Game Recording Question

[fletch to 99]

Hey all,

 

I was looking to record games at 1080p and I was wondering:

 

1. which program do you use to record?
2. What are your record settings?
3. Which program do you use to edit?
4. What are you render settings?
5. Whats you avg output size for 5 mins of video?

Currently I'm testing out Action! and it seems decent. I'm open for suggestions though!

[WoodenMarker]

I use fraps.

I capture at 40-60fps full size. I record my Windows sound in Multichannel.

I edit with Adobe Premiere CS6

I render at max/original sequence settings.

[Kayn]

1. OBS

2. capture at 60FPS

3. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

4. Use a custom h.264 setting

[bchampion96]

Hey all,

 

I was looking to record games at 1080p and I was wondering:

 

1. which program do you use to record?
2. What are your record settings?
3. Which program do you use to edit?
4. What are you render settings?

Currently I'm testing out Action! and it seems decent. I'm open for suggestions though!

 

I use Dxtory (the best IMO) with lagarith lossless codec

I record at 720p 30 FPS because my internet is shit for 1080p uploading :P

Vegas Pro 12

wmv 720p 30fps

 

If you use Dxtory, Vegas is the best editor to use because you can drag and drop raw files with NO fiddling unlike adobe premiere (the only other editor that works)

[fletch to 99]

I use fraps.

I capture at 40-60fps full size. I record my Windows sound in Multichannel.

I edit with Adobe Premiere CS6

I render at max/original sequence settings.

 

 

1. OBS

2. capture at 60FPS

3. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

4. Use a custom h.264 setting

 

Thanks for the feedback -- also what are your avg output sizes for 5 mins?

[fletch to 99]

1. OBS

2. capture at 60FPS

3. Adobe Premiere Pro CS6

4. Use a custom h.264 setting

Do you export to .mov? What's the file size for 5 mins? The reason I ask is because I have a bandwidth cap of 50gb/month and my up speed is .5mbit

[Kayn]

Do you export to .mov? What's the file size for 5 mins? The reason I ask is because I have a bandwidth cap of 50gb/month and my up speed is .5mbit

No I export to a mp4 video file. I just checked and for one of my random League of Legends game play for 5 minutes it comes out to be 1.1Gb (1151MB exactly).

[EChondo]

1. OBS

2. capture at 60FPS

This as well, but I capture in 30FPS and have it set to 720p output, so the file sizes are relatively small, but still have great quality.

 

For example, I have a 10 minute footage and its file size is 313MB.

[Kayn]

This as well, but I capture in 30FPS and have it set to 720p output, so the file sizes are relatively small, but still have great quality.

 

For example, I have a 10 minute footage and its file size is 313MB.

Yeah that's what I usually do. Capture it in 60 FPS but then change it to 720p and 30FPS when I'm in Premiere Pro. But fletch did ask what the size would be if it was exported into a 1080p file. 

[EChondo]

Yeah that's what I usually do. Capture it in 60 FPS but then change it to 720p and 30FPS when I'm in Premiere Pro. But fletch did ask what the size would be if it was exported into a 1080p file. 

Yup, no prob. I'm personally trying to find a good program to output to .mp4 or similar file format while offering good quality and FPS, but I don't want to have to use a 2nd program to render downward.

 

So far OBS has worked, but you could always use Handbrake to see if you can remain the same level of quality while having something smaller.

[SkilledRebuilds]

Capture 1080p/50fps or 720p/60fps using MSI Afterburner (Using compression but keeping 100% quality selected)

Using Powerdirector to edit and output maximum quality 720p/1080p or upscale it higher.

If it is a 1080p video then I also run it through Premiere dual pass encoding 16Mbps MP4

 

Filesize is determined by bitrate used and length of the video. Results may vary using different bitrates.

[Inkz]

I use MSi afterburner 1080p 60-40 FPS If it makes my game too laggy I do 720p 60FPS. I use MJPG with 100% quality. As for sizes it depends on FPS and Resolution, although I leave my sizes somewhat larger to keep some quality.I have not yet had a need for an editing program.

[Inkz]

Mine is

 

Capture 1080p/50fps or 720p/60fps using MSI Afterburner (Using compression but keeping 100% quality selected)

Using Powerdirector to edit and output maximum quality 720p/1080p or upscale it higher.

If it is a 1080p video then I also run it through Premiere dual pass encoding 16Mbps MP4

 

Filesize is determined by bitrate used and length of the video. Results may vary using different bitrates.

I use a similar approach.

[Dudenstein]

Which software gives you good 720p recording with minimal performance loss?

[DeViLzzz]

I saw videos my son recorded and somehow uploaded them to YouTube.  He used his Nintendo 3DS to record him playing games on our old 32" CRT tv at his mom's.  :O

As for me well Xsplit Broadcaster records stuff but I haven't intentionally recorded stuff and edited it ever.  I am wanting to as I was told to look at having an active YouTube channel to get people to come to my Twitch channel but I need simple to use software that is for sure.

[KieranThePCGuy]

I used these settings and they have been working a dream, minimal performance loss, less file sizes and the quality is superb.

 

Watch this video by JackFrags, Dxtory with the Lagarith Lossless Codec;

 

 

Hope it helps!

[crunzaty]

1. which program do you use to record?
2. What are your record settings?
3. Which program do you use to edit?
4. What are you render settings?
5. Whats you avg output size for 5 mins of video?

 

1. Action! (Mirillis)

2. 1080p, 60fps

3. Sony Vegas

4. Watch the Jackfrags video

5. It depends if you render it properly.

[Helly]

i use fraps, record at 30fps @ 1080p. I then edit with virtualdub to cut and paste video's together. then i split the sound and video with virtualdub.

 

i then run the video through MeGUI and encode the video with x264 @ 9000kbps and a whole lot of settings i spend some time on finding :P. Video is then awesome quality.

i DO NOT upload my video's. i just like to record games with an awesome story line to watch at a later point :P. its a weird thing maybe but w/e. i like it. can always upload it later...

 

i then open the audio with audacity and dump the individual channels as mono wavs. I then run it through DTS encoder suite and turn the audio into DTSHD Master audio :P.

if you want to keep the file size low i recommend not doing this @ 192khz 24bit cuz then the audio file will be larger then the video file :P. this is also why i record @ 30fps... DTS cant encode anything over 30fps :(.

 

is amazing watching back ur video's after months... you remember exactly what you were doing at certain points... or rather what you were trying to do when it went wrong :P.

 

i have no lag at all when recording.. i have 3 and 2 1TB discs running in raid-0 for this purpose so that i can copy and save the files very fast. reaching 200 to 300MB/s. Also have the games installed on the 2 discs and i record with the 3 discs so they don't bother each other when the game needs to load stuff while playing.

[fletch to 99]

I can't seem to get dxtory working correctly. When I record the video turns out all weird like random colors all over the screen. I followed the linked guide.

 

Edit: Fixed.

[Helly]

I have another question. I was looking to record some old games that run with 3dfx glide (half-life and unreal for example). Does anyone know if any recording program works with glide?

 

i tried fraps but that doesn't work.