Game video capture question...

[SilentGameTestR]

Not sure if this is the right section, but I do game recordings, as a hobby, not in a professional manner and I usually use Filmora for screen recording as I also use that software for editing the videos too.

Now, while I find that better than using Afterburner which saps more performance, I would like to record footage in another way because I will be getting an Ultrawide monitor soon and realised you cant use the PBP feature to record the other screen, so ill need an add-on.

Now this is obviously where capture cards come in to play which ive never used, but I was thinking, like many youtubers, some use a separate camera, however, my question is, could I use a webcam instead as that will be connected directly to the computer I want to record with?

I want to use the best option that doesnt require pc processing power or atleast the minimal amount.

 

[Rroff]

If I'm understanding you right - no webcams normally don't have the ability to capture/process a monitor output from the signal, and using them to record the monitor optically is obviously not a great solution.

OBS is one of the better options for display/game capture in software otherwise you want an external capture card ideally hooked up to another PC/laptop for recording though that can complicate audio capture a bit depending on the quality of the capture card - the cheap ones tend to have horrible audio quality.

 

[SilentGameTestR]

If I'm understanding you right - no webcams normally don't have the ability to capture/process a monitor output from the signal, and using them to record the monitor optically is obviously not a great solution.

OBS is one of the better options for display/game capture in software otherwise you want an external capture card ideally hooked up to another PC/laptop for recording though that can complicate audio capture a bit depending on the quality of the capture card - the cheap ones tend to have horrible audio quality.

Thanks for reply.

Yeah basically I was thinking of mounting a webcam, be it on a stand or see if there are any mounts you can attach to the screen that extends so I can point the webcam at the screen. I was only thinking a webcam as they are connected directly to the computer. While screen recording captures the sounds, its not always needed.

I watch a lot of Dawid does tech and Randomgaminghd who I believe both use a camera to record their monitors.

That's an option I wanted as it doesnt affect the pc performance at all, but even 2nd hand im probably not going to afford anything worthwhile which is why I thought of a webcam as an alternative.