Odd issue with disk usage with some codecs

[Rotareneg]

When recording using the MagicYUV 1.2 and Lagarith codecs the queue length and disk activity on the drive is more than double what I see when using utvideo, even though the actual data rate is often slightly lower. For example, recording a 1600x900 game at 60 FPS results in YUV420 format uses about 55 MB/s and a disk activity that fluctuates around 45%-70% with MagicYUV. Recording the same content with utvideo results in about 59 MB/s, but with a disk activity that's steady at around 23%.

Recording 1600x900 at 60 FPS in RGB format is even worse, utvideo recording at about 97 MB/s with about 38% disk activity while MagicYUV's disk activity goes to 100% and causes the recording to drop frames while only writing around 85 MB/s.

Code Select Expand

[Dxtory]
Version: 2.0.133
UID: dc281c35-d676-4a8a-9fa6-399b369bc830

[Dxtory Files]
InstallPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\ExKode\Dxtory2.0
amd_ags.dll Size: 271,872 bytes Ver:  SHA1: 44ab4f74637e23ca586580c6d746974e86da98e6
AppNames.txt Size: 1,047 bytes SHA1: 40cd39ab435dbcb3d44eba72b737a05b9a14410b
AudioStreamSplitter.exe Size: 38,432 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.2 SHA1: 5195bb906a508f9e7175f3c9c7d62c6c76f8217c
AudioStreamSplitter_ja.txt Size: 134 bytes SHA1: 489a5264d73a47edcce7c92edb131cf63e5e5709
AVIFix.exe Size: 72,192 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.131 SHA1: 8743067b975002d014008cfb0db363dfb606c375
AVIFix_ja.txt Size: 288 bytes SHA1: 9cab20780686687b84f604c77c73aaae3fd8126d
AVIMux.exe Size: 166,432 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.131 SHA1: 434d85edc5d4bb77c64ca703f9790062cc87a117
AVIMuxCore.dll Size: 199,200 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.130 SHA1: 53661b27f6f6f9f3e8316dca872fd4b01da93e49
AVIMux_ja.txt Size: 1,701 bytes SHA1: fa240715d701f450bb95377aa8517a252329b619
CryptData.pup Size: 84 bytes SHA1: cf9d724807f965d372da4d168bebd78c5258d6ae
Dxtory.exe Size: 589,888 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.133 SHA1: 112e0c6136d3455e32c9cc047b2d55840ef79d95
Dxtory64.exe Size: 130,112 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.132 SHA1: 4cce60b896a04515767435c7fd29feefed3c1aac
DxtoryCore.dll Size: 7,156,768 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.133 SHA1: 8c4bcb0235aa424005894a469cdb2f7ac20f2948
DxtoryCore64.dll Size: 6,827,584 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.133 SHA1: df973ccbcaa8139218bbd38d1390aafa18aec562
DxtoryHK.dll Size: 197,184 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.133 SHA1: 76a78fb0c1ef0e058318a2228f4be4b5c17250da
DxtoryHK64.dll Size: 216,640 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.133 SHA1: 37518914336dc43e9a9b85dab0a639ea12318990
DxtoryMM.dll Size: 1,125,952 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.132 SHA1: b0b6fcc47b6b3f326de582975b269d57c2dd0594
DxtoryMM64.dll Size: 1,139,776 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.132 SHA1: 4cc91746487d863e2eea7a572c498c7eddf83817
DxtoryVideo.dll Size: 434,720 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.130 SHA1: 8d1393e8ce7cfd4b5e2a3481308b8410c3730ab7
DxtoryVideo64.dll Size: 473,120 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.130 SHA1: f2c63192dfe94db290be10a9d8b66c7a04949ae3
DxtoryVideo64_Install.bat Size: 28 bytes SHA1: 308ae1e37b5e28ff7134beb319faad48280068b0
DxtoryVideo64_Uninstall.bat Size: 31 bytes SHA1: 3fbf8d3c3a5b375eda07e47a64534b91c8df5139
DxtoryVideoSetting.exe Size: 129,568 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.130 SHA1: ee440e846cfeec2acb4a88f81f589e00c34e825e
