Post by Laistrogian on Jun 25, 2014 1:48:14 GMT -8
I watched several clips from the competitive team's recording during the scrims and some of them were not really optimal. So, I thought I will just create a thread here to help everyone on how to make an at least decent recording that doesnt kill all the performance of the game and also doesnt take a lot of hardisk space. I'm going to use OBS here, just because it's the software that everyone uses
1. Download OBS from HERE & Install
2. When you open the OBS, you will be greeted with this kind of display:
3. Right click on the sources and do this:
4. Choose the name of that game capture that you want and then right click on it, go to properties. You should see something like this:
I personally went with hotkey just because it made the process easier, start the recording / stream, go in-game press the F12 and it shows up
5. Go to the menu bar, choose Settings and then click on settings
6. Go to Encoding and then you should see this:
Now, this is a bit of the tricky part. Check the use CBR and Enable CBR padding.
For Encoder: If you have Nvidia GPU that is GTX 650Ti and Above, you will have NVENC as an option, it is essentially the same encoder that shadowplay uses.
If you have Intel CPU that is at least ivy bridge (i3 / i5 / i7 3xxx), you will have QuickSync as an option.
If you dont have either of those, you're stuck with x264 encoder (which isnt necessarily bad)
For Max Bitrate: for x264 and QuickSync (720P 30fps), go anywhere between 2500 - 3500 for streaming and 2500 - 5000 for recording
If you're using NVENC: streaming (only 720P 30fps) anywhere between 3000-3500
recording: (720P 30fps) anywhere between 3000 - 5500
(720P 60fps) anywhere between 6000 - 9000
(1080P 30fps) anywhere between 8000 - 12000
Note: Bitrate is how big of a data your video will take per second, higher bitrate = higher quality but also takes more power to process
7. Go to the Broadcast settings
Choose the mode between live stream or output only (recording)
Choose where do you want the video to be recorded and saved (if you want to)
IF you're streaming, get your stream / path key HERE
8. Go to video
For resolution downscale, usually people choose 1080P (or none) or to 720P. Choose your filter to lanzcos and the FPS to 30 or 60 (or any number actually)
9. Go to Audio
Audio is rather a tricky part, you can set the mic boost or desktop boost if you feel like it's too soft. Each computer is different so just try to record yourself playing or talking to the mic and then tinker with the volume and mic bar shown in the first picture
10. Go to advanced and pretty much just copy this, unless you have one monster of a computer
11. Press OK and you're DONE.
You can also webcam (should you desire to do vanity cam which provides entertainment to TXR) or any picture or text, you can do so in the source section of the first picture, just right click and then choose what you want to add.
Whilst shadowplay program does certainly looks more tidy and easier to use, IMO it's too basic and simply doesnt give enough options.
Please feel free to ask me any questions about stuffs like bitrate, volume settings or what and why encoder to use
Additional Note: Streaming and recording does require a bit of power to do, so if your computer is already chugging hard just to run PS2, i wouldnt recommend doing recording and stuffs
1. Download OBS from HERE & Install
2. When you open the OBS, you will be greeted with this kind of display:
3. Right click on the sources and do this:
4. Choose the name of that game capture that you want and then right click on it, go to properties. You should see something like this:
I personally went with hotkey just because it made the process easier, start the recording / stream, go in-game press the F12 and it shows up
5. Go to the menu bar, choose Settings and then click on settings
6. Go to Encoding and then you should see this:
Now, this is a bit of the tricky part. Check the use CBR and Enable CBR padding.
For Encoder: If you have Nvidia GPU that is GTX 650Ti and Above, you will have NVENC as an option, it is essentially the same encoder that shadowplay uses.
If you have Intel CPU that is at least ivy bridge (i3 / i5 / i7 3xxx), you will have QuickSync as an option.
If you dont have either of those, you're stuck with x264 encoder (which isnt necessarily bad)
For Max Bitrate: for x264 and QuickSync (720P 30fps), go anywhere between 2500 - 3500 for streaming and 2500 - 5000 for recording
If you're using NVENC: streaming (only 720P 30fps) anywhere between 3000-3500
recording: (720P 30fps) anywhere between 3000 - 5500
(720P 60fps) anywhere between 6000 - 9000
(1080P 30fps) anywhere between 8000 - 12000
Note: Bitrate is how big of a data your video will take per second, higher bitrate = higher quality but also takes more power to process
7. Go to the Broadcast settings
Choose the mode between live stream or output only (recording)
Choose where do you want the video to be recorded and saved (if you want to)
IF you're streaming, get your stream / path key HERE
8. Go to video
For resolution downscale, usually people choose 1080P (or none) or to 720P. Choose your filter to lanzcos and the FPS to 30 or 60 (or any number actually)
9. Go to Audio
Audio is rather a tricky part, you can set the mic boost or desktop boost if you feel like it's too soft. Each computer is different so just try to record yourself playing or talking to the mic and then tinker with the volume and mic bar shown in the first picture
10. Go to advanced and pretty much just copy this, unless you have one monster of a computer
11. Press OK and you're DONE.
You can also webcam (should you desire to do vanity cam which provides entertainment to TXR) or any picture or text, you can do so in the source section of the first picture, just right click and then choose what you want to add.
Whilst shadowplay program does certainly looks more tidy and easier to use, IMO it's too basic and simply doesnt give enough options.
Please feel free to ask me any questions about stuffs like bitrate, volume settings or what and why encoder to use
Additional Note: Streaming and recording does require a bit of power to do, so if your computer is already chugging hard just to run PS2, i wouldnt recommend doing recording and stuffs
