The low spec of my computer is Nvidia GTX650 2GB and AMD
FX6350 processor at stock speed of 3.9GHz. I game on the lowest
setting at 1024x768 and get the average of 100-120fps but sometimes will drop
to 80s when there is heavy smoke.
Fragmovie on the lowest setting is not suitable as everything will look ugly
especially those jagged edges. It should at least be at medium setting to look
good but then this will drop the fps to below 60 when doing a recording on a
potato computer (without doing the steps below).
Read also:
CSGO HLAE Commands for Fragmovie
Preparation
To record smoothly, the first thing I do is to close any unnecessary
applications running in the background to reduce cpu and ram usage. Also to
set the power plan to
High Performance.
Recording Software
The next thing is I decide which recording program to use. I have tried
Bandicam, OBS, Fraps and Nvidia Shadowplay. Among these programs, Fraps and
Shadowplay give me stable fps during recording. Bandicam and OBS are
good however they sometimes do not perform well which I do not know why it
happens thus giving me stuttering recording even the game demo was playing
smoothly.
I play the demo at 1/4 speed which means the replay is slowed down to
25% of its original speed. You can do this by pressing
shift+f2 and click the 1/4 button. Recording at this demo speed will
give me more video details (frames) per second so during editing when I speed
up the recording to 4 times the video will play at normal speed and this will
look smooth because I have more frames compared to recording at normal speed.
Recording at high settings on a potato pc will definitely drop my fps but the
additional frames/details per second I get from 1/4 speed compensates it.
Audio is then also sped up to match the video length and pitch is locked to
the length also so that it will sound normal. Here, the editing software needs
to be able to do this such as Sony Vegas Pro and
Adobe Premiere Pro.
Console Command
Slow motion is optional but it makes the video look cool. This is easier to
achieve at high fps for recording simply by typing "host_framerate 1000" in
the console and the demo will play very slowly and it is perfect for slowmo.
Unlike playing 1/4 speed like above which is also slowmo effect, the audio
from host_framerate will stay at the same original pitch. I would only
recommend doing this when the clip does not need the game audio.
Others
Other thing that makes a CSGO video (not recording) smooth is
motion blur. This is not the in-game motion blur, it is produced during editing. This
motion blur is the
Smart Resample in Sony Vegas and
Frame Blending in Premiere Pro. However, this does not work well at video rendered
below 60fps because it will produce
ghosting effect. It would
only look good if the recording is at 60fps or above and the rendering is at
60fps or above as well. Disable resample or frame blending if rendering is at
below 60fps.
In addition, you might want to try a plugin called
ReelSmart Motion Blur for the video editing software.
