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This is an overview of the different software available for recording game footage in Windows and on Macs. Although it's written with Oni in mind, the various instructions below should apply to any game. Of course, the most reliable method for high-performance video recording is to connect your PC to a video capture device, offered by companies such as Roxio, Elgato, and Blackmagicdesign, but these devices are also more expensive than any of the software options below. | This is an overview of the different software available for recording game footage in Windows and on Macs. Although it's written with Oni in mind, the various instructions below should apply to any game. Of course, the most reliable method for high-performance video recording is to connect your PC to a video capture device, offered by companies such as Roxio, Elgato, and Blackmagicdesign, but these devices are also more expensive than any of the software options below. | ||
==Codecs== | |||
The most popular by far remains the so-called MPEG-4 and DivX/XviD/3ivX/whatever series. There are also a few decent Microsoft codecs, either preinstalled or coming with Windows Media Player updates (also using the AVI wrapper). WMV is produced by Windows Movie Maker: the "superior quality" setting can have lousy anti-aliasing for titles, but for raw in-game footage it's mostly OK, and it has a very convenient compression ratio. Apart from those, there is a "countable infinity" of 3rd-party codecs, more or less compatible with cross-platform editing of the recorded footage. | |||
==Windows== | ==Windows== | ||
=== | ===Open Broadcaster Software Classic=== | ||
https://obsproject.com/ | |||
Tested OBS Classic 0.657b on Windows 10 Pro (Laptop), Oni in windowed mode and fullscreen | |||
;Pros | |||
:free | |||
:many options including customizable hotkeys | |||
;Cons | |||
:a bit non-intuitive / complex for starters | |||
German tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2n5nfE26YA | |||
English tutorial: ? | |||
Things you want to look at: | |||
* Settings > General > Language | |||
* Settings > Hotkeys > Broadcast: Start recoding: F2 (don't write, hit F2 key) | |||
* Settings > Hotkeys > Broadcast: Stop recoding: F3 | |||
* Settings > Broadcast Settings > Mode: File Output Only | |||
* Settings > Video > Change resolution so that it matches Oni's resolution | |||
* '''Right-click white "Sources" field > "Add" > "Game Capture"''' | |||
* '''(Game must be already running) Select Application: Oni''' | |||
* tick: [x] Capture mouse cursor | |||
In some cases: | |||
* Settings > Audio > Desktop Audio Device: Standard | |||
* Settings > Audio > Microphone/Auxiliary Audio Device: Disable (Build-in microphone of laptops can record a lot of noise) | |||
* Settings > Audio > (click button) Reinitialize and Apply | |||
===FRAPS=== | ===FRAPS=== | ||