Game DVR background recording

Bortas · Oct 17, 2018

Heya,

since the nVidia background recording isn't working reliably any more for me, since I upgraded to Windows 10 (sometime it kicks in, but most of the time it doesn't), I decided to use Windows Game DVR instead, since that's part of the OS anyway...

Only problem... the background recording can be set to record the last 10 minutes max, which is a bit low for my liking... I would be fine with 15-20 mins. Is there any way to increase this value by editing a registry value directly or something?

Thanks in advance

tafkabb · Oct 17, 2018

On Xbox the max is also limited to 10 minutes on the internal drive, but with an external USB 3.0 drive it's an hour. Maybe the same limitation on Win10?

Lestat · Oct 17, 2018

You could try Fraps. It does the pretty good recording.

Madrax573 · Oct 17, 2018

OBS is excellent for game recording

Bortas · Oct 17, 2018

Thanks for the tipps... will keep them in mind, in case I don't find another solution. The thing is, I prefer installing as little third-party-software as possible, especially when the OS has the functionality I need built-in.

Game DVR is doing (almost) exactly what I want and very easy to use, with the only exception that the maximum length for background recording can't be set to more than 10 minutes. I have no idea why they implemented such a ridiculous limitation, but that's Microsoft I guess :/

BongoBaggins said:
On Xbox the max is also limited to 10 minutes on the internal drive, but with an external USB 3.0 drive it's an hour. Maybe the same limitation on Win10?

Interesting... Sounds completely ridiculous but maybe I will try moving the recording-folder to a USB stick when I'm back home, just to find out if MS coders are really THAT braindead.

tafkabb · Oct 17, 2018

I'll take bets on that one.

Kamiyoda · Oct 17, 2018

Bortas said:
Thanks for the tipps... will keep them in mind, in case I don't find another solution. The thing is, I prefer installing as little third-party-software as possible, especially when the OS has the functionality I need built-in.

Game DVR is doing (almost) exactly what I want and very easy to use, with the only exception that the maximum length for background recording can't be set to more than 10 minutes. I have no idea why they implemented such a ridiculous limitation, but that's Microsoft I guess :/

Interesting... Sounds completely ridiculous but maybe I will try moving the recording-folder to a USB stick when I'm back home, just to find out if MS coders are really THAT braindead.

Yeah... Whats with that? Its not like the console cant handle it or anything.

redVENGEANCE · Oct 17, 2018

Bortas said:
Heya,

since the nVidia background recording isn't working reliably any more for me, since I upgraded to Windows 10 (sometime it kicks in, but most of the time it doesn't), I decided to use Windows Game DVR instead, since that's part of the OS anyway...

Only problem... the background recording can be set to record the last 10 minutes max, which is a bit low for my liking... I would be fine with 15-20 mins. Is there any way to increase this value by editing a registry value directly or something?

Thanks in advance

Try turning on the Experimental Features in GeForce Experience. This solved the issue for me.

tafkabb · Oct 17, 2018

Kamiyoda said:
Yeah... Whats with that? Its not like the console cant handle it or anything.

Probably something to do with auto-upload. It only works when saving to internal drive. But I've given up trying to understand why Microsoft do anything

Madrax573 · Oct 17, 2018

You're on PC I'm assuming since you are using Win 10. Just get Streamlabs OBS. You can record to your hearts content then. Easy to use and setup and away you go.

Bortas · Oct 18, 2018

redVENGEANCE said:
Try turning on the Experimental Features in GeForce Experience. This solved the issue for me.

Tried that, but didn't work for me. The Geforce Experience Ingame Overlay and Shadowplay work only once per reboot. After I exit the game, there's no way to open it again, not even directly out of GFE, without rebooting.

Additional Info: I found the registry key, where the maximum recording length for DVR is stored (in seconds). Setting it to a higher value manually has no effect, though.

Guess I have to try one of the third-party alternatives, then... is there a good open source tool for this?

Madrax573 · Oct 18, 2018

Bortas said:
Tried that, but didn't work for me. The Geforce Experience Ingame Overlay and Shadowplay work only once per reboot. After I exit the game, there's no way to open it again, not even directly out of GFE, without rebooting.

Additional Info: I found the registry key, where the maximum recording length for DVR is stored (in seconds). Setting it to a higher value manually has no effect, though.

Guess I have to try one of the third-party alternatives, then... is there a good open source tool for this?

OBS or the Streamlabs OBS. Both excellent and very easy to use. All my vids on my YT are recorded with OBS.

Bortas · Oct 18, 2018

Madrax573 said:
OBS or the Streamlabs OBS. Both excellent and very easy to use. All my vids on my YT are recorded with OBS.

Didn't realize it was open source... but it is, indeed... well, if Microsoft says "10 minutes ought to be enough for anybody", I will give OBS a try, then.

Thanks.

Madrax573 · Oct 18, 2018

Bortas said:
Didn't realize it was open source... but it is, indeed... well, if Microsoft says "10 minutes ought to be enough for anybody", I will give OBS a try, then. Thanks.

Yup totally open mate. And screw the 10 min thing. I record hours of hours of stuff that I cut down to bite sized chunks later.