Capturing 1080p - Nations Cup

[Thomek]

I can confirm Nessaj's recommendation.

h264 in some form is the way to go.

It might be impossible to record and compress h264 live, so my best bet is that you record in something with a mild compression, then convert it to h264 later for web distribution or upload to youtube.

Recording format should have mild compression, because no compression would tax your drives immensely, and too high would tax your cpu too much.

My 1080p h264 quality settings in quicktime is set to halfway between medium and high. It's a nice compromise between quality and compression.
Don't forget to also compress the sound in some way, as it too can take up a lot of space.

* MPEG streamclip is a great software for batch-converting large numbers of files.. and it's free.
* Test your workflow with small files before you do the big thing.. very important that.

good luck!

[v/onMega]

Should ve written....dont start with explaining things from scratch....xD

Thx anyways!

[Burr1ck]

Ok, I did a test with PlayClaw (one of the two, other one will be uploaded later) and used the 1080p h264/ mp4 settings as recommended by Thomek and Nessaj.

Captured at 60fps, fullscreen and no sound with PlayClaw.
Edited using Sony Vegas pro 10.
Rendered at 1080p, h264 extension, 30fps and at 10mbps with HandBrake (http://handbrake.fr/).

Click me for video! Watch in fullscreen HD (1080p recommended) as it was made for HD.

PlawClaw performs really well, now I can record at fullscreen at 60fps and play really well with little lag! Before when I was using Fraps, it was more laggy and recording at fullscreen was unplayable. So, I really recommend PlawClaw for anyone wanting to record gameplay videos !

[Para]

Btw youtube caps videos at 30 fps, so you can save yourself some space and just capture at 30.

[Burr1ck]

That's if you're concerned about space, plus 60fps is good for slomos!