I've tried a few screen recorders, but they all lag too much.
I have windows 7, any suggestions on what I should use?
What to use to Record?
Mon, 07/25/2011 - 18:22
Mon, 07/25/2011 - 18:42
#2
Thanks
Thanks, I'll try it.
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 00:32
#3
Fraps is what I use, but you
Fraps is what I use, but you kind of need a PC tailored to recording videos.
Results are good though, I mean i put out 1080p videos with decent quality pretty often:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH0uOcojunM
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 02:32
#4
I'm really wondering what's
I'm really wondering what's going on with recording Spiral Knights.
I've tried several softwares but all of them make the game unplayable.
The thing is, I can record every new game with ease, I can record everything from Crysis 2, to all the new Red Factions, to Bulletstorm, every MMO there is, basically everything EXCEPT Spiral Knights. SK is lagging like CRAZY when I'm trying to record. Why?
My Specs:
GA-X58A-UD3R Mainboard
Intel i7-920 @ 3,36GHZ CPU
6GB DDR3-1600 Ram
Geforce 570GTX Graphics Card
It should be MORE than sufficient enough to record SK, so what's the problem?
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 03:21
#5
Slow Hard Drive?
You left off the hard drive in your specs. Not sure what you're using to record but if you have a slow hard drive it may be the cause of your lag. Depending on your screen resolution at the time of recording you're probably writing a ton of data to HD.
In most computers I see these days it's the hard drive that's the bottleneck of the system. I'm looking forward to the day when SSD drives are cheaper.
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 04:58
#6
Lagggging
Yeah, was wondering about this too.
Just yesterday, I was trying to record my soloing for fun using Fraps, and at first it was OK, but then it was lagging terribly.
I remember recording WOW battlegrounds with Fraps and it was all OK, but SK seems to have unreasonably high requirements.
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 08:45
#7
You left off the hard drive
You left off the hard drive in your specs.:
Both HDDs, the one where SK is installed onto and the one I use to store the recordings are Black Caviars each.
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 10:22
#8
Don't forget: SK is a Java
Don't forget: SK is a Java game. It's not a completely custom engine optimized by a massively budgeted graphics team. You've got to expect there will be some performance inefficiencies. Just as Magicka, an XNA framework game, sees major performance issues despite its apparent lack of graphical intensity.
For recording I'd recommend: dual hard drives, one for programs, the other for saving video data. This helps a lot with the HD speed bottleneck.
I like FRAPS because it lets you record at half-pixel resolution. Not awesome quality, but still very watchable, and fine for Youtube. Much easier on your processor and hard drive.
Still, for me even at half-rez I can't record SK and play at the same time with any ease. My framerate tanks in most areas. But I run on a laptop, so that's to be expected.
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 11:47
#9
I use FRAPS with minimal
I use FRAPS with minimal performance impact. The frame rate while recording sometimes dips to about 45fps but usually stays at 55fps+ for my usual window size of 1366x768, though full screen recording of 1680x1050 is fine so long as I'm not in FSC or IMF. I've used this many times to play pack what looks like glitchy or unusual attack behavior many times.
Though I've also got Java on one disk, SK on game files another disk, FRAPS on a third and my recording directory on a fourth. JBOD'ing it up in my PC. I can also say that my desktop does not have the sheer grunt that Farami's does, yet almost any game can be recorded at full resolution (not always full detail) in a pinch.
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 12:17
#10
@d0gr0ck that's exactly the
@d0gr0ck that's exactly the problem! You would expect that I should be easily able to record SK, but ooooh no, no chance in hell.
Sure I can record it, the recorded video even runs pretty smooth but my game is lagging way too much in the process for it to be any entertaining at all.
So I was wondering, are there any tweaks that you can do to either the windows settings, recording settings, SK settings or Java settings that will have any positive impact?
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 13:24
#11
I use Fraps and here is the
I use Fraps and here is the result
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 13:57
#12
@Craziplaya21
Any more
@Craziplaya21
Any more information? Like OS? 32bit? 64bit? Java 32bit oder 64bit?
Computer specs? Game settings?
Fraps settings?
Any tweaks to anything?
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 14:14
#13
Gigabyte X58A-UD3Ri7 920 @
Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
i7 920 @ 4.0 GHz with TRUE Black Rev. C. 1600rpm S-Flex Push/Pull
Corsair XMS3 6GB RAM
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
EVGA GTX 570 SLI
Antec Truepower Blue 750W
Antec 1200 Case
GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSD
4x 1TB Raid 5
2x 500GB in Raid 0 Dedicated to Fraps
HP ZR24w S-IPS 1920x1200 Monitor
My channel with more videos from various games http://www.youtube.com/user/Loliplaya21?feature=mhee
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 14:27
#14
The Raid0 might be the
The Raid0 might be the reason. Other than that, and the slightly more overclocked i7 and the SSD, which is not where Steam is running from, or is it?, theres not much difference in our systems.
I believe the SLI is not used by SK anyways as I think java is unable to address it?
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 15:06
#15
Right, no SLI used for SK.
Right, no SLI used for SK. SSD is indeed where Steam is running from, but I have most of my Steam games running off the Raid5 with help of symlinks. Best thing you can do is recording onto a harddrive separate from the system, even if it isn't Raid0, it will still help a lot
Tue, 07/26/2011 - 15:10
#16
You really don't need more
You really don't need more than a single good hard drive for recording. A dedicated WD Black or Spinpoint F3 should have enough write speed for 1920x1200 recording. Just make sure they are properly defragged and cleared up prior to use.
In my case it's simply press button, get video. Any hiccups I get while recording SK were there before recording. Some times the recording doesn't even show the frame "hitches" I occasionally get.
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 18:20
#17
Snagit
I use Snagit
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 18:30
#18
Any video recording
Any video recording suggestions for a Mac user?
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 20:44
#19
Hypercam 2
Free and VERY user
Hypercam 2
Free and VERY user friendly, cant say much about SK lag though which is irriverible
Buyin Fraps for Christmas, then gonna post some REAL vids
Tue, 12/13/2011 - 20:51
#20
UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2
UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2
FRAPS is the most common. Camstudio is another option that some people use.
Recording video is intensive on your computer no matter what program you use. If you've tried several and lag on all of them, the only solution is to upgrade your computer.