Recording 1080p 60fps Choppy

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Wardoxx

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So I was recording with 1920x1080 resolution at 60fps today and the game was running fine it never dropped the fps bellow 60 but when i watched the footage it was choppy though it was saying 60fps at top.
I was recording with crf=15 at my obs settings and i believe it is my hdd that can't handle all that.
I have the game on my SSD and HDD wasn't running any programs just the recording.
It is a 1TB Western Digital Caviar WD10EZEX
 
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Not much my area either. Only lately I've started picking some interest into it, although I don't have the time to be constant with them (stupid job :p)

Either way, from all I've searched and tried, free solutions based off raw processing power simply don't cut it. E.G. Fraps takes a lot of space (and the free version only records up to 30 secs before stopping), while dxtory doesn't allow you to customize much and adds watermarks. Others are simply not worth mentioning. Even so, 30fps is their sweet spot, anything higher and video will look choppy or audio will be out of sync...

The best paid ones I took a glance at (didn't buy them) were a good customized dxtory (AFAIK, paying for its license unlocks customizable options, like...
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WyomingKnott

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I suggest a test - if you have the space, try again recording to the SSD. If it's still choppy, the problem isn't in the drive.

Software capture of gameplay is notorious for slowing things down. There are dedicated capture cards that you can get that take care of this problem; if your issue is not just the ability of the HDD to keep up, you may want to look at these. That's a lot of bandwidth you are talking about.
 
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Wardoxx

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Thanks for the reply I really appreciate it.
I tried recording a bit on my SSD with the same settings and the footage is still choppy.
I am not sure if what you suggested was to get a capture card but I have seen the ones that can do 1080p 60fps cost more than 500$.
By the way I can record fine at 30fps its not choppy at all.
 
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Software frame capture is notorious for bogging down systems and being sketchy. The problem could be that you are using software frame capture. I personally have no experience in this area. It's been mentioned in a couple of articles on Tom's, but I don't have links handy.

Anyone else want to step in?
 
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Not much my area either. Only lately I've started picking some interest into it, although I don't have the time to be constant with them (stupid job :p)

Either way, from all I've searched and tried, free solutions based off raw processing power simply don't cut it. E.G. Fraps takes a lot of space (and the free version only records up to 30 secs before stopping), while dxtory doesn't allow you to customize much and adds watermarks. Others are simply not worth mentioning. Even so, 30fps is their sweet spot, anything higher and video will look choppy or audio will be out of sync...

The best paid ones I took a glance at (didn't buy them) were a good customized dxtory (AFAIK, paying for its license unlocks customizable options, like choosing resolution, codecs to use and framerates) or Mirillis Action!, which both seem to add a very low overhead to cpu as well and seem like they're capable of recording 1080p@60hz without too much effort.

A honourable mention probably goes to the gpu powered game recording solutions offered by Nvidia Shadowplay or AMD DVR (through gaming evolved Raptr app). I'm currently trying the AMD one which got in beta just recently, and I must say it's quite satisfying for being free. Tried with my 290x, video isn't choppy at all, it's capable of recording up to 60fps for now and audio goes VERY SLIGHTLY out of sync, but it's not too much of a big deal. It also doesn't occupy that much space; if I recall correctly, setting the highest quality consumes about 350MB per minute.
I really suggest taking a look at them, as they both offer video recording, instant replay and direct streaming to twitch, not to mention they offer it for free and don't strain your pc too much either.

Otherwise, your best bet remains hardware capture, I'm afraid. That's pretty much capable of anything if you get the right hardware :p
 
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Vynavill

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Glad you found your solution, and actually, I have to thank you too.
I honestly never heard about OBS. I'll try giving it a spin in the weekend, just to see if it removes that slight out-of-sync audio I'm having with AMD's DVR beta.
 
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