End-of-Support Dates for Windows Operating Systems

End-of-Support Dates for Windows Operating Systems

  • Windows XP
    Release date: December 31, 2001
    End of support: April 8, 2014

  • Windows Vista
    Release date: January 25, 2007
    End of support: April 11, 2017

  • Windows 7
    Release date: October 22, 2009
    End of support: January 14, 2020

  • Windows 8
    Release date: October 30, 2012
    End of support: January 10, 2023

  • Windows 10
    Release date: July 29, 2015
    End of support: October 14, 2025


Since operating systems that have reached end of support no longer receive security updates, it is recommended that you switch to a different operating system for safe use.


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How to Record Losslessly Using x264vfw

Before getting started, you must install the x264 codec in advance. If you do not know how to install it, please refer to the Help section.


Click the Codec menu in oCam, then click the External Codec menu item.

Select Use External Codec, choose the x264vfw codec, and then click the Settings button.


Using the default x264vfw settings as a base, change the parts highlighted in the yellow box in the image below as shown.



 


The following settings need to be changed. 


Preset - Ultrafast ( Set this to improve encoding speed. The file size may become larger, but if you choose other options, significant lag may occur. )

Profile - High 4:4:4 ( The default profile may cause quality loss, so change it to High 4:4:4 for lossless encoding. )

Keep input colorspace - Keeps the color space of the internally received input buffer.  ( If you use other options, encoding may fail. )

Rate control - Single pass - lossless - Change this for lossless encoding.


Click the OK button to apply the settings.


When recording 64-bit games, the settings are applied to x264vfw64 for 64-bit, so run x264vfw - Configure x264vfw64 from the Start menu and configure it in the same way as shown above.


If you record with the above settings, the video will be recorded losslessly. One important point is that if you want to play back the lossless video without quality loss, you must change the settings in your video player.


Below is how to check a lossless video using PotPlayer.

Run PotPlayer, then click Preferences ( F5 ).


In the Preferences window, 


click Video - Color Space/Attributes on the left, then in the Color Space group box on the right, select Convert manually if possible - Default output color space. ( If you do not configure this, even if the recording is lossless, the screen colors may still be altered during playback. )


Click OK, then play the video recorded losslessly.


At this point, press Ctrl + F1 in PotPlayer. As shown below, the output format of the video codec must be displayed as RGB(32 Bits).


Also, in the playback information under the File Information tab, the following properties must match as shown below.


Format profile                 : High 4:4:4 Predictive@L3

Color space                    : RGB

Color range                    : Full

Matrix coefficients            : RGB


Please note that Windows Media Player does not play this properly, and preview thumbnails will not be displayed in Windows Explorer.

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