Which software to record gameplays?

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

Hey guys! So lately, I've been trying to record my gameplay in steam. I know how to take screenshots, but is there any way to record gameplays on steam without any third party softwares? I have Fraps, but I don't want to use Third Party softwares, and I also don't think that steam has a feature to record gameplays. I googled and found that some use XFire and some use webgame and some use ........

 

What should I use? Fraps seems good though. PlawClaw looks good too.

 

 

Thanks

[Rashy]

Bandicam.

[chicksoup]

you don't have a nvidia gpu do you? if you did you could've used shadowplay, works like a charm

[ZetZet]

DXtory, shadowplay or FRAPS if desperate.

[Guest]

Hey guys! So lately, I've been trying to record my gameplay in steam. I know how to take screenshots, but is there any way to record gameplays on steam without any third party softwares? I have Fraps, but I don't want to use Third Party softwares, and I also don't think that steam has a feature to record gameplays. I googled and found that some use XFire and some use webgame and some use ........

 

What should I use? Fraps seems good though. PlawClaw looks good too.

 

 

Thanks

Yeah, if you've got an nvidia card, use the free and low-resource ShadowPlay. It's going to be the smoothest and most efficient experience you'll get.

[Blueprint]

Dxtory

[needmorewood]

just use OBS for local recoirdings. its very versatile and is real easy to use

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

you don't have a nvidia gpu do you? if you did you could've used shadowplay, works like a charm

All these softwares, can they record as much as we want? Or is it just 10 minutes and stuff like that.

[chicksoup]

All these softwares, can they record as much as we want? Or is it just 10 minutes and stuff like that.

shadowplay records as long as you want

[Buckley]

shadow play if you have an nvidia gpu

[Hans Christian | Teri]

OBS is pretty damn great.

[needmorewood]

All these softwares, can they record as much as we want? Or is it just 10 minutes and stuff like that.

OBS is free. no limits of any kind. no paid version. everything is just awesome

[ANUPLUCIFERGAMER]

OBS is free. no limits of any kind. no paid version. everything is just awesome

Gotta check this OBS

[totjup5]

Shadowplay or Dxtory

[BrightCandle]

If you can use Shadowplay, its by far the least impact option. I actually leave it on now without even worrying about it so I can just capture the last 10 minutes of anything if something interesting happens.

[jbr]

Anything but FRAPS

[Scottonpc]

Dxtory

 

[That Norwegian Guy]

I switched to OBS from Fraps not too long ago, and while Fraps is maybe a little more flexible and the best option if you have brute force of hardware, I had to admit my GTX 470 was getting old and I needed something that could record with less of an FPS hit. OBS to the rescue!

 

DXTory and Bandicam were the others I tried without finding them useful at all. OBS has the right mix of impact vs. quality for me.

 

One "negative" with OBS is that it seems to make the image slightly brighter. For recording and editing, (which is what I do) that is not a worry as no dynamic range is lost, but if I was a streamer I would be worried as there is no built in gamma control. Maybe Nvidia control panel can deal with it somehow... Otherwise just adjust the game you are recording a bit.

[FireViper015]

Fraps is great if you have infinite hard drive space. It sacrifices compression for performance, so I end up getting 2 minute recordings at 1080p that are 10 gigs. All of the other suggestions seem to be fine, but bandicam never runs well for me.