Issues with recordings on my HDD

[ARGC]

Hi. I need your help with the videogame recordings I made on my new HDD.

For a long time I have been using OBS to record my gameplays and then edit and upload to my YouTube channel. I started to record videos on my SSD and later on my M2, without any issues, but then (in the need for more space) I bought a HDD Seagate 4 TB 5400 rpm and then when I was editing I started ti notice my raw recordings had moments when the screen froze for about less than a second (no issues with the audio), and I haven't been able to figure out how to solve this. I'm not sure if the HDD is too slow to record, which doesn't make too much sense to me because I only use it for that with nothing else executing at the same time. Please, help me figure out the origin of the problem if you can. I'll leave you screen captures of my video specs for the output (1080-60fps).

 

[koala]

It depends on the exact hdd model. You record with a very high and for recording not recommended bitrate of 90 mbyte/s, which as constant data stream for a alonger timespan can be too high for some consumer desktop hdd, or not - depending on the model. Some models need a pause now and then for housekeeping, which isn't possible with constant data streams, so they simply stall the data stream for a second if they have to.

If the hdd uses smr as recording format (shingled magnetic recording), this is a candidate for such housekeeping. A hdd with cmr (conventional magnetic recording) doesn't have this issue.

Better suited for recording such continuous data streams are hdd's that are marketed as suited for NAS drives and for surveillance cameras/applications. These cost slightly more than a hdd intended for desktop/office use only.

 

[ARGC]

It depends on the exact hdd model. You record with a very high and for recording not recommended bitrate of 90 mbyte/s, which as constant data stream for a alonger timespan can be too high for some consumer desktop hdd, or not - depending on the model. Some models need a pause now and then for housekeeping, which isn't possible with constant data streams, so they simply stall the data stream for a second if they have to.

If the hdd uses smr as recording format (shingled magnetic recording), this is a candidate for such housekeeping. A hdd with cmr (conventional magnetic recording) doesn't have this issue.

Better suited for recording such continuous data streams are hdd's that are marketed as suited for NAS drives and for surveillance cameras/applications. These cost slightly more than a hdd intended for desktop/office use only.

ST4000DM004, WFN, WU, PN 2CV104-568, FW 0001, Seagate 4TB SATA 3.5 Hard Drive​

 

[Lawrence_SoCal]

Hi. I need your help with the videogame recordings I made on my new HDD.

For a long time I have been using OBS to record my gameplays and then edit and upload to my YouTube channel. I started to record videos on my SSD and later on my M2, without any issues, but then (in the need for more space) I bought a HDD Seagate 4 TB 5400 rpm and then when I was editing I started ti notice my raw recordings had moments when the screen froze for about less than a second (no issues with the audio), and I haven't been able to figure out how to solve this. I'm not sure if the HDD is too slow to record, which doesn't make too much sense to me because I only use it for that with nothing else executing at the same time. Please, help me figure out the origin of the problem if you can. I'll leave you screen captures of my video specs for the output (1080-60fps).

Is that HDD internal, or USB connected?
if USB connected, you are probably losing throughput vs direct motherboard SATA connection

And the Operating System is aware of, and has things to do with that HDD... and security s/w can/will interrupt things (unless you know how and have gone into OS and all security related s/w to configure accordingly). And a 5400RPM drive (which is on the slow side, ok for archiving, but NOT sustained throughput)

I Record to my local SSD drive (with LOTS of free space), then move the recorded video files off for archiving/editing, etc to a HDD
If your SSD is full, maybe get a larger one.. they are relatively more reasonably priced at the moment (SATA SSDs are really cheap, and multi-TB NVMe drives can be had for more reasonable cost (though ongoing discussions of possible change in market, and prices may be going back up next year???)... Prices really came down this fall.

 

[ARGC]

Is that HDD internal, or USB connected?
if USB connected, you are probably losing throughput vs direct motherboard SATA connection

And the Operating System is aware of, and has things to do with that HDD... and security s/w can/will interrupt things (unless you know how and have gone into OS and all security related s/w to configure accordingly). And a 5400RPM drive (which is on the slow side, ok for archiving, but NOT sustained throughput)

I Record to my local SSD drive (with LOTS of free space), then move the recorded video files off for archiving/editing, etc to a HDD
If your SSD is full, maybe get a larger one.. they are relatively more reasonably priced at the moment (SATA SSDs are really cheap, and multi-TB NVMe drives can be had for more reasonable cost (though ongoing discussions of possible change in market, and prices may be going back up next year???)... Prices really came down this fall.

Yes, I think I'll follow your advice. Thank both of you for your answers