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Recording a game

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 10:39 AM

  Can someone explain to me how to record and save a game or part of a game you play?

  I am trying to use    Xsplit broadcaster

   

  Thanks 

  Gary  ( woodo )

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 11:09 AM

  I use Ocam and it's a very easy way to record the screen. Drag and set area to be recorded, and click a button. F2 stops it, and the video appears on my desktop (the only setting I changed was the video destination folder, I made it place all vids on desktop). It doesn't cause any meter jumpiness on my computer, either. And, I use a a 7 yr old Win Vista 4 GB ram, and 2.3 processor. I've tried many screen recorders and Ocam is the easiest, and less intrusive on my CPU and ram. A lot of people use bandicam, but it has that watermark, and a time limit per video. Ocam is free, no watermark, and no limit on recording. I guess it's probably what works best for you and your system, though. I use the VLC player to watch and the Windows Movie Maker to edit (yes, I'm a cheapskate...I like FREE stuff)......Jay

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 11:14 AM

  Thanks Jay, I really want to try the XSplit and see if I can get it going. If I can't then I will try Ocam

   

  Gary (woodo)

• MainzMan 9,593 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 11:32 AM

  jayw4862:

  Ocam is free, no watermark, and no limit on recording.

  That sounds great.  I've used Bandicam a few times and although the watermark doesn't intrude badly, not having it at all would be much nicer.  As would no recording time limit.

  Thanks for the tip.

  jayw4862:

  (yes, I'm a cheapskate...I like FREE stuff)

  You aren't alone there.

• Woodoworkery 3,498 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 12:30 PM

  Jay where do you find the link to share the video?

  Gary

   

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 12:51 PM

  Hi Gary

  Here is a channel we had for my old CC (it was just two of us). All of the vids were made using Ocam. I'm a hacker, so pay no attention to actual golfing :)

  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1ODOiIe7LTeURmVO2MY9mw

  Not sure how to post a link. You may have to copy and paste it.

  Jay

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 1:08 PM

  MainzMan:

  Thanks for the tip.

  You're welcome. Hope it works as well for you as it does for me. I am doing all of my saved shots (I just copy the share link and paste it to word pad) using ocam also. Just filming the main part from the best view. Then I use Win. Movie  Maker and just add them one after the other. Pretty quick. I wish I knew how ScottHope Made that compilation post on his profile. It's cool. But, I believe he is a tech guru or something. And I'm not :) hell, I still type with only my index fingers, lol.

   

• ScottHope 10,646 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 2:52 PM

  A tech guru? no, no, no......I just mess about with things that I don't really understand and when something good comes out of it I'm too embarrassed to tell anyone that I don't know how it happened, hehe.

• jayw4862 3,364 Posts

  Thu, Jan 9 2014 3:53 PM

  LOL

• CerinoDevoti 3,232 Posts

  Fri, Jan 10 2014 5:24 AM

  jayw4862:

  I use Ocam and it's a very easy way to record the screen. Drag and set area to be recorded, and click a button. F2 stops it, and the video appears on my desktop (the only setting I changed was the video destination folder, I made it place all vids on desktop). It doesn't cause any meter jumpiness on my computer, either. And, I use a a 7 yr old Win Vista 4 GB ram, and 2.3 processor. I've tried many screen recorders and Ocam is the easiest, and less intrusive on my CPU and ram. A lot of people use bandicam, but it has that watermark, and a time limit per video. Ocam is free, no watermark, and no limit on recording. I guess it's probably what works best for you and your system, though. I use the VLC player to watch and the Windows Movie Maker to edit (yes, I'm a cheapskate...I like FREE stuff)......Jay

  Great info and thanks. :)))