store the files instead of streaming.
This, but when I want something recorded I usually just let Twitch hold onto it instead of having it suck up hard drive space.

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Posted January 22 2013 - 10:58 AM

Oh.My.God
installed older driver (310.70) and I run the game on ultra praphics while recording full size with ~40 fps
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Posted January 22 2013 - 05:36 PM

View PostKazma, on January 22 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

Oh.My.God
installed older driver (310.70) and I run the game on ultra praphics while recording full size with ~40 fps
oh yeah, 310.90 has issues with performance ... I'm still using 310.70. Didn't realize that you were running 310.90 XD. BTW, make sure you don't install the 3D vision drivers, they're a waste of space and cause a loss in performance
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Posted January 22 2013 - 05:52 PM

Do they really? I always just kept those 3D vision drivers out of laziness, and because I have a pair of red/cyan glasses. Time to get rid of those.

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Posted January 22 2013 - 06:02 PM

View PostLillia, on January 22 2013 - 05:52 PM, said:

Do they really? I always just kept those 3D vision drivers out of laziness, and because I have a pair of red/cyan glasses. Time to get rid of those.
From what I've heard with people running Nvidia cards, there's a trend with 3D vision drivers and lower than expected performance. Plus, who uses it anyway? lol. Regardless, applications using 3D will usually incur a 50%~ framerate drop because of the extra processing required. And I just think 3D is useless atm too
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Posted January 22 2013 - 11:31 PM

Oh.My.God ^^
15 minutes 72 GB?!! I'll better record half size from now on or use my external.
Been wondering why my performance was getting lower when recording, then I stopped playing and looked at the files O.O
And I should finally move my animes in my download folder ...
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Posted January 23 2013 - 12:26 AM

View PostKazma, on January 22 2013 - 11:31 PM, said:

Oh.My.God ^^
15 minutes 72 GB?!! I'll better record half size from now on or use my external.
Been wondering why my performance was getting lower when recording, then I stopped playing and looked at the files O.O
And I should finally move my animes in my download folder ...
Wait a min, what are your record settings? That's double the size I get for an equivalent time ... BTW, there's a reason I linked that thread, it's got a how to on processing videos using VirtualDUB, including the download links and the config files
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Posted January 23 2013 - 12:31 AM

That's precisely the reason I record at 85% quality MJPEG encode. It still looks good, and it's a low time to size ratio.

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Posted January 23 2013 - 12:54 AM

Streaming at over 25 fps is stupid, you are wasting any excess bandwidth that could be put to better use by raising your streams bitrate. I use xsplit because of its superior sound codecs. A highend PC should be able to stream a 1080p image at 25fps at 3500kbps bitrate without dropping frames, if you cant its because you dont have enough video memory.
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Posted January 23 2013 - 01:08 AM

View PostArnieF4440, on January 23 2013 - 12:26 AM, said:

Wait a min, what are your record settings? That's double the size I get for an equivalent time ... BTW, there's a reason I linked that thread, it's got a how to on processing videos using VirtualDUB, including the download links and the config files
Just used fraps, didn't compress anything yet^^
but yeah it is too much for 15 minutes, I used the same settings like in your screenshot, only voice recording was permanently switched on.
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Posted January 23 2013 - 01:28 AM

View PostKazma, on January 23 2013 - 01:08 AM, said:

View PostArnieF4440, on January 23 2013 - 12:26 AM, said:

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Just used fraps, didn't compress anything yet^^
but yeah it is too much for 15 minutes, I used the same settings like in your screenshot, only voice recording was permanently switched on.

That's what i meant XD. Voice recording won't make that much of a difference, so it's obviously not the cause, lol. Are you recording @ 1920x1080 or bigger? cause that's the only explanation I can come up with to justify that large of a file. I wouldn't worry about it though, because when you get some time, I would compress those files right down, it'll save space and make playback and uploading a lot better

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