Simplest/best way to record ED in action?
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I wish I was English like my hero Tj.
If you have an NVIDA card, try ShadowPlay. It's awesome and it's how I've captured video of my sessions.
http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/shadowplay
http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/shadowplay
GTX 650 and above, isn't it?
GTX600M (selected), GTX600
http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/system-requirements
i can recommend it for almost unnoticable performance loss.
the option to "save the past few minutes to disc" is awesome (well it records the whole time when enabled...but since i put my TMP folder to ramdisk i could record the past 8 minutes without even noticing it's running.
See sig - AMD :S
there is always FRAPS...or the other solution the people streaming to twitch often use...can't remember the name
Edit: maybe this might be of interest...never seen it "at work" though (seems to be an approach to what Nvidia shadowplay does).
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8224/hands-on-with-amds-gaming-evolved-client-game-dvr
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Not tried on elite yet but I have used bandicam with success on other games. Makes files smaller than fraps and looks good without taking much cpu resources downside is that its not free unlike the nvidia software and that it does not have a similar function to shadowplay. Not sure if any other software have a function that works like shadowplay either.
and you fix it on your forehead while playing?
Lol preferably hold it vertically, you will get much more reaction from people on your videos.
FRAPS has been mentioned already but there are other programs also that are free if you don't want to pay for FRAPS.
Just be sure you have enough free space on your hard drive since video files have a tendancy to fill it up very fast depending on how much the video is compressed.
- MSI Afterburner - It is a program to change settings on your videocard like overclock etc but don't bother with any of that unless you know what you are doing. I use it just to record game footage. You also don't need to have an MSI product or videocard. It should work with any videocard. You can see instructions here: http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/predator.htm
- DXTory - I haven't tried this program myself but I've heard other people say that it is good.
- OBS - Open Broadcaster Software - This software can be used to both record game play and also broadcast to video streaming sites such as Twitch.tv.
Just be sure you have enough free space on your hard drive since video files have a tendancy to fill it up very fast depending on how much the video is compressed.
Use VideoLAN - it's free... and here's a HOWTO...
http://www.wikihow.com/Screen-Capture-to-File-Using-VLC
http://www.wikihow.com/Screen-Capture-to-File-Using-VLC
And how can I add written comments in a video, like I saw on many ED videos already?
Then you would need some sort of video editing software. There are several programs to do this. Most cost money (like Adobe Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas) but I think there are some free alternatives on the internet.
Examples:
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker - Free program for Windows.
I did a quick google search and found this also: http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/
It seems to be free for non-commercial use.
I managed to get FRAPS working, but it only records in game and not at desktop.
I'll try your MSI Afterburner program with my AMD 7870. Will that record desktop and then seemlessly into the game too?
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Record your commentary (I've used Goldwave for this before)
Splice it into the video with virtualdub
I did this for the first time a few months back using OBS, was very easy.
Just followed the below instructions to set it up for the first time.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/tutorial-for-open-broadcaster-software-or-obs.311/
Just followed the below instructions to set it up for the first time.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/tutorial-for-open-broadcaster-software-or-obs.311/
Use OBS (Open Broadcast Software) it's completely free and will record game sounds and microphone at various resolutions. You'll want to record at 1080 or 720 for posting to YouTube.
Download it here:
https://obsproject.com
I wouldn't bother with Fraps or DXtory, though while good, they won't record your microphone at the same time.
Setting up to record is extremely simple and you may enjoy what you are doing so much you may want to stream it on Twitch.
Editing wise you can check out Lightworks at:
http://www.lwks.com
It's also free.
Download it here:
https://obsproject.com
I wouldn't bother with Fraps or DXtory, though while good, they won't record your microphone at the same time.
Setting up to record is extremely simple and you may enjoy what you are doing so much you may want to stream it on Twitch.
Editing wise you can check out Lightworks at:
http://www.lwks.com
It's also free.
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FRAPS happily recorded my ED footage, sound and MIC input?
But it only records the game footage. Ideally I'd want desktop too. Does your program record desktop? ie: Could I video my desktop and then loading into and playing ED?