Terbinator
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Time to upgrade to MPC from VLC, guys.
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Nvidia's ShadowPlay - Now Available
- Thread starter Sethos
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VLCplayer has been really bad with the mp4 container for me for ages now. Switched to MPC HC and haven't looked back.
Kepler line with the onboard H.264
As mentioned, I love how it sorts itself inside the capture folder instead of just dumping recordings;
This is great. You should see my Fraps folder. A damn mess.
KingofGourds
Member
Vids are a bit muddier than FRAPS, naturally, but you can't argue with the performance and it certainly saves me some time in terms of the workflow - particularly if Youtube is the destination.
Once they implement a file-splitting capability for constant recording ala FRAPS I will probably switch over entirely.
Once they implement a file-splitting capability for constant recording ala FRAPS I will probably switch over entirely.
Primethius
Banned
Just downloaded it and tested it out. Seems to have little to no performance impact and I really liked the quality of the output file. Gonna try testing it out with some more games (LoL in particular).
Some Arkham Origins footage straight to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUys9-ZEcU
Some Arkham Origins footage straight to youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtUys9-ZEcU
Yeah, works as well as I could have hoped for me.
Just don't use borderless windowed mode (use real fullscreen).Valtýr;87676102 said:
No the fuck it's not. Raw or nothing at all. Excuse my french.
If you can't get raw footage out of Shadowplay then it's a failure in my books.
EDIT:
Can't agree with you more.
Self_Destructive
Member
Wow..you weren't kidding! Runs perfectly on MPC! lol, I instantly uninstalled VLC and set it as my new default lol.. thanks
Huh... I've tried using the DSfix fullscreen option and also the in-game fullscreen option. Doesn't work either way. Have you tried DS with dsfix in place?
Astral/H3X
Member
Hrm. Between this and Gsync, I might need to get an nVidia card when they start being reasonable prices...
Does it also capture 60 FPS or is it capped to 30?
I know it can stream to twitch with 60 FPS.
Some of us actually play games where performance matters.
Besides, why would you ever need anything other than FRAPS to capture RAW?
I know it can stream to twitch with 60 FPS.
Some of us actually play games where performance matters.
Besides, why would you ever need anything other than FRAPS to capture RAW?
cyberheater
PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 PS4 Xbone PS4 PS4
Looks great. Nice that there is a minimal performance hit.
In hopes that Shadowplay, if it supports raw, would offer better capturing performance, of course.
Smokey Mcpot
Banned
Really cool, just a shame about the 10min max on W7 despite quality settings
Silly question, but I like to have streams/music on in the background, is there a way to filter that out and just capture in game sound in general for footage? I noticed in Shadowplay settings that you can choose "Sound - In game/Off", but it still captures everything
Silly question, but I like to have streams/music on in the background, is there a way to filter that out and just capture in game sound in general for footage? I noticed in Shadowplay settings that you can choose "Sound - In game/Off", but it still captures everything
Have a Nice Day
Member
I tried this with Castlevania:LoS but it will only record the game without sounds, probably it had to do with my aftermarket sound card or something.
Well isn't the whole idea of ShadowPlay that it uses the hardware h.264 encoder?
Prophet Steve
Member
Yeah, I feel like that too. Too bad there prices are high compared to AMD now, ah well, see what they bring next generation.
Fair point. If that's the case then my ranting has been in vain.
Linearskillz
Member
Just tried it out - the quality is very good, perf hit was minimal - seemed to be around 5-10% in BF3. It records at 60fps which won't show on youtube, so it looks even better than the videos linked so far. Are there any reputable video sharing sites that play 60fps?
Did a benchmark recording with ShadowPlay on Batman Arkham Origins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79wfJUTDJss&feature=youtu.be
All settings on maximum (including PhysX), 4xMSAA. For comparison, without ShadowPlay recording:
http://i.imgur.com/PaYi3yg.jpg
Minimum framerate seems inconsistent and unreliable, seems to dip massively during transitions between scenes, however actual real gameplay doesn't experience these transitions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79wfJUTDJss&feature=youtu.be
All settings on maximum (including PhysX), 4xMSAA. For comparison, without ShadowPlay recording:
http://i.imgur.com/PaYi3yg.jpg
Minimum framerate seems inconsistent and unreliable, seems to dip massively during transitions between scenes, however actual real gameplay doesn't experience these transitions.
Mind posting the config file?
Valtýr;87679738 said:
http://ideone.com/Mr8Gkw
Can also confirm that the recorded video is choppy when played through Quicktime (not sure why this was the only video player I had on my PC) but as soon as I installed and played it on MPC-HC the playback is silky smooth. My performance hits are negligible so this is a pretty awesome piece of software.
The output will be 1080p, it shouldn't change what resolution you're playing at.
Yeah, it downsamples to 1080p from my 1440p.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm very impressed with the results I'm seeing in this thread. Really compelling feature.
I just spent a few minutes trying it out on a few games. I'm really impressed so far but there is one flaw I've noticed. It doesn't seem to record hardware-rendered audio, such as using OpenAL or DirectSound3D with your sound card. For most modern games this isn't a problem, as few support hardware sound, but I'd like to find a solution if possible.
blindrocket
Member
What would the easiest way to get audio commentary with the video?
KingofGourds
Member
Played a little more on Arkham and man, this thing is great. You really get to capture what you want, when you want and at such minimal cost.
Recorded an hour an a half of footage at 1080/60 and it was 19.1GB @ around 37mb/s.
It's kinda funny seeing as only two weeks ago I bought a 3TB hard drive specifically because I thought I'd be using FRAPS.
Recorded an hour an a half of footage at 1080/60 and it was 19.1GB @ around 37mb/s.
It's kinda funny seeing as only two weeks ago I bought a 3TB hard drive specifically because I thought I'd be using FRAPS.
I don't know why, but I LOVE those interior textures on that car, lol.