PC Game recording

SeraphX · 26 Sep 2013 at 12:03

Been trying to record some Audiosurf game footage.

I have Afterburner, K-Lite Codec pack, Sony Vegas 12

Main problem is Afterburner, I managed to record some raw footage, but a 4 minute video without audio ended up unusable says Vegas, The format was .avi, I've a few different codec options in afterburner (Xvid, H264) but Audiosurf crashes...

All I want is a reasonable quality video around 720p and less than 500mb per 5 minutes.

Has anyone got a quick simple 'this is how I've been doing it for ages without issues fix?'

Afterburner is the latest 3.0.0 Beta 15.

Azraeluk · 26 Sep 2013 at 12:25

I'd be tempted to have a look at http://obsproject.com/ I have been using to record The Secret World in 1080p and it does create nice small files in pretty much most formats but it can also stream directly to twitch.tv etc etc.

Its also FREE!

Suarez7 · 26 Sep 2013 at 12:25

OBS is great.

On Holiday · 26 Sep 2013 at 12:26

I'd recommend Dxtory + Lagarith. Truly is the best recording software I've tried to date.

Dandaman · 26 Sep 2013 at 12:27

I know this isn't free, but Dxtory is really good and has tons of options available to you.

~>Dg<~ · 26 Sep 2013 at 12:53

or fraps

SeraphX · 26 Sep 2013 at 13:20

Sick to death of this now,

Tried Orbs, got audio, black screen...

Tried Dxtory and nothing, set the folders up correctly, the hotkey, nothing... It shouldn't be this bloody hard to capture game footage!?!?!?!

Suarez7 · 26 Sep 2013 at 13:23

You're doing something wrong on your end then.

On Holiday · 26 Sep 2013 at 13:32

Set RivaTuner Statistics Server to the following
Application Detection Level: Low
Stealth Mode: On
On-Screen Display Rendering Mode: Vector 2D

Lostmyrag · 26 Sep 2013 at 14:41

Dxtory, hands down winner, worth ever penny (about 20 quid) and lets you split audio channels, which i think is pretty important, especially if you play with other people.

MissChief · 26 Sep 2013 at 17:27

I just wish NVidia would get a move on with Shadowplay and origin would enable streaming.

linktoinsanity · 26 Sep 2013 at 17:31

I use FRAPS, then Movie Maker to edit. Works fine.

Nemeses · 26 Sep 2013 at 17:36

linktoinsanity said:
I use FRAPS, then Movie Maker to edit. Works fine.

+1

matty114 · 27 Sep 2013 at 00:02

YarwoodUK said:
I'd recommend Dxtory + Lagarith. Truly is the best recording software I've tried to date.

Love this and Virtual Audio Cable to split my game + VOIP into separate channels.

Take a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw6YAoai8fQ

SkeeterUK · 27 Sep 2013 at 00:16

YarwoodUK said:
I'd recommend Dxtory + Lagarith. Truly is the best recording software I've tried to date.

Yep this.

Omaeka · 27 Sep 2013 at 01:41

Vegas sucks, try VirtualDub, it's free too.

UncleRuckus · 27 Sep 2013 at 02:26

OP are you limiting fps? I thought it would be clever to limit it to 30fs as that's youtube's limit, however this really messed with the audio. Try setting the limit to 60fps or off.

Tony Williams · 27 Sep 2013 at 03:28

Probably a hardware based recorder, screen cap than installed software, or record it (like ingame-built) and playback and use screenrecorder? I did this under CSS back in thes days. The ingame rec, uses a lot less powah. IMO Ive seen them boxes that are dedicated for the action.