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Need help with recording LPs
I want to start doing my own let's play channel over at youtube but I have a few problems with Camstudio, firstly it's version 2.6B (Camstudio 2.6B) that I got a couple years ago. Main issue is after 10-15 minutes upon saving/stopping the recording Camstudio would crash/not save because there was a error with the sound clip so it canceled out, other issue it tends to lag and audio at a point would either go ahead or behind the video.
Atm the only 2 video options I use which are CamStudio Lossless Codex v1.5 with the sittings as follows.
"Quality is at 100% and Set Key Frames are at 200, Capture Frames are at 5 with Playback Rate at 200 and Auto Adjust is unchecked"
and another is the Xvid MPEG-4 Codec with the same exact settings only it won't work/record unless I set the Set Key Frames to 50 even the default player/recorder pop up won't work as it keeps repopping up. Atm I wanna start LPing a few Gameboy games VIA my PC which is Windows XP, also when I was testing a bit the online game lagged and the audio was messed up while it was recording so had to cancel and mess around a bit.
If anyone could help me out in getting Camstudios to record games OK I'll be grateful. Again wanna do LPs of video games/Roms so if anyone could help me get the right Codec/sittings that would be great, altho I can't pay for anything tho.
Atm the only 2 video options I use which are CamStudio Lossless Codex v1.5 with the sittings as follows.
"Quality is at 100% and Set Key Frames are at 200, Capture Frames are at 5 with Playback Rate at 200 and Auto Adjust is unchecked"
and another is the Xvid MPEG-4 Codec with the same exact settings only it won't work/record unless I set the Set Key Frames to 50 even the default player/recorder pop up won't work as it keeps repopping up. Atm I wanna start LPing a few Gameboy games VIA my PC which is Windows XP, also when I was testing a bit the online game lagged and the audio was messed up while it was recording so had to cancel and mess around a bit.
If anyone could help me out in getting Camstudios to record games OK I'll be grateful. Again wanna do LPs of video games/Roms so if anyone could help me get the right Codec/sittings that would be great, altho I can't pay for anything tho.
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Xvid gives you much, much more time. Set Key Frames should not impact your recording AT ALL... so that is an odd thing to hear. I think personally that you are pushing the processor with CamStudio too hard and leaving little CPU left over for the game, but if it works...
See this explanation of Capture Frames Every and Playback Rate as well as Key Frames if you want the technical background...
http://screencasttutorial.org/18/best-settings-for-camstudio-to-sync-audio-and-video-28
For Xvid or x264vfw, and several other modern codecs, you MUST keep the width and height both even-numbered values in pixels. Otherwise it will offer to use the "default compressor" (which has been Microsoft Video 1 for ages, but that is changing soon.) This usually means that using the Fixed Region setting is required. I always use either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 for the standard HD formats.
For XP with Stereo Mix, this article covers engaging Stereo Mix. You can include your mic in the Stereo Mix in the Playback Devices section by enabling (checking) the microphone and setting its volume slider to pass it along to Stereo Mix.
http://screencasttutorial.org/15/set-sound-from-stereo-mix-what-u-hear-in-camstudio-2-5-26
Terry
Watching the second video now, the only mic I have is VIA my webcam as a mic I did have (a one ear set) went missing, so I can record my voice but need Audacity to record through my webcam's mic, so if there's a option to record my voice through the speakers alright if not I can use the record through mic option.
Altho in the audio options for speakers SoundMAX Digital audio is the only sitting in the mic one it also has that but the option for the default input, also appears my sound Properties doesn't even have Stereo mix in it but I do have Audacity tho so that's good.
If Stereo Mix or "What U Hear" or whatever your soundcard is calling it is engaged as the recording device, then you can go to playback devices and check the microphone to include it into the mix.
Also, on some older XP machines, the "Record frm Speakers" still does work (though some service pack damaged it on most. We're trying to get that working again for a future release so you do not need to use the Stereo Mix.
For now, most people have to use Stereo Mix with the "Record frm Microphone" option.
If it has Audacity that's great, but it still needs to get the audio frm the system somehow, so see if it has something akin to Stereo Mix in there. And try the "Record frm Speakers" option just to try it out.
Let me know if any of that works!
Terry
And here is a video on how to build your own:
Terry
On XP, similar to this video (start at 1 minute 5 seconds, except you'll want your microphone un-muted rather than line-in as I show in the video):