No.
Double tapping the share button to manually begin recording is NOT how it's supposed to work. Missing recordings because you didn't MANUALLY begin recording when it's actually meant to always record is not user error.
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So...is Sony ever going to fix the share feature?
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No.
Double tapping the share button to manually begin recording is NOT how it's supposed to work. Missing recordings because you didn't MANUALLY begin recording when it's actually meant to always record is not user error.
Thank you!
Portugeezer
Member
No, but several times people think this.
No it's definitely broken. I know it stops recording if you go to any of the OS' menus. I've had two instances when I booted up from standby, played for a couple hours and it didn't record anything, the preview was showing the last clip before the standby boot up, with no option to save it.
I also don't understand the need to display on stream a huge censor bar whenever a notification pops up. It's dumb, can't they simply filter out some notifications? Even trophy notifications trigger it.
I also don't understand the need to display on stream a huge censor bar whenever a notification pops up. It's dumb, can't they simply filter out some notifications? Even trophy notifications trigger it.
Angelus Errare
Banned
They really are, they need to hire competent people. I know they're not in the best position financially but fuckin A.
arhra
Member
You can record longer clips via snapping GameDVR (snap GameDVR, "End Clip Now", choose between 30s/1m/3m/5m). Which, other than the 5m max length limitation, seems a much better way to handle it than the PS4 way of choosing a clip length in advance and being stuck with it.
Most of the time, 30s is enough, so you can just use the voice command, but if you want a longer clip, opening GameDVR and saving a longer one is still easy enough. On PS4, you have to choose up-front between having short clips for brief moments and being unable to record longer clips at all, or long clips and having to edit down every time when you only need the last few seconds.
No argument on the button and screenshot functionality being great, though (well, apart from the fact that the button is a constant reminder that the damn thing doesn't even work properly).
Andrefpvs
Member
Especially when you want to stream yourself getting a trophy. It's really stupid.
JonathanPower
Member
Lol, good one.
BruiserBear
Banned
This is the real problem. If we had a real gaming media they might actually call them out on this. Of course 9 months in that still hasn't happened, so I'm sure Sony feels no real urgency.
CambriaRising
Member
Share has always worked 100% as intended for me, I hope it gets worked out for all the people who are affected.
Do you often put your system in standby? I've noticed a few people mention that so I wonder of its a common source of the problem.
I also hate to ask, but some people don't know what the share button was intended to do and continue to sierras misinformation. You're saying that yours constantly records in the background so that hitting the share button always saves the last 15 minutes of whatever you did? That's how it's supposed to work. It's not working properly if it requires you to start recording in order to save something.
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Banned
Mikey Jr.
Member
I'm going to take a video later. You'll see what I mean.
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
You can't fix something without stability. First you need to make sure the system is really really stable, then you patch that stuff.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Doesn't seem like it. This was one of the featured they hyped up before the release, so you would think that they would prioritize fixing it. But no, 7 months in it's still completely broken (at least the automatic recording part). I'm almost starting to think this is unfixable, like there's some serious issue that cannot simply be fixed through software. Which would suck.
NO.
How it's supposed to work: The PS4 automatically (i.e. with no user input at all) and continously records what you're doing in whatever game you're playing. When you press Share the last 15 minutes of gameplay are there, ready to be saved and shared.
How it works: The PS4 usually doesn't automatically record what you're doing, or it just records the first 15 minutes and then stops. So when you press Share after doing something cool 30 minutes into your play session, that footage isn't there.
The people complaining aren't the ones who don't understand the feature, those saying it's just user error are. You're the ones who don't understand how this is supposed to work and why it's broken.
NO.
How it's supposed to work: The PS4 automatically (i.e. with no user input at all) and continously records what you're doing in whatever game you're playing. When you press Share the last 15 minutes of gameplay are there, ready to be saved and shared.
How it works: The PS4 usually doesn't automatically record what you're doing, or it just records the first 15 minutes and then stops. So when you press Share after doing something cool 30 minutes into your play session, that footage isn't there.
