Minecraft AV recording test - opinions/suggestions?

I'm just testing out how well my computer records me playing Minecraft.
No, my computer isn't a beast. I really need an upgrade, and I am in the process of gathering funds for such an endeavour.

This was recorded fullscreen 1366x768 @ 30FPS with FRAPS v3.4.7

Please let me know your thoughts on the quality of this video in the comment section below. All comments will be read and appreciated!

I would like comments particularly aimed at the video and audio quality of the game. I will also be looking for comments regarding a LP of Minecraft generally.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• minecraft
• stress
• test
• gameplay
• commentary
• recording
• let's
• play
• lp

[Beca722]

The quality seems to be okay, id play it like this, idk all the fancy thigs you seem to be talking about...but i felt it was okay :)

[cybersteel8]

@Beca722 I'm glad you found this was smooth enough. Thanks for your feedback :)

[codingmasters]

As for that video, I think you're right, I can't see any major smoothness issues running at 30fps, but it's hard to judge when everything is so dark >.>

[cybersteel8]

@codingmasters I am planning on doing another recording in the daytime, maybe at a lower resolution, I don't know yet.

[codingmasters]

I suggest recording your voice independently of Fraps. Audacity is an excellent tool for doing that. Just make sure to sync up the recordings by doing some sort of "mark" on both recordings.

If you do end up doing a Let's Play, it might be worth setting up a server and connecting to that (even if the server's running on the same computer) instead of just doing a single-player thingy (I like the word thingy). That'll make it easier for people to join you later if you want to do that.

[cybersteel8]

@codingmasters Won't having Audacity open in the background increase the overhead, affecting performance?

And I plan on running a server to host the LP, this was in single player just for testing purposes

[iTat1000]

@cybersteel8 I believe optifine improves performance here and there, as well as changing the way fog is rendered.

[codingmasters]

@cybersteel8 yes, but it's very minimal

[Beca722]

things*

[cybersteel8]

@seanpawdraig oh shi---