Numbers for Genki Shadowcast and my new laptop

Lag testing

TV: Toshiba 43LF421U21 43-inch Smart HD 1080p TV - Fire TV, Released 2020

Monitor: Dell U2913WM

PC: Alienware 15 Notebook m15 R6

Nintendo Switch game with clock: Tetris 99

In-game clock displayed on TV: 00:00:56:65

In-game clock displayed on monitor (full screen while capturing): 00:00:56:58

I think I've determined that my TV in game mode has two frames of lag (need to find those pics). But the photo I took to test Shadowcast lag shows that even when I'm recording, the lag on the monitor is shorter than on the TV!

File sizes

1 hour and 20 minutes of raw 720p60 capture (default settings) by Genki Shadowcast (rounded down): 9.00 GB

Encoding with MeGUI

• 2000 kbps quick & cropped... barely passable quality (don't do this)
• 5000 kbps placebo... lossless, but takes forever (don't do this either)
• 2000 kbps / Advanced Settings: Encoding Mode: Automated 2pass, Bitrate 2000 kbps, Very Slow, Target Playback Device: PS3... very very good, damn near lossless, and although it takes a while, it won't be an overnight affair. This is the one to use, or if you're even more impatient, try the next-fastest preset at a higher bitrate. More info on presets here.

Comparing file sizes...

• 5 minutes, 39 seconds @ 720p60 capture (default settings)
• raw capture: 644 MB
• 2000 kbps... 97.0 MB (15% of original size)
• 5000 kbps... 218 MB (33% of original size)

Windows 11 annoyances, fixed

• Not getting the full 2560x1080 resolution of my ultrawide monitor (Dell U2913WM) through HDMI, from the laptop to the monitor? 
  
  At first I couldn't just select it from the menu; I had to open that little popup bubble on the right-corner that said, "This device could perform better" or something like that, where it took me to the NVIDIA settings and I was able to choose it.
  
  That was all well and good until I got my Dell D3100 dock and went back to my multi-monitor setup. Moving the HDMI from the back of my laptop to the dock, I couldn't get ultrawide no matter what, so I plugged the HDMI cable into the back of the laptop again and I got it.
  
  
• Can't change from the default Microsoft apps to view pictures and videos?
  
  The old trick of "right-click > Open With > Choose Another App > Always use this app" doesn't work anymore. Neither does the other way Microsoft wants us to use.
  
  Credit to Amdkt7 for this one. If you want to change your default app for images (e.g. IrfanView), Apps & features, scroll down to Microsoft Photos, scroll down and hit both the Repair and Reset functions, and then immediately do that old way of right-click and Open With to choose IrfanView. Similarly, if you want to use Media Player Classic for videos, you would go to Movies & TV and do the same thing.