DxtoryVideoSetting_ja.txt Size: 1,675 bytes SHA1: e532f36bd5ac6255659d240180637484661f0c83
DxtoryVideo_Install.bat Size: 26 bytes SHA1: b00e69772cc1cae9e86fe2b70ca290c488723fd7
DxtoryVideo_Uninstall.bat Size: 29 bytes SHA1: 0b0202cbc7fba373f42e1a6916fc2ad01edaa627
Dxtory_ja.txt Size: 18,461 bytes SHA1: 093689676cf8ca51b99c97253e5187ded508838a
EULA_en.txt Size: 1,356 bytes SHA1: 340c6b3425ab78d83c6a8bd344b6cc58d152ce8f
EULA_ja.txt Size: 1,814 bytes SHA1: cded0d38ec6a1cb0e86bc264496deaa28082cb51
filelist.txt Size: 279 bytes SHA1: 922bf7faeb7b7dbdd5b64ab4b5bb9a069333b106
filelist64.txt Size: 289 bytes SHA1: 29fc32a01a6aa2edc4d4cb45dbc977e3b27172ca
ignore_module_list.txt Size: 1,130 bytes SHA1: 4907c6da467802a3b42a48f3716e9a88cd5cb920
LicReg.dat Size: 10,605 bytes SHA1: 6a350b39bf5dbd6560d2d0438bddad41b6455e3b
LicReg.exe Size: 96,816 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.4 SHA1: 0d236ac1394a97d35a67c63ec15e45a80f87db5b
LicReg_ja.txt Size: 707 bytes SHA1: 981af64897276c22867952f4972d9c29c6ee35e7
RawCapConv.exe Size: 208,928 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.131 SHA1: 32b6ec5d2f6649df4a47aedc476965433a8bdec4
RawCapConv_ja.txt Size: 1,869 bytes SHA1: 12086976f07abfc8d435abeee6c450c3cb2b07cd
RCStream.dll Size: 164,352 bytes Ver: 1.0.0.76 SHA1: 31266452f142cd7c856384945ffc410b2c9c8be9
readme.txt Size: 1,322 bytes SHA1: f8b7e31de7927309f7f3e03936374837906a94d9
Src16x10_Dest4x3.png Size: 40,081 bytes SHA1: 3b4f6332b8b3129ee351a9c96a9c4ac7f6f7a4cd
Src16x9_Dest4x3.png Size: 40,179 bytes SHA1: fcec824f4e95f7becf65bbabcc1a99c1470b99a1
unins000.dat Size: 22,043 bytes SHA1: e45e7933f90e34171b7eb2b2d743f11f24585020
unins000.exe Size: 1,199,680 bytes Ver: 51.1052.0.0 SHA1: b70fa30df88c1c4ab987a772615e9ca44d59376f
unins000.msg Size: 22,701 bytes SHA1: ab7961d64f8b22503c9c7ca4b335fa539b0278a3
UpdateChecker.exe Size: 93,696 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.0 SHA1: 221bd3663f4393b368ebf74d1a892f9379ddbe44
UpdateChecker.ini Size: 238 bytes SHA1: 796da23b4a505bf2ef370dc271d1a80585dff6e2
UpdateChecker_ja.txt Size: 190 bytes SHA1: 969913786a3497f3e448572f7810ee9814314928
UWPHelper.dll Size: 132,672 bytes Ver: 1.0.0.0 SHA1: 73adada2bf2e13b10e775e4e5fb64bb0144869b9
UWPHelper64.dll Size: 157,760 bytes Ver: 1.0.0.0 SHA1: 9e058ebd49070c9e826f954afb9a0994d4729a09
DxtoryCodec.dll 64bit Size: 2,606,144 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.132 SHA1: 7ef69696fe270d8bf353ead32bd58681ee61e5fe
DxtoryCodec.dll 32bit Size: 2,499,648 bytes Ver: 2.0.0.132 SHA1: cd610194e3ddceefa04bc0f28a5f2139fee0d615

[System Information]
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU         860  @ 2.80GHz
CPU Instruction Set: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional  x64
OSVersion: 6.1.7601
OSLanguage: 1033
ServicePack: Service Pack 1
Memory0: BANK0 4,294,967,296 bytes
Memory1: BANK2 4,294,967,296 bytes
TotalMemory: 8,589,934,592 bytes
Total Physical Memory: 8,587,890,688 bytes
Available Physical Memory: 4,988,235,776 bytes
Total Page File: 17,173,901,312 bytes
Available Page File: 12,820,078,592 bytes
Total Virtual Memory: 2,147,352,576 bytes
Available Virtual Memory: 1,731,334,144 bytes
PerformanceCounterFrequency: 3190058 (0x30AD2A)
VideoCard: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Memory: 2,147,483,648 Processor: GeForce GTX 760 DriverVer: 10.18.13.6143 DriverDate: 2015-12-15 18-00-00
Display0: 1920x1080 32bits 60Hz
SoundDevice: Virtual Audio Cable Manufacturer: EuMus Design
SoundDevice: High Definition Audio Device Manufacturer: Microsoft
SoundDevice: ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device Manufacturer: ASUSTeK
SoundDevice: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM) Manufacturer: NVIDIA

