What You Need To Know About Recording Footage From a Video Game

As you probably know it is possible to record footage from a video game – which is how people create all those gaming videos that you see on YouTube. However if you haven’t tried recording footage in the past you’re likely to be a bit confused as to how it’s done, which is why there are a few things you need to know:

• Varies based on platform

The platform that you use is going to determine exactly how you go about recording footage. Most modern consoles (PS4, Xbox One) come with built-in recording capabilities, though some adjustments to the settings may be required to record longer videos. On the other hand on PCs or Macs you’ll need to use screen recorders – specifically those designed to record games.

Another option is to use video capture cards, which can produce superior quality but require additional hardware.

• Can affect graphic quality

On computers, recording footage while you’re playing a game is going to increase the load on your system considerably – which can affect the quality of in-game graphics. That is especially the case if your computer was barely able to cope with it in the first place, and if so you’re likely to notice a drop in frame rate.

• Not all screen recorders are the same

Keep in mind that not all screen recorders are the same, and the features will be important. In particular if you’re hoping to include a small window with webcam footage of you playing the game then you’ll need a recorder that can record both your game and webcam simultaneously and overlay the footage on the video.

• Wear headphones if you’re recording from a microphone

The reason you see so many YouTube personalities wearing headphones in their videos is simple: If you’re recording audio from both your system audio and a microphone and the audio is playing through your speakers as well – it may be picked up by the microphone and sound really awful. As such you should wear headphones to prevent that from happening.

If you’d like to record games quickly and easily, you can try using Movavi Game Capture. All you need to do is launch it and set the ‘Capture Mode’ to ‘Game’ then use the icons to enable or disable audio recording from the system audio or microphone, or video from your webcam.

Assuming you do decide to record from a webcam as well, you can go to ‘Settings’ and use the ‘Webcam’ tab to adjust the capture parameters and set up the overlay. After that you can go back to Movavi Game Capture’s main interface and head to the ‘Video’ tab to adjust the resolution and frame rate.

All in all it won’t take long to set all this up, and once you’re done you can start playing your game. If and when you’re ready to start recording with Movavi Game Capture just hit F10, and then press it again when you’re done and it will be automatically saved to your hard drive.