Render Buffering

In order to ensure output smoothness in all cases, by default Hippotizer stores several frames for each output before displaying them in a buffer. This buffer will increase the delay of live capture so may need to be disabled in certain situations.

There are three settings:

Automatic

Enables render buffering where there are four or less viewports.

Enabled

Buffers the output by up to three frames. Capture latency with buffering enabled will be roughly five frames. Using render buffering with more than four viewports will likely result in un-smooth output.

Disabled

Removes the buffer. Capture latency with buffering disabled will be between two and three frames.

*With buffering disabled output smoothness will be dependent on the timing of each display. It is advised to genlock the outputs together and ensure that Zookeeper outputs have the same frame rate as production outputs to ensure smooth playback.