[NVIDIA Info]
NVDriver: 361.43 r361_40
GPU0: GeForce GTX 760 Memory: 2048MB MemoryClock: 3004MHz BaseClock: 1085MHz BoostClock: 1150MHz

[Audio Device]
Speakers (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioOut
Line 3 (Virtual Audio Cable) - CoreAudioOut
S/PDIF Pass-through Device (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioOut
Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable) - CoreAudioOut
Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable) - CoreAudioOut
Stereo Mix (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 100
Wave (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 100
Line In (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 89
Line 1 (Virtual Audio Cable) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 24
Line 3 (Virtual Audio Cable) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 24
Microphone (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 100
Line 2 (Virtual Audio Cable) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 24
Aux (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 100

[Video Codec 64bit]
Fraps Video Decompressor FCC:fps1
Intel IYUV codec FCC:iyuv
Lagarith Lossless Codec FCC:lags
Logitech Video (I420) FCC:i420
MagicYUV lossless v1.2rev0 (64 bit) FCC:magy
Microsoft RLE FCC:mrle
Microsoft Video 1 FCC:msvc
UtVideo Pro YUV422 10bit VCM FCC:uqy2
UtVideo RGB VCM FCC:ulrg
UtVideo RGBA VCM FCC:ulra
UtVideo YUV420 BT.601 VCM FCC:uly0
UtVideo YUV420 BT.709 VCM FCC:ulh0
UtVideo YUV422 BT.601 VCM FCC:uly2
UtVideo YUV422 BT.709 VCM FCC:ulh2
x264vfw - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec FCC:x264

[Video Codec 32bit]
Cinepak Codec by Radius FCC:cvid
DebugMode FSVFWC (internal use) FCC:dfsc
Fraps Video Decompressor FCC:fps1
Intel IYUV codec FCC:iyuv
Lagarith Lossless Codec FCC:lags
Logitech Video (I420) FCC:i420
MagicYUV lossless v1.2rev0 (32 bit) FCC:magy
Microsoft RLE FCC:mrle
Microsoft Video 1 FCC:msvc
UtVideo Pro YUV422 10bit VCM FCC:uqy2
UtVideo RGB VCM FCC:ulrg
UtVideo RGBA VCM FCC:ulra
UtVideo YUV420 BT.601 VCM FCC:uly0
UtVideo YUV420 BT.709 VCM FCC:ulh0
UtVideo YUV422 BT.601 VCM FCC:uly2
UtVideo YUV422 BT.709 VCM FCC:ulh2
x264vfw - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec FCC:x264
Zipped Motion Block Video v0.1 FCC:zmbv

[Audio Codec]
Microsoft IMA ADPCM
Microsoft CCITT G.711
Microsoft GSM 6.10
MS-ADPCM
LAME MP3
MPEG Layer-3 Codec
PCM
IEEE Float

[License Information]
License: Registered
Expire: Unlimited
LicVerify: 0807ab912c13dc6e9c3ad6db3b7f8a478373594c

[Additional Information]
Dxtory_log.txt: Empty
ErrorLog.txt: Empty

[Global Setting]
OptionFlag=SharedJavaProfile

[Ignore List]
C:\Program Files\Sony\Movie Studio Platinum 13.0\MovieStudioPlatinum130.exe
M:\Steam\steamapps\common\Steel Armor Blaze of War\starter.exe
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\FlashPlayerPlugin_19_0_0_245.exe

======================================================================

[Profile]
Name: Default
Path:

[Overlay]
Option: Left Top VidoeFPS WriteFileFPS RecordState
Color: Sleep FF00FF00, Active FFFFBC00, Movie  FF00FF00, ScreenShot FF00FF00

[Folder]
x M:\Video_capture  Speed: 185MB/sec  Free: 1,615,045,230,592 Total: 2,000,396,742,656 Format: NTFS
SSFolder: M:\Video_capture

