Recording with Dxtory is giving me FPS issues

[TheAwesomeGem]

One of my YouTuber friend suggested me to use this program and I sorta like it because of so much more functionality than Fraps. However, I am having issues with FPS. So in FRAPS, I usually get 30 stable FPS when I record. But in Dxtory, I get unstable 5-15 FPS and hardly 20. I don't know what the problem is and maybe you guys can help me out? Any help is appreciated.


P.S. it doesn't matter what games I play.

[RobiePAX]

Your first issue is coming from the fact that you are using a laptop. Second that you are trying to record using Dxtory Video Codec in RGB format. Considering your specs... you don't have much chance getting optimal performance recording with such settings.

You already have Lagarith Lossless Codec installed. Simply switch video codec to Lagarith and in codec config tab enable Multi-Threading, and switch mode from RGB to YV12. Your recording performance should improve.

[TheAwesomeGem]

Still having FPS issues. I mean it works fine with FRAPS.

[RobiePAX]

According to Environment Report you haven't set any location where Dxtory should record the footage. By default it might be using some slow drive on your PC.

[TheAwesomeGem]

Alright done. It's probably because FPS saves the video after it is done and Dxtory does it on an interval during recording. In your opnion, what is the best codec for performance? Dxtory gives me a heck lotta features and I want to stick with it. Can I use the FRAPS codec if possible?

[RobiePAX]

As mentioned before I believe Lagarith Codec is the best video codec performance and quality wise. Though I heard x264 Codec is pretty good too if you want lower quality but better performance.

[Malix]

UT Video Codec is worth a try, http://umezawa.dyndns.info/wordpress/?p=4828 (or just http://umezawa.dyndns.info/archive/utvideo/?C=M;O=D for the installer)

It usually is less CPU intensive than Lagarith, but uses a bit more disk space. I'd recommend the UtVideo YUV420 BT.709 (You'll see several UtVideo codecs in DxTory after installing).

The video's cannot be played in VLC, but they open just fine in my Sony Movie Studio  and WMP though

Can I use the FRAPS codec if possible?

Nope. Fraps encoder is built into fraps app, you can only decode with other apps.