The people complaining aren't the ones who don't understand the feature, those saying it's just user error are. You're the ones who don't understand how this is supposed to work and why it's broken.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
EDIT: Double, thought someone else would have posted by now.
If they don't end up delivering on features they advertised for this console, I'll be very disappointed. This just keeps on going to show that early adoptors are always at a severe disadvantage and it's always better to wait. I mean come on Sony... at the very very least you could have had standard ps3 features ready for the PS4. No DLNA kills me because I'd rather use the PS4 for that than the PS3 because the PS4 is a multitasking beast. How is it this fucking hard to implement these features? I want someone to actually fill me in on what the issue is hear because I clearly must be naive about some aspect of console design.
Also it's sad that the feature that makes this gen feel more unique than the prior doesn't even work properly. You have a dedicated button just for sharing gaming moments and the whole system doesn't even work properly. This is feature that Sony is still actively marketing..
Also it's sad that the feature that makes this gen feel more unique than the prior doesn't even work properly. You have a dedicated button just for sharing gaming moments and the whole system doesn't even work properly. This is feature that Sony is still actively marketing..
It's explained 2 posts above yours.
The last 15 minutes of gameplay not automatically recorded for me.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Don't have to do that anymore, they added a "tile" for your gallery (or whatever it's called) right on the main menu in an update a while back. So just use that.
Uno Venova
Banned
Have they ever even addressed that it's not working properly for users?
UnlovedJew
Member
I thought it was just my PS4 this entire time. Yeah, they should really fix it. If I go on a crazy tear on Destiny or encounter a hilarious glitch in Watch Dogs, I want to be able to show my friends it with absolute certainty that they're seeing it the way I did entirely uncut with context.
Portugeezer
Member
Are people that unaware about how the share button is supposed to work?
PS4 should always be recording in the background, the last 15 minutes should always be available for you to share. Something cool happened? Press share button, trim it down if you must, then upload it. Simple. We all had those moments throughout our years of gaming that we would have loved to share, this is how the background recording should work.
Instead, that is not how it works currently. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't, so we have to manually set it to record (double tap share to do this) which guarantees your footage will be recorded and saved. Problem is that this means you are recording and saving gigabytes of video even if nothing particularly special happens and you don't want to share it. So then you have to go and delete all the useless video.
I would never have been able to share this to the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMUrP1nuP4&t=2m01s
I haven't heard them mention anything, nor have those press sneak fucks ever asked them from what I understand.
PS4 should always be recording in the background, the last 15 minutes should always be available for you to share. Something cool happened? Press share button, trim it down if you must, then upload it. Simple. We all had those moments throughout our years of gaming that we would have loved to share, this is how the background recording should work.
Instead, that is not how it works currently. Sometimes it works, most of the time it doesn't, so we have to manually set it to record (double tap share to do this) which guarantees your footage will be recorded and saved. Problem is that this means you are recording and saving gigabytes of video even if nothing particularly special happens and you don't want to share it. So then you have to go and delete all the useless video.
I would never have been able to share this to the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qMUrP1nuP4&t=2m01s
I haven't heard them mention anything, nor have those press sneak fucks ever asked them from what I understand.
Exploratory
Banned
Do we seriously still have people coming into share problem threads saying "it works fine must be you"? FFS let's entertain the possibility that these people are right and we're all just bloody idiots at the very least it would be a severe lack in design for so many people to have this problem.
But its not it just doesn't work correctly for a ton of people.
But its not it just doesn't work correctly for a ton of people.
You thought that was ever actually coming?
hahaha you poor fella
My dream is that they will have a huge fall OS update with everything we've been waiting for
Is there anyway to do it without gameDVR being snapped though? Like can I set it going and then unsnap it?
It's been working more consistent for me lately, but still not 100%, sometimes the prompt to save a video clip does not show up and if you back out and do it again, it'll capture you backing out and re-entering the menu.
And even when it does work, the sharing options are bad. Is there a reason I can't upload a picture to one of the dozens of image hosting sites direct from my PS4? And why do I have to press the Share button on something to upload it, this creates an unnecessary picture of the upload screen. And of course, no YouTube support for videos. Even something like Vimeo would suffice at this point.
