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What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mode?
Posted: Sat May 18, 2013 3:39 am
by RicHSAD
Is there a purpose to the Game and Applications recording mode? When I use it in games it seems to drop my FPS a lot, but if I set the game to Fullscreen Windowed and use the Desktop recording mode instead, I get next to no drop in FPS and the video looks just as good as far as I can tell.
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:52 am
by locutus
Depends on the game you are trying to record. I have come across games with the same issue you expanded now, works better with desktop recording.
It's not an Action! issue, it's the way the game is made.
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:22 am
by flashmp3
Doing game recording with the game in windowed mode permit me to avoid the fps drop as well and has the advantage of not having to set a recording zone with desktop recording
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:37 pm
by RicHSAD
Well, so far I have tried recording in 3 games (Grim Dawn, Chivalry and Star Conflict) and with all 3 of them, Desktop mode is the way to go. Considering Action has a recording mode just for games, you would expect it to just be the mode to use period.
If it is normal for Desktop mode recording to better in some/most games, then this should should be clearly written on the website as I have a feeling that most people do not know this.
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 11:09 am
by radi
Please make sure that your games meets Action! requirements. (DX9 or higher/OpenGL).
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:56 pm
by flashmp3
radi wrote:Please make sure that your games meets Action! requirements. (DX9 or higher/OpenGL).
It seems to be recent games so fore sure they meet the requirements ! I think there should be a new way of handling games recording by allowing to detect when the .exe of the game of our choice is launched. We would add to a list the .exe we want Action! to listen. A bit like the nvidia control panel 3d settings optimus which permit to use a specific GPU depending on the application we want
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:58 pm
by flashmp3
When i record video mix in full screen i have also a strange behaviour which is that it doesn't record in 720p. If i put it in window mode but stay with a resolution on 720p it records well in a 720p resolution. This with game recording mode.
So it seems the game recording need a few improvements
Re: What is the point of the Game/Applications recording mod
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 9:21 pm
by RicHSAD
radi wrote:Please make sure that your games meets Action! requirements. (DX9 or higher/OpenGL).
All of the games I have listed are quite recent and definitely DX9 or higher.