[HotKey]
MovieCapture: Alt + 0 (0x0008000B)
PushToTalk: None
ScreenShotSingle: None
ScreenShotRepeat: None
ScreenShotAuto: None
ToggleStatus: None
MovieCaptureFrame: None
ScreenShotCaptureFrame: None

[Movie]
Clipping:
ClipMargin: 0,0,0,0
ClipSize: 0,0
Scaling: Percent 100% 0x0
Codec: MagicYUV lossless v1.2rev0 (64 bit), Quality 7500, KeyFrameRate 15, DataRate 0, 64bit
FrameRate: 60
Output: File AVI
Option: IncludeCursor SyncFPS

[Audio0]
Enabled: True
PushToTalk: False
Device: Speakers (ASUS Xonar DGX Audio Device)
Codec: PCM
Format: PCM 48000 Hz, 16 bit, Stereo

[ScreenShot]
Clipping:
ClipMargin: 0,0,0,0
ClipSize: 0,0
Scaling: Percent 100% 0x0
HighSpeedLimit: 0
RepeatInterval: 1000
Format: PNG
JpegQuality: 97
Option:

[Advanced]
DataProcessingOption:
HookOption:
ThreadCount: 1
ThreadMask: 0000000000000000
LimitedFPS: False
FPSLimit: 60
DelayHook: False
DelayHookTime: 5

======================================================================

[Profile]
Name: Live for Speed
Path: M:\LFS\LFS.exe

[LastUsingInformation]
DateTime: 2015/12/22 21:06:58
Version: 2.0.133
DeviceType: DX9
View0.Type=DX9Ex
View0.DevType=D3DDEVTYPE_HAL
View0.BhFlags=D3DCREATE_MULTITHREADED D3DCREATE_HARDWARE_VERTEXPROCESSING
View0.Format=D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8
View0.Size=1600x900
View0.HWND=0x002003A0
View0.WindowTitle=Live for Speed
View0.ClassName=LFS

======================================================================
VerifyHash: 4aee22dc12e6d980b5f0792b6088b980f2a25d62


[Chumpkin]

hello, i have similar problem but the thing is i use lagarith codec and my file size is in gigabytes any soulition?

[Malix]

magicyuv, lagarith and utvideo are lossless codecs, they use however much data as needed to save the video. The file sizes will be *huge*, no way around this.

If you need smaller files or fixed bitrate, you use lossy codecs like x264 or such.

edit:

Since all codecs essentially have different means of compression, they will produce different file sizes. The bitrates between lossless codecs can vary wildly depending on their motion prediction / compression and static compression. Lagarith tends to have high compression for moving and static parts, where as magicyuv is just faster but produces higher bitrates / files.

[Rotareneg]

This problem is still present in 2.0.134. Here's a short video clip showing the problem in action:

https://youtu.be/cR47qcMt1Fs

Recording 1280x720 at 60 FPS in RGB, the Dxtory codec with no compression maintains 60 FPS while sustaining a 165.88 MB/s write speed. UTVideo also manages 60 FPS at a more reasonable 106.8 MB/s write speed. The Lagarith codec starts off at 60 FPS and only 103 MB/s but starts dropping frames with a storage bottleneck warning. MagicYUV acts similarly with 107.4 MB/s and then begins to drop frames with another storage bottleneck warning.

I don't understand why Lagarith and MagicYUV codecs both cause a storage bottleneck when the drive can handle UTVideo and the uncompressed Dxtory codec just fine... very odd!

[DrunkMonk74]

I'm using version 2.0.134 and Windows 10 64-bit. I'm also using the MagicYUV codec. Try going into the advanced tab in Dxtory, and then under "Data Processing Option" try selecting Wait for Available Buffer. Close and restart Dxtory. See how you get on now.

Is the video size you are recording at your native video size? If it's not then also try ticking the Force Down Sampling option under Data Processing Option.

I'm no expert, but I just played around with these settings for a bit, ticking and unticking until I found what worked for me.

[Rotareneg]

I've tried all the various settings without any effect, it's not a video capture problem. Same thing happens on my Windows 10 laptop, so it's not something specific to my desktop.

[Rotareneg]

If I set Dxtory to DirectShow output and then capture the video stream using VirtualDub all codecs work properly, so it looks like there's something a bit weird with Dxtory's file IO when using some codecs.