src/main/java/io/swtc/proccessing/ui/iframe/RecordingFrame.java

@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ public class RecordingFrame extends JInternalFrame {
                     sample.getWidth(),
                     sample.getHeight(),
                     20,    // Frame Rate
-                    25,    // CRF (Quality)
-                    "ultrafast"
+                    18,    // CRF (Quality)
+                    "superfast"
             );
 
             // 2. Initialize the HA Recorder

src/main/java/io/swtc/recording/cv/FrameProccessor.java

@@ -15,13 +15,14 @@ public class FrameProccessor {
             reuseImg = new BufferedImage(
                     rawImg.getWidth(),
                     rawImg.getHeight(),
-                    BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR // default java BufferedImage Type
+                    BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR
             );
-
-            var g = reuseImg.createGraphics();
-            g.drawImage(rawImg, 0, 0, null);
-            g.dispose();
         }
+
+        var g = reuseImg.createGraphics();
+        g.drawImage(rawImg, 0, 0, null);
+        g.dispose();
+
         return converter.getFrame(reuseImg);
     }
 

src/main/java/io/swtc/recording/cv/MediaSink.java

@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ public class MediaSink {
         recorder.setFormat("mp4");
         recorder.setPixelFormat(avutil.AV_PIX_FMT_BGR24);
         recorder.setFrameRate(config.fps());
+        /* this is essentially just building FFmpeg? Would've used ProccessBuilder for this lol */
         recorder.setVideoOption("pixel_format", "yuv420p");
         recorder.setVideoOption("preset", config.preset());
         recorder.setVideoOption("crf", String.valueOf(config.crf()));
+        recorder.setVideoOption("tune", "zerolatency");
+        recorder.setVideoOption("x264opts", "keyint=40:min-keyint=20");
+        recorder.setVideoBitrate(0); // 0 tells the recorder to respect CRF strictly
         recorder.setGopSize(config.fps() * 2);
 
         recorder.start();