Actually, no. It depends on the power of your computer.
If you have a slow computer and you set up the video quality at 100%, and the frame rate at a maximum of 100, it may actually result in a slow, inconsistent video when you play it back.
3 things happen when you record your screen:
- It captures your screen.
- It processes the captured screen to data that is in a video format.
- It saves the video data to a video file on your hard drive.
If any of these takes too long to process (CPU, memory, hard drive type), you will see lagging in the final video playback. In some cases, the video may not play.
When deciding the quality, there are a few things to keep in mind:
- How big is the area that I'm recording on-screen?
A full HD screen of 1920x1080 pixels will have 4x the amount of data than a half-size 960x540 video.
- How detailed does my video need to be?
An increase in quality may significantly increase the amount of data needed. For example, when your quality is over 90%, 1% increase in quality, the video file size may have doubled.
- What is my frame rate?
An increase in your frame rate will also result in an increased amount of data.
When recording a high-quality video that spans your entire screen, the quality typically does not need to exceed 90%
and the frame rate shouldn't be more than 20 fps.
Depending on how powerful your machine is, you can increase your quality from there but always double-check the result to make sure first.
We would recommend an internal SSD to save the video, especially when a large area of the screen is recorded. The SSD speed is usually over 400m/s, an external USB v.3.0 hard drive is about 100m/s, and a USB v. 2.0 flash drive is about 20-50m/s. If the speed is too slow, it may lose the connection that too much data is backed up waiting to write to the drive.
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