Do I Need More Ram

[Bike Mi Vie]

I record GoPro using 1080p  at 80FPS

 

 This is my LAPTOP

 

Processor

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5500U CPU @ 2.40GHz

 

Video Card

Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500

 

RAM

8.0 GB

 

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit

 

 

 

Playback on programs like MPC or Windows Media Player and VLC and such and sometimes the programs work flawless without any stutter and then not.

Ive even did the EXPORT thing on GOPRO STUDIO to change it from /mp4 to avi and same situation. What else can I do on my laptop to see why my video playback is horrible.
I wont even mention how bad it is on Adobe Premiere

[Electronics Wizardy]

what does taskmanager look like during playback? Im guessing the igpu or cpu is limiting you due to that framerate. Id lower the frame rate.

[Bike Mi Vie]

Well I have it high FPS for a reason. That I can't do anything. I actually plan on going 120 eventually

 

 

My taskmanager, CPU is high usage. when using  Premiere, like 90+

but the other programs its up and down with the CPU. 

 

[Bike Mi Vie]

I mean basically once it reaches 100 it start to skip and such. Like right now. It is ok. I'm using MPC and plays fine

 

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Like now this screen shot, its perfect fine playing.

[Electronics Wizardy]

The problem is the low power cpu and gpu and the high framerate footage you playing. Either get a faster system or convert to a lower framerate for playback or a easier to play codec.

[Bike Mi Vie]

Ok. Easier to play Codec. Whats that? like converting it to something else?

 

I used Gopro studio, is there a specific setting.?

[AskTJ]

You would be best off either adding ram, or selling the laptop and getting a system with a faster CPU and more ram.

[Bike Mi Vie]

I thought about adding ram. the max I can go is 16. But I'm wondering, I'm using like 67% of my ram. I would think 67% is not bad. Is that bad?

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, Bike Mi Vie said:

Ok. Easier to play Codec. Whats that? like converting it to something else?

 

I used Gopro studio, is there a specific setting.?

when you use premiere you can have it make proxies and pick cineform here.

 

If your using gopro studio, convert all you footage to something like cineform or a simmalar(prores, DNxHR)

[Bike Mi Vie]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

when you use premiere you can have it make proxies and pick cineform here.

 

If your using gopro studio, convert all you footage to something like cineform or a simmalar(prores, DNxHR)

I used the STUDIO to convert it to AVI. 

 

What I noticed is that, playing AVI the CPU usages is signifcantly LOWER than the .mp4, and that makes sense.

 

Its like 30-60 percent. playing the AVI. I even use the 1/4 resolution in adobe.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, Bike Mi Vie said:

AVI. 

what codec? Thats a container

 

 

[Bike Mi Vie]

Well there are two choices AVI or MOV.

 

I'm guessing the codec is gopro cineform.

There is no option for me to choose a codec

[Bike Mi Vie]

I found this in the property of the exported AVI

 

Compressor: 'CFHD', GoPro CineForm Codec (x64) v9.1.4

[Bike Mi Vie]

I do notice in the sequence thing. I change it to Mercury Playback Engine Software only.

 

When I do that, video preview files are not so skippy. Playback is horrible still, but the previews are way better

[Daniel644]

it's your CPU, thats a low power dual core and is garbage and probably made more garbage by the crappy thermal solution used by the laptop, also is the drive in the laptop a HDD or SSD? a nearly 60 MB bitrate could get bottlenecked by a crappy 5400 RPM laptop drive if anything else hits the drive, we would be able to tell better if you grabbed a screenshot like this

 

so we could see whats getting hit the worse during playback