Poor Video Quality?

[loopy]

It's a problem with Fraps, not my software so there's not much I can do about it. Is there something else you can use?

[Nou]

I'm using the regular 3DS recording feature right now; the one that came with the software. I just recorded one video; the second one's having the weird screen issues again.

I turned the software and 3DS off for a few minutes and recorded the second part of the video again, however. I dunno how it works.

[loopy]

What you see on the screen is what's sent to the codec. How it encodes it is out of my hands. Have you tried adjusting the codec settings?

[Nou]

Yeah, I'm trying to find something that'll work out the best. Thanks for you time.

[Guest]

what settings are you guys using on the xvid codec cause it just says "stats file not found"


Ro4ch

[loopy]

I've never seen that using the default settings. Maybe it will help to disable the stats display? (Other options -> Display encoding status)

[raphael]

I don't have the Xvid codec installed, but I think it's configuration dialog looks pretty similar to x264's:

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The very important setting is "Rate control". It may be called differently in Xvid, but the options should be something like "Single pass" and "Multipass".

Do not use multi pass when recording live. It requires the codec to look at your video twice, which isn't possible in a live recording for obvious reasons. Use one of the "single pass" options.

If this doesn't help, please post a screenshot of the Xvid config dialog. I may be able to help you further.

[Nou]

For some reason, when I turned on my capture 3DS today, this is what happened:



Here's what it looks like on the computer:

[loopy]

For some reason, when I turned on my capture 3DS today, this is what happened:
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(Resolved thru email)
Not sure what the problem was, but I replaced the board and cable. It seems to be working fine now.