And even when it does work, the sharing options are bad. Is there a reason I can't upload a picture to one of the dozens of image hosting sites direct from my PS4? And why do I have to press the Share button on something to upload it, this creates an unnecessary picture of the upload screen. And of course, no YouTube support for videos. Even something like Vimeo would suffice at this point.
you can go to the capture gallery on the main UI bar to upload without hitting the actual share button
FWIW, share has always worked for me but it really sucks for people having issues and it's clear Sony needs to do something about it.
stargateheaven
Member
LOL actually the ps4 has the same problem with the clock as the ps3 did. can't believe they made the same mistake twice.
it took them about 3 years to move the clock on ps3, so good luck guys.
p.s. share has always worked perfectly for me. and YES, i understand the problem completely. But it works just 100% fine for me. and i never use STANDBY btw if that matters.
KnockOneOff
Banned
Yeah it's crap, awful that is blanks cut scenes and worse that it wouldn't record me infamous
Portugeezer
Member
What is the clock issue?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Automatic continous recording always works for you, without fail? If you start a game and start playing, without touching the Share button, and then press Share like an hour in, you always get a clip of the last 15 minutes? Because that's what's not working for most people.
I wish people who don't understand how this is supposed to work (not saying you're one of them) would stop asserting that everything is working great for them.
Revolutionary
Member
It works as intended for most games, but in some games the devs change up the buffer in different ways, therefore messing up the timing of the clips.
For instance, BF4's clips were the first 15 minutes of booting up at first (I think they patched it, but it's DICE so who knows), Watch Dogs doesn't allow you to save hacker clips (haven't played in a while so may have been fixed), and Destiny beta doesn't allow you to save in a match (but allows you to do it in the results screen for some reason).
For instance, BF4's clips were the first 15 minutes of booting up at first (I think they patched it, but it's DICE so who knows), Watch Dogs doesn't allow you to save hacker clips (haven't played in a while so may have been fixed), and Destiny beta doesn't allow you to save in a match (but allows you to do it in the results screen for some reason).
stargateheaven
Member
works exactly as you said it's supposed to for me.
i know some people have problems, but i dont. i dont know what could be causing the error. i dont use standby if that counts.
everytime I've used it, it's worked as I expected it to
ipukespiders
Member
Have you tried blowing on it?
Seriously. This is one of my pet peeves as of late.
This kind of shit happens all the time in BF4 threads as well.
"Everything is working perfectly fine and has for X amount of time!"
No it's fucking not, you douce. When dozens and dozens of people are stating something doesn't work for them, it's not okay to waltz in there and proclaim that everything is perfect for you and that everyone else is at fault.
It works perfectly for me in the manner you just described. I've used it multiple times recently throughout the destiny beta.
7DollarHagane
Banned
when you double click the button doesn't it then start recording and overwriting the last rolling 15 minutes?
i dont think its automatic.
i dont think its automatic.
no it's supposed to always be recording
CambriaRising
Member
I almost always put my system in stand-by, unless I will be gone for a few days or the system is unplugged. Mine constantly records and when I go to the share menu, I press Triangle to save the clip. If 15 minutes or less have passed it will record whats there. I haven't had this fail once.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Good for you, but it obviously is an issue for a lot of other people.
SerTapTap
Member
I still don't undertsand exactly what's wrong with the video share feature, but because of all the issues I just use my capture card (which has 2.5 hours of flashback recording, and I wish it were more). It's a shame though because the screenshot share feature is great and should be the standard for consoles. That the video part isn't up to par is sad.
I guess they do this to prevent recording sensitive info, but if you're streaming it just puts a placeholder "busy" sort of screen, that's a way better solution than breaking the recording.
I guess they do this to prevent recording sensitive info, but if you're streaming it just puts a placeholder "busy" sort of screen, that's a way better solution than breaking the recording.
FranXico
Member
That is the problem, it should always allow you to save the latest 15 minutes, regardless of how long you've been playing.