Recommended Video Capture Software?

[Kittra]

@Kittra
http://i60.tinypic.com/23rpmro.png
^ Notice the difference in recording to where I am in game? lol it just stays like that right after I switch to FF14 (but if I keep the active window OBS then it records just fine and if I switch to FF14, it stops recording video, and back it starts recording just fine again. wtf 8D

Hmm, strange.

Are you using Window Capture or Game Capture for the video? (My guess would be Window Capture)

I would recommend setting up some capture hot-keys in Settings > Broadcast Settings and just set it to something like Alt+P for both stop and start. Then, try playing the game in the foreground and then press your hot-key to start recording and see if that works.

You can also try Game Capture mode, which is the recommended capture mode when using OBS for games.

@Kittra well that would explain my current problem then 8D
Only one hard drive with one disc. Would prolly explain a lot lol
thanks for the help though :3
One last question though. I doubt it but would recording from a Flash Drive work? It's my only other option now.

Flash drives are, unfortunately, not well suited for video recording unless special codecs are used (like what you get with DSLR cameras). =(

Don't give up!

Keep messing with some settings on OBS or give another program a whirl. Sometimes it's the stupidest things that can lock up a recording, but it feels great when you finally figure it out. =)

*EDIT*

I almost forgot to ask.

Have you removed your power saving options from your laptop at all?

It's possible your recording problems (past and present) are being caused because Windows is causing your CPU to throttle in power.

Example, it may say it's operating at 1.6ghz, but in power saving mode you typically use 5-15% power which = 300-500mhz. That's about the operational speed of my old 1991 Gateway 2000...