Resources Good Recorder?

[Loyal Gaming]

Hey guys! Does anyone know of a good recorder to use for game plays that records decent quality and doesn't have a gigantic file size?

 

[TheoBoy10]

obs is a good one, i use it

 

[Loyal Gaming]

obs is a good one, i use it

I agree OBS is fairly good, i also use that at the moment just curious if there was anything better out there with the small file size it has. its pretty user friendly as well.

 

[JonathanNFLD]

OBS is for sure one of the best

 

[fattmat]

Hey guys! Does anyone know of a good recorder to use for game plays that records decent quality and doesn't have a gigantic file size?

I definitely like using litecamhd myself. You can mess around with your options, and everything is cheap to a degree ^^

 

[The Wiber]

I'd suggest you OBS or NVudua Shadow play (if you are using NVidia's GPU).

 

[Loyal Gaming]

I'd suggest you OBS or NVudua Shadow play (if you are using NVidia's GPU).

I want to use nvidia shadow but i have an Radeon R9 290 haha. but yeah so far obs is working best. thanks dude

 

[aJay]

OBS Studio or Dxtory because both of them have the capability to record different layers of audio(Your Voice, The Game, and Skype or any other communication software) which makes it easier to manage the sounds.

 

[Loyal Gaming]

OBS Studio or Dxtory because both of them have the capability to record different layers of audio(Your Voice, The Game, and Skype or any other communication software) which makes it easier to manage the sounds.

DxTory has some big file sizes tho.

 

[aJay]

DxTory has some big file sizes tho.

Lossless codec has big file sizes but the quality is amazing! There are other codecs that has small file sizes but still have amazing quality. But if you want smaller file sizes but meh quality, use OBS Studio.

 

[Loyal Gaming]

Lossless codec has big file sizes but the quality is amazing! There are other codecs that has small file sizes but still have amazing quality. But if you want smaller file sizes but meh quality, use OBS Studio.

The quality with OBS so far is decent but yeah i tried the lossless codec and jesus christ it looks great but the file size gave me aids :[

 

[aJay]

The quality with OBS so far is decent but yeah i tried the lossless codec and jesus christ it looks great but the file size gave me aids :[

Well OBS studio is good enough. :] but just saying, Handbrake is a software that can compress video files without decreasing the video quality!

 

[Loyal Gaming]

Well OBS studio is good enough. :] but just saying, Handbrake is a software that can compress video files without decreasing the video quality!

Yep i have had handbrake for about 2 months but haven't been recording. not sure what to play quite yet haha. too many steam games ;-; thanks tho dude :]

 

[hej]

Well OBS studio is good enough. :] but just saying, Handbrake is a software that can compress video files without decreasing the video quality!

That's technically impossible, if you re-encode your video you lose quality. If you remux it you do not lose quality but filesize does not change. The only way to compress a video without losing quality is by using an archiver and zipping it up.

 

[hej]

Hey guys! Does anyone know of a good recorder to use for game plays that records decent quality and doesn't have a gigantic file size?

You should look for a recorder that does Hardware Accelerated Encoding using AMD App or Nvidia CUDA or Intel Quicksync.

For Nvidia the only recorders that have this capacity are:

• Action!
• Bandicam
• OBS
• (maybe Raptr not sure)

For AMD the only recorders that have this capacity are:

• Action!
• Bandicam
• OBS VCE
• Raptr/Plays.TV

Older software like FRAPS/DXTORY does not have this capability and should not be considered.

 

[Loyal Gaming]

You should look for a recorder that does Hardware Accelerated Encoding using AMD App or Nvidia CUDA or Intel Quicksync.

For Nvidia the only recorders that have this capacity are:

• Action!
• Bandicam
• OBS
• (maybe Raptr not sure)

For AMD the only recorders that have this capacity are:

• Action!
• Bandicam
• OBS VCE
• Raptr/Plays.TV

Older software like FRAPS/DXTORY does not have this capability and should not be considered.

I've tried Action! but it has pretty big file size and don't have money anymore to get it haha. but it was pretty good. might consider it again.

 

[aJay]

That's technically impossible, if you re-encode your video you lose quality. If you remux it you do not lose quality but filesize does not change. The only way to compress a video without losing quality is by using an archiver and zipping it up.

Oh sorry, I meant without the quality decreasing that much

 

[hej]

I've tried Action! but it has pretty big file size and don't have money anymore to get it haha. but it was pretty good. might consider it again.

I'm recording on "medium" quality and have around 220MB per minute of footage.

Compare that to recording in RGB at 15.5GB per minute of footage.

 

[Loyal Gaming]

I'm recording on "medium" quality and have around 220MB per minute of footage.

Compare that to recording in RGB at 15.5GB per minute of footage.

Usually 15-30 min videos. can just delete them afterwards so it doesn't hog space haha.

 

[Kyle Tran]

OBS, Fraps, Bandicam, Shadowplay are very good screen recorders.