YouTube growing pains and video capturing troubles

nathansmiththewolf · Aug 30th 2013

I'm having a tough time recording games like Gmod and Amnesia: TDD. Also, Xsplit isn't working for them and deserves to die. What has work perfectly for anyone else? Please give me Names, link, and other tid-bits in your reply. I'm trying so hard to get my channel to launch.

DaxSage · Aug 30th 2013

Fraps, its what most of us use to record gameplay and some use bandicam too

MadKlauss · Aug 30th 2013

I've been using Fraps for screen recording, Audacity for voice recording, Logitech software for facecam and voice and Adobe premiere pro 5.5 for editing. Everything has been working fine for now.
I recommend you try OBS. It's much simpler than Xsplit.

The_leviathan · Aug 30th 2013

Do you have Mac or PC?

I use screenflow and I haven't looked back.
(Sadly, it's only for Mac)

You could try Bandicam or Hypercam as well.

Or possibly Camtasia(though it's not reccomended for graphically intensive games/3d games)

Rencatgame · Aug 31st 2013

The best stuff I have found are Audacity for voice, Sony Vegas 12 for editing, a handicam for face, Fraps for screen recording, amd the blue yeti Mic. That is what I use and my videos turn out to be pretty high quality.

Chargun · Sep 1st 2013

I did a full hour and a half long recording session.................mic was muted.................nearly busted my €2,000 PC

MadKlauss · Sep 1st 2013

Chargun wrote:

I did a full hour and a half long recording session.................mic was muted.................nearly busted my €2,000 PC

You know you can just make a commentary after recording the video too?

The_leviathan · Sep 1st 2013

MadKlauss wrote:

Chargun wrote:

I did a full hour and a half long recording session.................mic was muted.................nearly busted my €2,000 PC

You know you can just make a commentary after recording the video too?

That's no worse than recording for a long time and then realize you aren't recording half way through. Done that several times. It becomes habit to make sure everything is ready to go now lol.

Chargun · Sep 1st 2013

MadKlauss wrote:

Chargun wrote:

I did a full hour and a half long recording session.................mic was muted.................nearly busted my €2,000 PC

You know you can just make a commentary after recording the video too?

I absoloutley hate post-commentary videos, everything all planned out I hate it

Also if I were to do a post commentary would not be the same, the suprise element and reaction of me at that moment is what people want to see not a stupid post commentary mono-tone crap

Plus I was in a skype call with someone at the time so yeah

aFlawks · Sep 3rd 2013

Hey, I'm here to save your soul! OBS works like a charm, I'll help you with it if you can't figure it out. It's all FreeFREEFREEEEE ofc!

KingShooter007 · Sep 3rd 2013

Well for online stuff Camtasia is great,even for Happy Wheels online

For fullscreen/3D games try Bandicam-the free version has a watermark and 10 minute limit but it is HD,with Mic support and you can set the files to be lower without losing quallity

If you don't mind uploading HUGE files try Fraps.It is paid,but it does full 1080p recording which is great for horror games

EternityGaming · Sep 3rd 2013

For me, fraps all the way

I use windows movie maker for webcam recording cos my laptop is custom built so the webcam doesn't have any software along with it. I don't use seperate software for audio recording though.

Joshraves · Sep 3rd 2013

I would have to agree with a fair few people here and recommend Fraps.
As for recording myself I just use my generic webcam software or Windows Sound Checker (Which is found in accessories in your start bar) for purely audio recordings.

macshepherd54 · Sep 3rd 2013

I recommend Dxtory cos you can chose loads of different audios to record like many mics and inputs. It also writes using your hard drive in a way i don't understand but it means that most people can record easy with no lag. Costs a bit tho.

jacksepticeye · Sep 5th 2013

Chargun wrote:

I did a full hour and a half long recording session.................mic was muted.................nearly busted my €2,000 PC

Happens to the best of youtubers too and all you can do is get into the habit of testing ebfore recording all the time.
I've had it happen to a playthrough I did twice. So by the time I actually recorded it properly it was my 3rd time playing it and it didn't look natural anymore so I deleted it.

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