[x264-devel] Best x264 settings for user desktop recording

[Jason Garrett-Glaser]

On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Noam Zweig <noamz at cyber-ark.com> wrote:
> Hi,
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> We are now making a process of testing several technologies
> (codecs\containers\etc…) for recording user actions on desktop. Desktop can
> contain GUI application, or command line application.
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> We also want to include the x264 in our tests, as it is one of the leading
> codecs today.
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> Our system records the desktop while the user works, therefore we aim for
> low footprint during the recording time (low CPU and minimal disk usage),
> also we cannot afford loss of data from the movie (should be viewable
> recording).
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> The x264 codec has quite a lot settings options. We checked the standard
> ones, that comes with the installation (ultrafast, very slow, normal…), and
> the results were not satisfying.

It's hard to know quite what you want unless you tell us why they were
not satisfying!

Generally I would recommend ultrafast or superfast for
high-performance screen capture, particularly if you're capturing
graphics (applications) as opposed to games.

Jason