Intensity Pro 4k Review & Linux Screen Recorder Benchmark

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Published on January 31, 2016 8:04:36 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpaM3kjVsz8

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Counter-Strike 2 (2023)

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Review

Duration: 20:37

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My in depth review of the Intensity Pro 4k with a focus on usage on the Ubuntu Linux desktop, for recording the desktop, Linux games and also game consoles.

Timeline links:
Intro 0:00
Output Formats 2:22
File Sizes 2:56
Benchmarks 3:37
Problems RmD 6:24
Side-by-side 8:13
Image quality 9:47
Console recording
- PS3 10:26
- PS4 10:46
- Xbox 360 11:22
- Xbox One 12:04
Hardware Setup 12:41
Summary
- The bad 13:31
- The good 15:33
- End note 19:49

I pair the OBS with the Intensity Pro 4k, and use shortened versions of their name in the benchmark.

OBS + IP4k 3500 means I record with OBS through Intensity Pro 4k at a bitrate of 3500.

OBS + IP4k 10000 means I record with OBS through Intensity Pro 4k at a bitrate of 10000.

I did not use NVENC for two reasons:
1. I do not have a working implementation.
2. It's an Nvidia specific solution.

I try to cover as many scenarios as possible, but there's only so much I can encompass. No doubt I will miss certain use cases that some of you may have in mind.

In the benchmarks, I cover 4 games. They are Bioshock Infinite, Counter Strike Global Offensive, Shadow of Mordor and Metro Last Light Redux.

This review is based on a single computer setup. Most of the people who purchase an IP4k intend to use it on a separate computer from their main computer, not I.

I almost didn't include RecordMyDesktop in the benchmarks because of how unstable it is. It was the only program I needed to spend extra time trying to make it work to record the 4 games.

Thanks to Blackmagic Design, we can now record games on Linux using the Intensity Pro 4k and this should work well for any Linux distro. Official support however seems to be for DEB based systems (Ubuntu for example) and RPM based systems (Fedora for example).

I welcome any criticism and guidance on improving the video quality I put out. Please do bear in mind it took me one week to get this video put together (mostly due to issues with RecordMyDesktop and Kdenlive).

Product page of the Intensity Pro 4k:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/intensitypro4k

My main computer rig specs:
CPU - Intel i7-4770 3.4Ghz
GPU - NVIDIA GTX 680 2GB (316.18)
RAM - 24GB DDR3 ADATA 1600MHz
OS - Ubuntu 15.10 64Bit/Windows 10 Pro 64Bit (Dual Boot)

Video recorded using:
Canon SX50 HS
Blackmagic Media Express
SimpleScreenRecorder 0.3.3
OBS-MP
Kazam
Vokoscreen
RecordMyDesktop
Audacity 2.0.6

Video edited using the following software:
KDENLIVE 0.9.6
GIMP 2.8.14

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myromance123

About me:
I'm just a Malaysian, who is currently a game developer. Love Ubuntu and Linux, and more so gaming!

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