I made a bug report and they want me to take a video of the problem.
I have no idea how so what program do I need to install to take an in game video?
I have no idea how so what program do I need to install to take an in game video?
How do I take an in game video
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If you have an Nvidia GFX card, then I'd recommend installing Geforce Experience and setting up Shadowplay (that's what I use). Otherwise, you could try MSI Afterburner's recording function or something like Open Broadcaster Software or Fraps. All these options are free. Windows 10 also has some built-in game recording software through the Xbox app. This is all presuming you're on PC?
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If you're on PC, Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is free to get and fairly easy to use.
+Rep to both of you and thanks!
I will check out OBS.
I will check out OBS.
2 suggestions complementing the above:
- shadowplay is neat when it works, geforge experience actually may screw up your gpu performance. i've used it, i now avoid this crap.
- if support qa asks for video proof, time to send support gf themselves. it's their game, their bugs, it's on them. these guys have a salary, did you know? you're a customer, you reported, you did more than enough. move on.
- shadowplay is neat when it works, geforge experience actually may screw up your gpu performance. i've used it, i now avoid this crap.
- if support qa asks for video proof, time to send support gf themselves. it's their game, their bugs, it's on them. these guys have a salary, did you know? you're a customer, you reported, you did more than enough. move on.
The UI can occasionally be a little buggy, but I've never had any performance issues from Geforce Experience - just don't use any of the auto-optimisation stuff. In general I've found Shadowplay to be extremely reliable and it produces very good quality video with negligible performance impact. And I know lots of other people who use Shadowplay without complaint.
Wow, what's you problem? Sometimes videos and screenshots are crucial to better diagnosing, understanding and reproducing an issue. The support team are not physic and sometimes it is difficult to fully explain an issue without visual aids. Would you react in the same way if the support team requested more information about your PC's specs and OS? Providing better or more detailed information about an issue is hardly doing the support team's job for them.
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BTW,What is the best software for ED ingame recordings?
Correct, 1 video can save 1000 words.
Correct, 1 video can save 1000 words.
If you have an MSI Gaming motherboard or graphics card, then you can get a licence to use X-Spit Gamecaster for 18 months with no charge. I am using this at the moment, and it's very straight-forward. I haven't been able to get GeForce Experience to work for a long time, so I gave up on it. I have previously used OBS Studio - that works fine, but isn't as easy as Gamecaster.
that's one of shadowplay neat features. it's actually recording constantly into a circular buffer, then discards all recording unless you actually save the contents of the buffer.
i've experienced otherwise. i never touched auto-optimisation. at one point my fps in some games totally screwed up. i tried everything, from uninstalling/reinstalling drivers and experience to cleaning fans and filters. the fix: uninstall drirvers and experience, let windows automatically fetch latest nvidia driver, don't install experience: problem solved. kept it that way since.
i agree video evidence is luxury grade error reporting. it's just i don't think frontier's bug support merits it, that's all.
the idea that this guy is going through the process of downloading some recording software, installing it, figuring out how it works, recording the issue and uploading it ... just so that the bug remains probably unaddressed for months, if at all, is not a happy thought either.
if frontier would have shown in 4 years that they actually take bug fixing seriously it would be an entirely different matter. i've been a software developer my whole career, i was always grateful for any bug report, and i always had them addressed. in this game? i don't even report them. when i spot a bug i just lmao, at most i make a funny comment about it on the forum (if frontier does care, they can pick it up from there aswell). open software, community efforts ... that's one thing. doing other's paid work for free? no, sorry. ymmv.
Windows 10 Gamebar works ok but it's a resource hog. It does the usual 'record that' feature with variable length video choices. It also grabs screenshots, etc, etc.
Besides using a huge amount of system resources, it's reasonably simple. If it's switched on in your PC settings...Win+G brings the gamebar up...Win+Alt+G to record the last section of gameplay from 30 seconds up to 30 minutes, Win+Alt+Prt Scr to take a screenie.
Besides using a huge amount of system resources, it's reasonably simple. If it's switched on in your PC settings...Win+G brings the gamebar up...Win+Alt+G to record the last section of gameplay from 30 seconds up to 30 minutes, Win+Alt+Prt Scr to take a screenie.
Here's my previous post for a no brainer easy way to deal with this on the PC. It is very file efficient and doesn't impact your frame rate playing the game. Combine this with the excellent camera controls in ED and you only need to add imagination. It totally works with my five year old graphics cards. Sometimes less is more...
Regards
Regards
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I can toss in my own GeForce Experience - er, experience -
I run Sony Vegas and ProTools on my machine [so it is quite muscular] but I wanted Shadowplay because the Nvidia card should do a simple job of game recording without having to set up other third-party video apps...
Well, after experiencing some weirdnesses, frame lag and blinky futzits, I sent the OS backward in time to before Experience & downloaded and installed new drivers without Experience. Problem solved; unfortunately, I'm left with my original problem...
I know some people who install it and have no issues, and others get issues. No one knows why. I'd really like to use it's "black box"-like recording loop. You may get lucky.
I run Sony Vegas and ProTools on my machine [so it is quite muscular] but I wanted Shadowplay because the Nvidia card should do a simple job of game recording without having to set up other third-party video apps...
Well, after experiencing some weirdnesses, frame lag and blinky futzits, I sent the OS backward in time to before Experience & downloaded and installed new drivers without Experience. Problem solved; unfortunately, I'm left with my original problem...
I know some people who install it and have no issues, and others get issues. No one knows why. I'd really like to use it's "black box"-like recording loop. You may get lucky.
Ahhh yes, Bandicam, thx for the reminder; I've heard good things about it. Using Vegas for recording game footage is like using a jackhammer to get a weed out of a sidewalk crack.
You can do the same with OBS. If you select the nvenc H264 in recording options, you get the benefit of the dedicated encoder chip on your Nvidia card. Alternatively, if you run pretty much any modern Intel CPU, you can use the iGPU to encode video too, with an absolutely minimal performance impact as the game is running on the dGPU.
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X-Split also have a free version. It uses hardware encoding and I've never noticed any adverse effects or FPS drops. I am usually streaming and recording when playing. 
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I continue to use the NVidia Share stuff (used to be called Shadowplay). It's not bug free. Sometimes it doesn't record the system sounds, for some reason. A reboot fixes that.
I also had to tell Windows Defender to ignore the temp video folder, because it caused stuttering in the video.
Mostly, it works seamlessly and I don't have to think about it. The quality is excellent, and I've encountered no slowdowns or framerate problems.
If it works for you, it's a great option, very easy to use and set up.
I also had to tell Windows Defender to ignore the temp video folder, because it caused stuttering in the video.
Mostly, it works seamlessly and I don't have to think about it. The quality is excellent, and I've encountered no slowdowns or framerate problems.
If it works for you, it's a great option, very easy to use and set up.
I do have a GTX 1080Ti and I have used Nvidia GPU's since 2007. I refuse to install GEForce Experience. I have seen to many people in forums report problems that were caused by GEFE. The only thing I install are the drivers and no other box gets checked when I install Nvidia drivers.