How do I reduce lag while recording SMC?

[levelengine]

With this new channel (link below) and me making videos, I really need to reduce lag while I record SMC footage.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SMCslevelengine

Post whatever possible suggestions that are safe and free out there.

Levelengine

[-DarkAceZ-]

The best I can find on Linux was "RecordItNow", and if you put the FPS to 99, it seems as if it records at .99 FPS... (EDIT: so if you put it at 30 FPS then it seems to record at .30 FPS) So I don't know what to do on Linux. On Windows I don't really know.

[BowserJr]

What are you using? I used to use and recommend glc on Linux, which was designed for capturing GL applications, and worked great with SMC, but hasn't been updated for a while and doesn't seem to even have a website anymore. You can still get the code from GIT: https://github.com/nullkey/glc/wiki, or it might be in your package manager. Unfortunately nothing else for linux works anywhere near as well. You can also try the obvious things such as reducing resolution

[-DarkAceZ-]

What are you using? I used to use and recommend glc on Linux, which was designed for capturing GL applications, and worked great with SMC, but hasn't been updated for a while and doesn't seem to even have a website anymore. You can still get the code from GIT: https://github.com/nullkey/glc/wiki, or it might be in your package manager. Unfortunately nothing else for linux works anywhere near as well. You can also try the obvious things such as reducing resolution

Oh, never heard of it... I'm running the glc install script, it's asking me where to install it... The root? My home folder?

[-DarkAceZ-]

With this new channel (link below) and me making videos, I really need to reduce lag while I record SMC footage.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SMCslevelengine

Post whatever possible suggestions that are safe and free out there.

Levelengine

Are you on Windows or Linux?

[levelengine]

I run Windows Vista.

Levelengine

[-DarkAceZ-]

When I boot back into Windows I can look I guess.

[-DarkAceZ-]

Sorry, found nothing that could help much.

But BowserJr, can you help me with glc? I'm not even sure where to start but I did this:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libx11-dev libxxf86vm-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libasound2-dev libpng12-dev
sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib
sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libGL.so.1 /usr/lib32/libGL.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libasound.so.2 /usr/lib32/libasound.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libXxf86vm.so.1 /usr/lib32/libXxf86vm.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libX11.so.6 /usr/lib32/libX11.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib32/libpng.so

as instructed from here: https://github.com/nullkey/glc/wiki/Install
Then I did

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wget https://github.com/nullkey/glc/raw/master/scripts/glc-build.sh
chmod a+x glc-build.sh
./glc-build.sh

and that came up with:

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justin@justin-desktop:~$ ./glc-build.sh
info  : Welcome to glc install script!
        Enter path where glc will be installed.
          (leave blank to install to root directory)
      > /home/justin/glc
        Enter compiler optimizations.
          (-O2 -msse -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer)
      >
        Use git (y/n)
          (git contains latest unstable development version)
      > n
info  : Fetching sources...
error : Can't fetch elfhacks


elfhacks? Well, that is basically all I did... I didn't see any makefile in the zip that I downloaded from git, so I ignored that thing for now... How am I really supposed to install this?

[BowserJr]

Never compiled glc myself, but a look at their build script:

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download () {
   [ -f "$1.tar.gz" ] && rm -f "$1.tar.gz"
   wget -q "http://nullkey.ath.cx/$1/$1.tar.gz" || die "Can't fetch $1"
}

Suggests it's trying to fetch from their old server if "Use GIT" is false. This is failing because their old server is down. Have you tried saying yes to this prompt?

If you have your own source and want to use that for the build instead, you should probably just comment:

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USE_GIT="n"
ask "Use git (y/n)"
ask "  (git contains latest unstable development version)"
ask-prompt
read USE_GIT

if [ "${USE_GIT}" == "y" ]; then
   if [ -x "`which git 2> /dev/null`" ]; then
      gitfetch glc
      gitfetch glc-support
      gitfetch elfhacks
      gitfetch packetstream
      cd glc && ln -sf ../glc-support ./support && cd ..
   else
      die "git not found (Ubuntu users: sudo apt-get install git-core)"
   fi
else
   info "Fetching sources..."
   download elfhacks
   download packetstream
   download glc
   
   info "Unpacking sources..."
   unpack elfhacks
   unpack packetstream
   unpack glc
fi

In the build.sh file.

[-DarkAceZ-]

Yes to that does this:

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justin@justin-desktop:~/nullkey-glc-5a4f81b$ cd
justin@justin-desktop:~$ ./glc-build.sh
info  : Welcome to glc install script!
        Enter path where glc will be installed.
          (leave blank to install to root directory)
      > /home/justin
        Enter compiler optimizations.
          (-O2 -msse -mmmx -fomit-frame-pointer)
      >
        Use git (y/n)
          (git contains latest unstable development version)
      > y
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
error : Can't update glc
justin@justin-desktop:~$


[levelengine]

I have been adding more types of videos (not just SMC).
Recently I have completed Part 6 of playing through SMC Odyssey, a levelset I built in 2009.
If you want to subscribe and see other gaming videos go ahead.
I decided I will try my hardest to tolerate the lag as I play SMC for YouTube.

Levelengine

[BowserJr]

Hmm, Fraps is popular on Windows and optimised for capturing from games, but the free version puts a big watermark in the middle of all videos you make. Otherwise, maybe try one of these? http://www.anewmorning.com/2009/01/06/5 ... -to-fraps/