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Options
Can someone explain all of the options and what is best for, say, video game recording? Explain the compression especially, please.
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Slide show recording works well with CamStudio Lossless, but you get even smaller file sizes from Xvid!
Terry
SKFE 30-100
CFE 20
PBR 50
Tutorial/slideshow:
SKFE 100
CFE 50
PBR 20
OR:
CFE 100
PBR 10
Xvid gets you the most time, even at it's highest quality setting.
Audio - Use MCI to Record checked keeps the audio in sync.
Terry
FYI - the base sync rate is always keyed to 1000ms (1 second) and cannot be adjusted via codec panels (like ColdReactive proved using ffmpeg).
Nick suggests in the FAQ it is somewhat useful to find out what your computer's maximum actual frame rate might be by setting the "Playback Rate" setting very high - like 100-200 via the slider - and then observe what your computer actually can pull off when pushed this hard. I deem this only somewhat useful because ultimately you need to set the Video Options at combinations that multiply to 1000 in the CFE and PBR so that when using MCI your audio will stay in sync. Also, when you push your computer too hard, it starts fighting with the program you are recording for resources, so that program starts to lag, and you get strange things happening as the memory plays its shell game with the available resources!
So, most people have reported the above settings to be good ones for those two purposes, rendering smooth recordings with the least lagging for either program.
Terry
Terry
Use 1280X720 screen dimension. I have a article on this at http://screencattutorial.org now.
Terry