What is the best DB gameplay recording program?

(Tanker_Ray) #1

So, um recently I tried to record my plays, inspired by old S95 Stark Stoker that @Amerika recorded.

But I’m just one good player, had 0 knowledge about recording or editing things.

I just tried bunch of programs like Bandicam,litecam,ffsplit, etc. but every thing lowered my frame so hard that my only option was Loilo Game Recorder.

Here is my test recorded video.

I also tried to record all game plays in 720p, but I just couldn’t. May be because my VGA is only GTX 560 TI…

Had to record it by lowering all of my options to minimum, and maximum 480p.

Got any recommendations for better recording programs than Loilo? Internet nowadays… have way too much information that I just can’t choose the best one since there are numerous of it.

(Xan) #2

i heard shadowplay is good

(TheVulpesFox) #3

What did you set the quality at (or it might be called bitrate I think). Set that around 50 maybe? I would use Shadowplay aswell if I were you. But I don’t actually record stuff I just kinda watched some videos about it.

(zealousHumdinger) #4

Ever since I started on OBS Classic(https://obsproject.com/) I’ve never looked back. Try it you might like it. Send me a pm if you need any assistance, I could send your way the base config I use to record if needed.

(XavienX) #5

Use OBS, it records just as good as Nvidia Shadowplay. However whenever I recorded with Shadowplay, within something around 10 minutes, it reaches 2 GB. So a regular match like 15min at most it takes like 3-4GB which is ridiculous. It also records in Steam messages, Steam menu when in-game as well which is annoying. But one thing I like about Shadowplay is that it shows on your screen whether or not it’s recording and how many FPS you’re recording at unlike OBS.

However I prefer OBS more because of all the customization it can allow to get the most optimized recording. Even the streaming process has many options. Usually a 15min game, the video it records in 1080p, 60fps, the most it has gone to is 1.5GB, most of the time it’s only around 1GB. It doesn’t record in Steam, which is probably one of the reasons why the recordings take up less disk space than Shadowplay. However the menu looks unprofessional and not well polished but it’s still great and you may want to look up tutorials on YouTube first.

Last thing, many big YouTubers use OBS and some I watch for entertainment like FaZe Jev (I don’t necessarily play CoD), he recently switched from Shadowplay on his PC to OBS because Shadowplay takes up a lot of disk space storage for the recordings and causes quite some big FPS drops. I’ve seen some other YouTubers having this problem as well. I do know Optic Scumpii (2mil subs) uses OBS to record and stream and his videos come in great 60fps quality.

Here’s the link to OBS: https://obsproject.com/
Download the OBS classic, the other OBS on the right side is a newer one for multi-platform which isn’t necessary to record DB.
They have updates for patches to make better optimization for graphic cards from time to time. And also there’s forums there too if you wanna ask questions.

You can check out my recordings if you want (and no, not trying to promote my channel >_>): Xavien’s gaming channel

(FireWorks) #6

His (and my) 560Ti is pre-Shadowplay :slight_smile:

(Amerika) #7

Your 560TI is a generation too early to have Shadowplay (aka Share now) sadly. OBS recording works but it will put a heavy burden on your system which can cause lower game FPS than what you’d get if you were using something like Shadowplay. So you can test OBS and see if it works for what you want but if you have issues you might try what I suggest in the next paragraph.

A program I used to use rather successfully a while back was called Playclaw. I don’t know if it’s still being actively developed but it was very good at using your GPU and it took a lot of the recording burden off of your CPU.

Another thing that you should definitely do is when you’re recording, especially if you’re on a platter based harddrive, is try to record to another drive that isn’t your game drive. If you try to record at too high of a resolution and bit rate you might saturate your HD bandwidth on a platter based drive which can also cause performance hiccups in both game and video. So always record to another drive if possible.

Also, a general thing I noticed from your game was it looks like you have ViewBob set to on when you move. It makes you bob left to right. You might want to turn that off if you want a smoother game for yourself and for people watching :slight_smile:

(N8o) #8

Shadowplay with a high enough bitrate that there is little pixelation with motion. I set mine at 45mbps and it works fine
Sadly, I don’t believe the 500 series gets Shadowplay.

Look at upgrading I suppose.

(Supa) #9

If your compy can’t handle ordinary OBS, you can always try the Nvidia codec version. I think it is called NVENC.

(Jostabeere) #10

I’m pretty sure you can’t handle OBS since it’s recording and rendering at the same time.
The only recommentadion to get a better outcome? Get better hardware.

(APRenpsy) #11

Several tips from me, though how much it will help is unknown as your gear isn’t all that great.

First: Shadowplay and OBS are great recording programs.

Second: Having a external hard-drive is great, kinda depends on both your computer speed and the hard-drive speed! Or if you can buy one a SSD, anything to avoid recording on to the same hard-drive that your game is running on.

Third: Lower your game graphics.

(GildedDark) #12

If you have windows 10 it has a built in recorder works pretty good for me not that I have much experience
windows key + alt + r

(Gaspoline) #13

I used to use bandicam, it can take great quality and store it with little space, but it does not have the ability to press a button and have the last # mins of gameplay be recorded like shadowplay does

can obs do all of that? wondering if I should try it out

(MTLMortis) #14

As a moderator for the XSplit forums I would love to promote the product and hand you a product key for 3 months but it seems from your system specs that it would really hamstring your framerate.

Honestly OBS is probably your best bet but that sample recording you posted was pretty great. Smooth gameplay is loads more important than resolution. I would also recommend streaming/recording at 20-24 fps if that’s a setting that’s available.

If you want to offload the processing then you can get a good recording card that will take all the load off from your processor and compress on the fly as well.