The System Becomes Sluggish During Recording

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When recording with oCam, if the mouse moves slowly or the entire system feels sluggish, you need to adjust the settings to resolve the issue. Below is a detailed explanation of how to reduce the problem and lower the system load.


1. Click the 'Settings' button in the oCam main window.

2. When the Settings window opens, go to the 'Encoding' tab in the menu on the left.

3. In the 'Encoding' tab, check the 'Frames Per Second (FPS)' setting. The default value is likely set to 30.

4. Gradually lower the FPS value while testing system performance. For example, start at 30 and reduce it step by step to 25, 20, 15, and 10.

5. At each step, start recording and check whether the mouse movement or system sluggishness improves.

6. After finding the optimal FPS value for your PC specifications, click the 'OK' button to save the settings.


Lowering the FPS may reduce video smoothness, but it can also reduce system resource usage and improve slowdown during recording. It is important to experimentally find the FPS value that best suits your PC specifications (CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.). After changing the setting, make a test recording to find the best balance.



 

Another helpful tip

How to Set Recording Quality (From High Quality to Low Quality)

How to Set Recording Quality ( From High Quality to Low Quality )

Note: This setting does not apply to external codecs and only applies to oCam's built-in codecs. Lowering the recording quality will reduce the size of the recorded video file, but the video quality will also decrease.


There is a menu at the top of oCam. Click Tools - Options, then click Encoding on the left, and you can select the quality as shown below. By default, it is set to Very High (high quality).


You can choose from the following quality levels when recording.


 


Below are captured preview images showing the recorded quality from Very High to Very Low.


Recorded at Very High


 



Recorded at High



 

 


Recorded at Medium



 


Recorded at Low




 

 

Recorded at Very Low