Making videos for Youtube

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 15:37

Hi, guys I'm trying to make youtube video's on titles like; COD and Bf. I specs are as follows below. I thought my computer would be able to happen COD4 while recording at 60 fps but it seems it can't, it drops to like 30 which isn't playable when you're trying to make clips for youtube. and suggestions guys on how I can get 60 fps while playing and recording.

Cheers.

olivier renault · 22 Dec 2011 at 15:44

Why do you want to record at 60 fps? What recorder do you use?

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 15:47

So I can actually play the game properly otherwise I die too many times on COD or BF and Fraps

MikeHunt79 · 22 Dec 2011 at 15:49

Try recording to a 2nd hard drive

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 15:50

People have suggested that but I don't have a second drive.

thezakarum · 22 Dec 2011 at 15:56

You should buy a SSD for recording instead of a hard drive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGDgzlc7mA&feature=channel_video_title

Hope this helps.

MikeHunt79 · 22 Dec 2011 at 16:00

Masterdeadly said:
People have suggested that but I don't have a second drive.

Try a ramdisk if you have any spare RAM, you'll have limited recording time however

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 16:08

I have 8gb of ram in my computer not that it's spare. and what SSD's do you recommend.

thezakarum · 22 Dec 2011 at 16:25

I have a friend that has one of these for recording,

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-025-CS&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=910

60GB should be enough for what you're doing too.

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 16:38

For another 60gb is it not worth paying another 40 quid?

thezakarum · 22 Dec 2011 at 17:13

Yes, of course. If you want more space then go for it.

I was just giving an example, plus I didn't know you're budget.

Arthur17 · 22 Dec 2011 at 17:14

You could try DXtory. This program can split the writes among multiple HDDs. However, if you want to capture your videos at 1080p, you are going to need a seriously fast SSD.

Code:

1920x1080 pixels x 3 bytes per pixel x 60 frames/sec = 373,248,000 Bytes/Sec ([B]355.96 MB/s[/B]!!!)

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 17:26

Only got a 1680x1050 resolution so it's 720p isn't it?

and isn't this one seriously fast: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...104&subcat=910

MikeHunt79 · 22 Dec 2011 at 18:10

Masterdeadly said:
Only got a 1680x1050 resolution so it's 720p isn't it?

No, that's 1050p.

1280 x 720 is 720p.

Assuming 300Mb/s, that's 18gb per minute, a 60gb SSD will hold around 3 minutes of footage, so you may be better off going for the larger SSD

Arthur17 · 22 Dec 2011 at 20:09

Fast as in a 6Gb/s SSD like the Crucial M4 or Samsung 830.

As Mike said, you will need one which has a sequential write speed of at least 302.81 MB/s to capture video at your LCDs native resolution.

Masterdeadly · 22 Dec 2011 at 20:29

So what SSD do you recommend? for 1050p?

Arthur17 · 22 Dec 2011 at 20:55

Based on the benchmarks below I would choose a 256GB/512GB Samsung 830 or a 250GB Intel 510. How long would you need to record for? :confused:

Energize · 22 Dec 2011 at 21:16

You'd be better off just using a capture device to capture the output. You don't need to capture at 60fps though, 30fps is fine for video capture. Even with a second hard drive your pc will not be able to encode hd video at 30fps because it lacks the processing power. Capturing uncompressed is not practical, at 30fps yuv16 format your looking at 106MB/s.

Arthur17 · 22 Dec 2011 at 23:11

Good points, Energize. YouTube only supports the following frame rates: 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97 and 30. The latter being preferred.

Fraps and DXtory capture video using their own lossless codecs however.

Energize · 23 Dec 2011 at 00:00

If they encode it losslessly then I can't see the hard drive being a bottleneck here. I would imagine it's more to do with trying to encode high framerate hd video on the fly.