Capture Comparison (PlayClaw5 vs D3DGear)

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Published on November 29, 2016 5:45:23 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVmXvu_7c7g

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Overwatch 2 (2023)

Duration: 7:24

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The inconsistency of the left pane is not indicative of PlayClaw5's quality. I'm guessing my PC doesn't like to hook two recording softwares into the same application. Also, for some reason (this almost never happens), PlayClaw5 would only record in 'Desktop' mode. Couldn't find Overwatch's frame. That might have something to do with the frame-rate drop.
Also, because of that, *screw* trying to reconcile two halves of a video with disagreeing frame-rates. I lucked out with the alignment I had., but when 18 frames are missing out of the second, frame-by-frame skewing is next-to-impossible.

So, comparison. D3DGear is an up-and-coming screen recorder that I got for Black Friday when its RRP was 30% off of "bloody ridiculous", and so for the week was only "kind of silly".
D3DGear offers far fewer customisations than PlayClaw 5. At first glance, the video was a little more vivid in colour and sharpness (nothing post-processing couldn't do, though). The file size was considerably larger (until Sony Movie Studio Platinum 13) knocked it to a comparatively manageable 873MB at 16531kbps. And for some reason (fault of mine or otherwise), PlayClaw5 seems to use such a hiked bitrate, with no appreciable difference or clarity between the two panes.

All told, I'm not impressed with D3DGear's comparative lack of customisation (I have no ability to change the bitrate - change it, clamp it or let it swing variable). But it seems to handle that stuff competently itself anyway.
It's definitely a go-getter if you're migrating from Fraps (why the hell are you still using Fraps), and it seems it can give you a good go if, like me, you're having problems with your preferred recording software.

Regarding my last Comparison video? Yeah, Shadowplay can suck one. It had so much potential, but it can't record multiple audio devices (my headset uses a different internal device for game audio versus chat audio), using VAC Banana is needlessly convoluted and still doesn't address the problem of having multiple editable audio streams (such if I can hear my team just fine, but want to raise their volume over the game in post, or duck the game audio beneath their voices). Unfortunately, D3DGear has the same problem. One input, one output. Why do the better recording softwares have to be so rigid with such a common feature?

So, so far, it goes (in descending order of overall quality):
D3DGear,
NVidia Shadowplay,
PlayClaw5 (where I am currently),
Open Broadcasting Software
Fraps

Because Fraps always and forevermore deserves to be the bottom of the barrel to stop everything worthwhile tumbling out when you hoist it.

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