Screen Capture

[Steadfast]

Hello guys

 

How can I record my PC screen?

I saw a video in youtube which records the windows installation. How did he do that?

 

Thank you

[Necrovarius]

The person recording probably used an external device, either another pc recording with a capture card, or a USB capture card.

 

If you are doing anything in windows, OBS can record your screen, but at a cost to performance if you don't have a decent system.

Edited October 6, 2019 by Necrovarius
Forgot something.

[Spotty]

Moved to Programs, Apps and Websites.

There's a bunch of programs that you can use to record your screen. I'd recommend using OBS (it's the same software a lot of streamers use to record their games).
 

3 minutes ago, Steadfast said:

I saw a video in youtube which records the windows installation. How did he do that?

If you want to record something like the windows installation process where you don't have an operating system installed on the system yet, you will need a hardware Capture Card and another PC to record the video output from the computer you want to record.

[Necrovarius]

13 minutes ago, Spotty said:

If you want to record something like the windows installation process where you don't have an operating system installed on the system yet, you will need a hardware Capture Card and another PC to record the video output from the computer you want to record.

Exactly what i said, right?

[Steadfast]

46 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Moved to Programs, Apps and Websites.

There's a bunch of programs that you can use to record your screen. I'd recommend using OBS (it's the same software a lot of streamers use to record their games).
 

If you want to record something like the windows installation process where you don't have an operating system installed on the system yet, you will need a hardware Capture Card and another PC to record the video output from the computer you want to record.

Thank you guys. I didnt know that I will need a 2nd PC to capture screen without OS hehe

[mariushm]

to record the bios, or something outside the operating system (so you can't run applications) you need to use a second computer with a capture card, or you need an external capture card which has the option to save to sd card or usb stick.

Here's an example of such a card:

Amazon.com: AVerMedia Live Gamer Portable 2 Plus, 4K Pass-Through, 4K Full HD 1080p60 USB Game Capture, Ultra Low Latency, Record, Stream, Plug & Play, Party Chat for Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo Switch (GC513): Computers & Accessories

 

Otherwise...

 

No, you don't need a 2nd PC.

You can do it in OBS, just need to configure the encoding settings correctly.

 

You can also do it with something as basic as Virtualdub, but obs works great if you configure it properly.

 

Here's a video i just made : http://savedonthe.net/a/temp/capture.mp4

it's recorded on a laptop with dual core cpu with 1368x768 screen

I'll delete the video in a few hours.

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edited...  because apparently only saw the "no, you don't need a 2nd pc" and felt the need to comment.

 

[Necrovarius]

1 minute ago, mariushm said:

No, you don't need a 2nd PC.

You can do it in OBS, just need to configure the encoding settings correctly.

 

 

 

I think you misread this, he is specifically speaking about recording without an OS. Which requires either a 2nd PC or external Capture Card.

[LogicalDrm]

4 hours ago, mariushm said:

No, you don't need a 2nd PC.

You can do it in OBS, just need to configure the encoding settings correctly.

 

Yeah, no. Not even with one OS already installed unless the new install is done in VM or something like that.

 

Though another option is to use actual camera. This is pretty much how TTL of OC3D does his BIOS reviews and guides.