Best gameplay recording software?

potato58 · 21 Jan 2013 at 18:36

Hi all

For those of you who record your gaming, which software do you prefer? I've tried Fraps and I like the simplicity but I have 3 problems with it: no mic recording function, very system-intensive, uses AVI.

Can you recommend any alternatives based on your own experiences?

Thanks a lot.

radar19 · 21 Jan 2013 at 18:40

FRAPS does have a mic recording option. I find its not that system intensive, you will get a lot of lag if you are saving video to the same disc as the game you are running. If you really want decent, low system resource usage video recording. Use a capture card that encodes on the fly.

potato58 · 21 Jan 2013 at 18:42

It does?! Whereabouts?

bluDawg · 21 Jan 2013 at 18:48

Under movies tab, on the sound capture section its called 'record external input', but I would advise you record it in something else as you can change the sound levels later on.

Edit: spelling mistake :/

radar19 · 21 Jan 2013 at 18:48

potato58 · 21 Jan 2013 at 18:59

Thanks very much guys. I'm hesitant to start recording video and audio separately as I can't be bothered faffing around too much.

bluDawg · 21 Jan 2013 at 19:00

potato58 said:
Thanks very much guys. I'm hesitant to start recording video and audio separately as I can't be bothered faffing around too much.

It is worth it, especially if you have trouble with the audio as you always have a backup

Witcher1979 · 21 Jan 2013 at 19:01

Dxtory imo, some stuff about it here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18449701&highlight=dxtory+username_voorhees1979

Razor-BladE · 21 Jan 2013 at 19:02

MSI Afterburner for me.

silversurfer · 21 Jan 2013 at 19:03

^^ does that work on every system?

Bandicam is better for lower spec systems and smaller files

Gazanimal · 21 Jan 2013 at 20:42

MSI Afterburner works on any system.

MSI just lease the software, hence the name.

RedDanDoc · 21 Jan 2013 at 21:12

I want one of those devices that you plug into your PC or Console. Is it HDPR recorder or something ?

No matter what software I use it always affects my FPS.

P_A_N_I_C · 21 Jan 2013 at 21:35

^ Avermedia Live Gamer HD

V3teran · 21 Jan 2013 at 22:20

Bandicam is the best by far.

Gazanimal · 22 Jan 2013 at 15:42

RedDanDoc said:
I want one of those devices that you plug into your PC or Console. Is it HDPR recorder or something ?

No matter what software I use it always affects my FPS.

The Avermedia Live Gamer HD will also affect your FPS slightly.

It's better to be used as a capture source than an encoder, which means your PC has to encode the captured images which in turn hurts your FPS.

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Sin_Chase · 22 Jan 2013 at 17:10

Dxtory for software based. Nothing else comes close.

just Scott · 22 Jan 2013 at 18:15

Dxtory is the best because you can choose what encoder you use to capture with. Lots of hard drive space and fast CPU? Dxtory lets you use RGB24, completely uncompressed. Lacking hard drive space but have a fast CPU? Dxtory lets you use Lagarith - arguably the best lossless video codec. Very little hard drive space but fast CPU? Dxtory lets you use x264vfw which encodes in x264 on the fly as it's capturing, which gives insanely low file sizes. Slow CPU? Dxtory lets you use Ut Video Codec in fast decompress mode which is very light on the CPU.

Bandicam and Fraps give you very very few options.

kkbigal · 22 Jan 2013 at 19:40

I'm still a big fan of Dxtory; it's still what I use.

However, I think Neil79 posted an update in the Graphics Card forum a while back quoting the patch notes from the new version showing it should be possible to use MSI Afterburner with Lagarith and it now supported multiple recording sources (i.e. game input AND headset mic on separate audio tracks).

I can't verify the changes, but if it's true then it's the best free solution available.

potato58 · 22 Jan 2013 at 20:04

How about d3dgear? Does anyone have experience with that?

Gazanimal · 22 Jan 2013 at 20:05

kkbigal said:
I'm still a big fan of Dxtory; it's still what I use.

However, I think Neil79 posted an update in the Graphics Card forum a while back quoting the patch notes from the new version showing it should be possible to use MSI Afterburner with Lagarith and it now supported multiple recording sources (i.e. game input AND headset mic on separate audio tracks).

I can't verify the changes, but if it's true then it's the best free solution available.

Yes you can use the Lagarith codec in the latest MSI Afterburner and record 2 sources at once.