FPS Dropping in Recorded File with Dxtory

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Hey,

Just a quick question for you guys. Up until about last week I've been using Dxtory without any problems. The last time I used it to record anything was back in June and I haven't had any issues. Fast forward to this month and I tried using it to record and my FPS just drops every 5 seconds. I recorded 1920x1080p at 60 FPS no problem before. I tested out CSS for example and it would drop from 60 fps to 40 fps every 5 seconds and go back up. It's really bizarre to me because this hasn't happened to me in the past, and now I get nothing but issues.

I also tested this with a less intensive game like Stardew Valley and it would record more "fine" but it would go from 60 fps to 58 fps every 5 seconds which isn't as visible. I did notice that when I did a write speed benchmark with dxtory the harddrive I was trying to record on would write for a bit then stop for a second and keep going. It did this at random intervals, whereas my SSD would just go all the way through. Is that to cause of the problem? Why is it suddenly acting like this if it was fine before?

I'm really hoping I can get this solved because I do record things as a hobby and I'd hate to give that up, thanks.

Note that my recording HDD used to have a write speed of 175 MB/s tested by Dxtory and now it went down to ~120MB/s and of course Dxtory was giving me (!) Storage warnings whilst briefly alternating to (!) Encode warnings sometimes, but the storage warning was more prevalent.

[eRazeri]

Resource monitor -> Disk -> Dxtory.exe -> I/O priority?

Oh and: http://forum.exkode.com/index.php?topic=2.0

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Priority is normal, and I've never had a problem before with normal priority and:

[Dxtory]
Version: 2.0.136
UID: 82e0b239-3998-4009-b2b0-7127a14e1a40

[Dxtory Files]
InstallPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\ExKode\Dxtory2.0
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CPU Instruction Set: MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 SSE4.2 AVX AVX2 FMA3 AES
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Home x64
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OSLanguage: 1033
ServicePack:
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Available Virtual Memory: 1,698,844,672 bytes
PerformanceCounterFrequency: 3906245 (0x3B9AC5)
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Display0: 1920x1080 32bits 144Hz
Display1: 1920x1080 32bits 60Hz
SoundDevice: NVIDIA High Definition Audio Manufacturer: NVIDIA
SoundDevice: Realtek High Definition Audio Manufacturer: Realtek
SoundDevice: NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) (WDM) Manufacturer: NVIDIA
SoundDevice: Logitech G930 Gaming Headset Manufacturer: Logitech Headset G series

[NVIDIA Info]
NVDriver: 372.70 r372_69
GPU0: GeForce GTX 970 Memory: 4096MB MemoryClock: 3505MHz BaseClock: 1114MHz BoostClock: 1253MHz

[Audio Device]
Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) - CoreAudioOut
Speakers (Logitech G930 Gaming Headset) - CoreAudioOut
Microphone (Logitech G930 Gaming Headset) - CoreAudioIn, Volume 78

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Fraps Video Decompressor FCC:fps1
Intel IYUV codec FCC:iyuv
Intel IYUV codec FCC:i420
Lagarith Lossless Codec FCC:lags
Microsoft RLE FCC:mrle
Microsoft Video 1 FCC:msvc

[Video Codec 32bit]
Cinepak Codec by Radius FCC:cvid
Fraps Video Decompressor FCC:fps1
Intel IYUV codec FCC:iyuv
Intel IYUV codec FCC:i420
Lagarith Lossless Codec FCC:lags
Microsoft RLE FCC:mrle
Microsoft Video 1 FCC:msvc
VP60® Simple Profile  FCC:vp60
VP61® Advanced Profile FCC:vp61

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

[Global Setting]
OptionFlag=SharedJavaProfile

[Ignore List]

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[Profile]
Name: Default
Path:

[Overlay]
Position: LeftTop
Flag: VidoeFPS RecordFPS RecordState SSNotification  Time Warn
Layout: Vert
Color: Sleep FFFFFF00, Active FFFF0000, Movie  FF00FF00, ScreenShot FF00FF00

[Folder]
x F:\Movies  Speed: 104MB/sec  Free: 1,522,407,907,328 Total: 2,000,396,742,656 Format: NTFS
SSFolder:

[HotKey]
MovieCapture: F9 (0x00000043)
PushToTalk: None
ScreenShotSingle: F11 (0x00000057)
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ScreenShotAuto: None
ToggleStatus: None
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ScreenShotCaptureFrame: None

[Movie]
Clipping:
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Option:

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[ScreenShot]
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Option:

[Advanced]
DataProcessingOption:
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ThreadMask: 0000000000000000
LimitedFPS: False
FPSLimit: 60
DelayHook: False
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[Profile]
Name: Battlefield™ 1 Open Beta
Path: F:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Battlefield 1 Open Beta\bf1.exe

[LastUsingInformation]
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Version: 2.0.136
64bit Process
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[Profile]
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[ClassifyLP]

Revert back to version 2.0.134 or 2.0.135 to see if the new version is bugged.
If not, you might want to check your hard drive with another testing program, to see if the speed actually went down. That usually happends when it gets fuller or starts to break.

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I can try to revert back to one of those versions, but I already tried to revwrt to an older one and had the same issue basically. I did test the HDD though and I can't tell if the speed down or not, all I can tell is that when it's testing the write speed it starts and stops for a second keeps going, stops etc. I didn't get the HDD too long ago either, 1.5 years ago. 

[ClassifyLP]

Note that my recording HDD used to have a write speed of 175 MB/s tested by Dxtory and now it went down to ~120MB/s and of course Dxtory was giving me (!) Storage warnings whilst briefly alternating to (!) Encode warnings sometimes, but the storage warning was more prevalent.

[...] I did test the HDD though and I can't tell if the speed down or not, [...]

That's contradicting. You can use CrystalDiskMark http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html.

[star]

Well I just don't know if the speed actually went down or something just messed up on the HDD, but here.

Just yesterday it was ~120 and now it went down to like 70.

Edit: Also, when I tested it with Dxtory again it went down to 50.

I tested my hard drive health as well and it says everything is fine, I can run games off it and everything fine, but suddenly when it comes to recording with either FRAPS or Dxtory I get major frame drops in the recorded file.

Something is definitely weird because I just tested an external hard drive and it was consistent throughout the dxtory benchmark while my HDD still keeps doing the weird stuttering.

[star]

Ok, so I just fiddled around with my SATA cable and reseated it on my HDD and motherboard, the write speed went back up to 130 MB/s but it still stutters when doing a dxtory benchmark. Should I just replace the whole cable?

Just tested Dxtory and it's still stuttering, but the write speed did improve significantly. I'll try replacing the sata cable tomorrow maybe.

[ClassifyLP]

Ok, so I just fiddled around with my SATA cable and reseated it on my HDD and motherboard, the write speed went back up to 130 MB/s but it still stutters when doing a dxtory benchmark. Should I just replace the whole cable?

Just tested Dxtory and it's still stuttering, but the write speed did improve significantly. I'll try replacing the sata cable tomorrow maybe.

There could be alot of reasons for that. Is the HDD full? Maybe it really is dying (I'd back up important data now). Maybe something is sharing lanes with the SATA port on the mainboard? The cable shouldn't really be the issue here, they either work, or they don't.

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Ok, so magically a new windows update solved everything for me. Cool beans.

[ClassifyLP]

Ok, so magically a new windows update solved everything for me. Cool beans.

Which sounds really terrible. Microsoft needs to step up their game.

[star]

Yeah, I fully agree, at least I can record again though. :L