WM Capture – recording hints - 10104

Better ways to record movie videos

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Two video parameters are most important when trying to get the best recording of a streaming movie: the frame rate (fps) and the bitrate (kbps). A high frame rate makes a smooth motion video, a high bitrate makes a clear, sharp video. For your recorded video you can choose whatever bitrate gives you the best quality however the desired frame rate may not always be achievable. A lot depends on your system performance characteristics, primarily CPU type, speed, and memory. (see https://wmrecorder.com/wmc10/user_guide_wmc10.htm#recording_guides for some tested frame rates with WM Capture).

Below are a few simple rules you can follow to increase the recording frame rate and quality of your recording.

1) Avoid marking the entire screen when recording HD movie videos

Mark only the video area (not the entire screen) as shown below. In this example, selecting just the video area reduced recording size and CPU load by 20%, allowing for smoother 30 fps recordings instead of 24 fps.

 

 

2)  For DVD recording resize 1080 video size to 720

There is no reason to record a 720 video on a full screen (1080 or 768). Try to resize the movie video to 720. The 720 videos can be recorded at 60p (120i ) fps or higher using MPEG-2 or MP4/H264 on almost all new laptops and desktops computers.

Open Settings, click Video Capture Options. In the dialog that opens check Resize output video (1280x720) then click Set Markers. A 1280x720 semitransparent marking window opens.

 

Try to move and resize the movie video window (browser window) to fit the 720 marked area of the screen as shown below

 

 

3) Use the Background mode

See https://wmrecorder.com/wmc10/user_guide_wmc10.htm#record_bck

4) Use Quick Sync or NVENC video format

See https://wmrecorder.com/wmc10/user_guide_wmc10.htm#quick_sync

5) Don’t run other CPU consuming apps when recording

6) Observe CPU loading before and during recording

See https://wmrecorder.com/wmc10/user_guide_wmc10.htm#cpu_mon