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There are also a few decent Microsoft codecs, either preinstalled or coming with Windows Media Player updates (saved in a .avi wrapper). The WMV codec is used by Windows Movie Maker (usually wrapped in .asf, .avi, or .mkv): 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. | There are also a few decent Microsoft codecs, either preinstalled or coming with Windows Media Player updates (saved in a .avi wrapper). The WMV codec is used by Windows Movie Maker (usually wrapped in .asf, .avi, or .mkv): 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, if you are willing to experiment, there are a ton of other codecs that are more or less compatible with cross-platform editing of the recorded footage, and most of these should also be accepted by YouTube. | Apart from those, if you are willing to experiment, there are a ton of other codecs that are more or less compatible with cross-platform editing of the recorded footage, and most of these should also be accepted by YouTube. See the last section of the article for editing software. | ||
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If your Mac has standard [[wikipedia:Phone_connector_%28audio%29|minijack]] ports for audio input (microphone) and output (headphones), just plug one end of a standard audio cable into the headphones jack and the other end into the microphone jack to loop your sound output back into the computer. Then, in System Preferences>Sound, select "Headphones" under the Output tab and "Line In" under the Input tab. Make sure you also select line-in as your audio source when recording video in a program that also records audio. | If your Mac has standard [[wikipedia:Phone_connector_%28audio%29|minijack]] ports for audio input (microphone) and output (headphones), just plug one end of a standard audio cable into the headphones jack and the other end into the microphone jack to loop your sound output back into the computer. Then, in System Preferences>Sound, select "Headphones" under the Output tab and "Line In" under the Input tab. Make sure you also select line-in as your audio source when recording video in a program that also records audio. | ||
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Afterwards, you will probably need a way to edit your gameplay footage. On Macs, the above-mentioned ScreenFlow and iShowU Studio have built-in editors that appear after recording. iMovie is also available for free from the App Store. Free cross-platform editors include [https://www.shotcut.org/ Shotcut] and [https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/ DaVinci Resolve] (non-Studio version). | |||
[[Category:Oni Support]] | [[Category:Oni Support]] | ||