Video Capture Lag

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  1. DanielNL

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    I got a lag every sth. like 5-10 min there is a 1-2 sec. lag... is it my 2 TB Harddrive causing it? Or is my hardware tooooo good? (i7 2600k I mean...) ?

    Please help, Daniel
     
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  2. Unwinder

    Unwinder Ancient Guru Staff Member

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    Yep, software is just too bad for your too good hardware. Please use Gainward video capture tools and send thumbs down to them.
     
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    ????
     
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    Unwinder Ancient Guru Staff Member

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    Ask a sarcastic question, get a sarcastic answer. Fair deal.
     
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    1680x1050 (full screen), 30 fps... MJPG compression, 100% quality.
     
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    +1 lol
     
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    My guess is his HDD can't keep up.
     
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    If you're recording for long enough that you notice lag "every 10 minutes", there's no reason you shouldn't be using Fraps. It's vastly superior, AB is better off for those short spurt-of-the-moment convenience captures. I'm not suggesting it'll get rid of your issue, but it's a good suggestion either way :)

    Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
     
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    its prolly writing 4Gb of stuff to hdd at once, hence the lag
     
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    Hmmm... maybe I've to choose "uncompressed", maybe the compression is causing some sec. lag...
     
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    You have to think and configure the compression settings wisely. Uncompressed 30fps capture at 1680x1050 requires approximately 150 mb/s bandwidth, doubt that your 2TB harddrive can write data at such rate.
     
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    thx, awesome tip! No or almost no lag anymore, have set MJPG quality to 70 or 80% and threads instead of (Multithread optimisation) "automatic" I chose "4 compression threads" (that's the half of what I got (i7 2600K, 8 threads(!)) ).

    It works, although I don't know, which of those two settings is responsible...

    Thx to you all, DanielNL
     
    DanielNL, Sep 22, 2011
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