Encoding at 3840x2160

Julien Pierre

Contributor Joined: Apr 14, 2011 01:34 Messages: 476 Offline

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Mar 31, 2019 02:56

I'm trying to do screen captures of my desktop which is running at 3840x2160 .

Screen recorder, both from PowerDirector 16, and the version 4 free trial which I just tried, only allow encoding the final video in 1080p. I'm able to capture the whole 3840x2160 screen area, but 3/4th of the information is lost. The many windows that I have open are very hard to hard to read as a result. I don't need a high frame rate, but I really do need the full resolution.

Why are 480p / 720p / 1080p the only encoding resolutions offered ? Does Cyberlink plan to fix this ? MSI X99A Raider
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CLD

Senior Contributor Joined: Mar 23, 2007 02:05 Messages: 925 Offline

Apr 01, 2019 05:11

Quote Why are 480p / 720p / 1080p the only encoding resolutions offered ? Does Cyberlink plan to fix this ?

Most likely because the Screen Recorder 4 upgrade was mostly focused on game and live streaming, and most of the video streaming platforms (Twitch, FB, YouTube, etc) only support up to 1080p at the moment. Also, I don't think any of the main competitors support 4K capture yet, do they?

Maybe in the next version, whenever that will be.

David

Julien Pierre

Contributor Joined: Apr 14, 2011 01:34 Messages: 476 Offline

Apr 01, 2019 11:49

David,

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Most likely because the Screen Recorder 4 upgrade was mostly focused on game and live streaming, and most of the video streaming platforms (Twitch, FB, YouTube, etc) only support up to 1080p at the moment. Also, I don't think any of the main competitors support 4K capture yet, do they?

Maybe in the next version, whenever that will be.

David

Thanks for the reply. Just because competitors don't do it doesn't mean you shouldn't, IMO :

I use the screen recorder to make captures of problematic scenarios with various software, ie. bugs.
In some cases, I can reduce the desktop resolution prior to capture, but in others, when the bugs specifically happen at 4K, this is not possible.

I look forward to an upgrade to screen recorder in the future to allow more resolutions. Ideally, it should be possible to match the captured monitor's resolution for encoding. It shouldn't really have to be specified by the user at all by default, unless one explicitly wants to scale it down.

Julien MSI X99A Raider
Intel i7-5820k @ 4.4 GHz
32GB DDR4 RAM
Gigabyte nVidia GTX 960 4GB
480 GB Patriot Ignite SSD (boot)
2 x 480 GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD (striped)
6 x 1 TB Samsung 860 SSD (striped)

2 x LG 32UD59-B 32" 4K
Asus PB238 23" HD (portrait)

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Apr 01, 2019 12:41

Quote David,
Thanks for the reply. Just because competitors don't do it doesn't mean you shouldn't, IMO :

Just to be clear, this is a user forum and Cyberlink isn't involved in how fellow users answer each other's questions.

If you want to send them your feature request, use Rate Us & Provide Feedback under PD's File menu as that's an official feedback channel.

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