X264 encode missing frames, not smooth motion

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ml35
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X264 encode missing frames, not smooth motion

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When I watch a local usb camera live, I see smooth motion.
When I watch a recorded event from that camera, I get lots of missing frames (image remains still, then a new motion, then still again and so on)

I presume this is because the cpu is not powerful enough to perform realtime h264 encoding (the storage is fast enough)

Is the encoding happening in real time, and if yes, can ZM be made to dump a temporary raw video instead, then start a background encoding job with lower cpu priority, to ensure no frame is missed? And delete the temporary raw video after encoding.

Thank you
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