Playback is laggy and skips frames

[TheLightingFactory]

I'm having a strange problem with playing back recorded scenes. If I'm using the same frame rate Madrix is sending the playback will be far too fast. If I change this to a much higher framerate the speed is going down, but it looks like the ESP skips frames so effects aren't running smoothly. What could be the problem? Madrix is sending 25fps and ì have verified that by using an ArtNet viewer.

[tangophi]

Could it be that the frame rate is high enough that they are not captured and saved properly?

Did you try starting from a low enough frame rate - say 10 fps and gradually increase it till you encounter the issue.

It also depends on how many universes are involved.

[TheLightingFactory]

In the end I tried to use a much slower frame rate but even then it keeps skipping and running too fast. It's just one universe and about 59 LEDs times 3 (RGB). As a work around I recorded the effects too slow in Madrix so the playback is kind of the right speed with much less frames.

[tangophi]

Thats surprising with just one universe and 59 LEDs. Some of the things that you might want to check are:

• Try with a faster SD card.
• if the SD card is already good enough, then the SD card module may not be fast enough. HEnce, try to check if there is a faster/better SD card module.

I think the ESP module itself is fast enough for your needs.

[calonpintar]

same issue with me

[MillionsTx]

Guys are you sending full frames or optimised frames? If you are using madrix you can change this next to the FPS option in the devices tab. Most recording hardware requires full frames. Otherwise the timing will not be correct.