Question / Help Seeking Advice for Local Recording Settings

DolphinSquared

New Member
I am making this post to ask about setting up local recording settings. I am planning to start recording 3DS gameplay footage (I use Katsukity's 3DS capture card), but I don't think my laptop is capable of handling 720p/60fps or 1080p/60fps.

To start off, here are my settings.

Open Broadcasting Software settings

Encoding

Video Encoding
Encoder: x264 (other options disabled)
Use CBR: Disabled
Quality Balance: 10
Max Bitrate: 1000kb/s
Use Custom Buffer Size: Enabled
Buffer Size: 0 kbit

Audio Encoding
Codec: AAC
Format: 48kHz
Bitrate: 128
Channel: Stereo

Video

Base Resolution: 1280x720 (intended to be 1920x1080)

Resolution Downscale: None
FPS: 60
Disable Aero: Enabled

Advanced

General
Use multithreaded Optimizations: Enabled
Process Priority Class: Normal
Scene Buffering Time (milliseconds): 700

Video
x264 CPU Preset: Ultrafast
Encoding Profile: Main
Keyframe Interval (second 0=auto): 0
Use CFR: Enabled
Custom x264 Encoder Settings: crf=20

The following settings were tested before, with minor "High CPU usage" warnings during test settings. I have heard that 60fps recordings require up to 3000 to 4500 kb/s, but I would like to test it soon.

The following are my laptop's specs.

Model: HP Pavilion dv6
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz
Display: Intel HD Graphics Family / Radeon HD 6490M
RAM: 8GB

More information will be provided when necessary.

Are there any recommendations for optimizing my local recording settings for a 720p60fps or 1080p60fps recording smoothly?
 

dodgepong

Administrator
Community Helper
It mostly looks like it's running slowly because you have Aero disabled, which makes Window capture run slowly on Windows 7. Try re-enabling that.
 
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