# How do you record a video of the game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\ **Created:** [January 11, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791 "2016-01-11T14:40:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/1 "2016-01-11T14:40:46Z")
I have seen people post videos of their game sessions, and I was wondering: How do you guys record your games? Which software do you use? Do you record every single game in case there’s something interesting or you find a bug etc.? ---
**Author:** ![KAYA43V3R](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kaya43v3r/32/312_2.png) [@KAYA43V3R](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/KAYA43V3R)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/2 "2016-01-11T15:03:57Z")
> [@yonizaf](#): > > How do you guys record your games? for my parts, I use Camtasia studio ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Dave](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/digital_dave/32/1540_2.png) [@Digital\_Dave](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Digital_Dave)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/3 "2016-01-11T15:10:27Z")
Not sure what device your playing GoW on, but for computers, you can use many software’s that allows one to create a video of anything you’re doing on screen. Be it playing a game, creating artwork, etc. I have done this for other applications, but not GoW since I play on console. (XB1) But as for the XB1, it’s cool because it has a built-in DVR so even after something has occurred, I can simply tell it to record the past few moments as needed. Be it 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, etc. This helps in being able to share this if needed. … I’m not sure about those on computers though? I find it hard to believe people are simply recording all the time _in case something happens?_ But I may be wrong? Unless they are simply trying to reproduce an error/action to show it here? ---
**Author:** ![MarvelKit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/marvelkit/32/7072_2.png) [@MarvelKit](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/MarvelKit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/4 "2016-01-11T15:12:34Z")
On the iPad I use Vidyo. On Steam I use Quicktime (since I use Steam in a Windows virtual machine on the Mac). ---
**Author:** ![sarcasmjew](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/sarcasmjew/32/523_2.png) [@sarcasmjew](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/sarcasmjew)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/5 "2016-01-11T15:15:07Z")
> [@yonizaf](#): > > I have seen people post videos of their game sessions, and I was wondering: How do you guys record your games? Which software do you use? Do you record every single game in case there’s something interesting or you find a bug etc.? I use OBS. I created a streaming preset and an offline recording preset. For offline recording you can crank up the quality of the video to ensure it is HD when you upload it to Youtube or other video hosting websites. ---
**Author:** ![Archenassa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/archenassa/32/153_2.png) [@Archenassa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Archenassa)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/6 "2016-01-11T16:31:03Z")
I use OBS too, it’s very easy to understand and the quality is pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/7 "2016-01-11T17:29:35Z")
> [@Digital\_Dave](#): > > Not sure what device your playing GoW on My bad, forgot to mention this. I’m playing on PC (Steam). > [@Digital\_Dave](#): > > But as for the XB1, it’s cool because it has a built-in DVR so even after something has occurred, I can simply tell it to record the past few moments as needed. Be it 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, etc. This helps in being able to share this if needed. … I’m not sure about those on computers though? Actually, this is what I was interested in. I know Nvidia ShadowPlay does something similar for PC, but I can’t use it because it requires a recent Nvidia GTX GPU. Can any of the software mentioned in this thread do this? i.e. sit and record the last 20 minutes or so, but only save on demand? Or does anyone know another software which can do this? ---
**Author:** ![Jainus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/jainus/32/34949_2.png) [@Jainus](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Jainus)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/8 "2016-01-11T17:31:44Z")
I use Debut Video Capture on the PC, I don’t bother on iPad… Debut is easy to use (even I manage it as a complete technophobe) - and quality is good. You do need to control on/off manually though, so I only record when I am trying to demo something… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Dave](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/digital_dave/32/1540_2.png) [@Digital\_Dave](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Digital_Dave)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/9 "2016-01-11T17:40:48Z")
Unfortunately, like Jainus mentions, the one’s I’m familiar with have to be operated manually. Not sure if any of them work such as the DVR I mentioned XB1 has? But I’m sure if there is one, (which wouldn’t surprise me) someone here would be able to point you in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![7ekn00](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/7ekn00/32/5532_2.png) [@7ekn00](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/7ekn00)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/10 "2016-01-11T21:45:03Z")
Control - Shift - F12 after the fact 😉 Nvidia Shadowplay has the last 15 mins of screencaps on hand! So if there is anything of interest, I save the last 15 mins to HDD 😃 7 ---
**Author:** ![Tacet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/tacet/32/35_2.png) [@Tacet](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Tacet)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/11 "2016-01-11T22:10:01Z")
I normally use OBS or Fraps. For something like Gems of War, OBS would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Nimhain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/nimhain/32/47049_2.png) [@Nimhain](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Nimhain)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/12 "2016-01-12T00:09:58Z")
I used Fraps when recording footage for our preview videos. ---
**Author:** ![yonizaf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/yonizaf/32/1435_2.png) [@yonizaf](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/yonizaf)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/13 "2016-01-12T08:26:45Z")
Thanks everyone. I tried OBS, and seems like it can indeed do a ShadowPlay-style buffer and save using hotkey. Now I just need to figure out the best settings for it. ---
**Author:** ![coreylee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/67e7ee/32.png) [@coreylee](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/coreylee)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 5:08am UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/how-do-you-record-a-video-of-the-game/2791/14 "2017-06-06T05:08:36Z")
A few days ago I had also tried using OBS for recording games videos. But ever since I heard about new XBOX subscriptions [Acheter Xbox gift card 50 euros I certainly moved to console gaming](https://www.press-start.com/fr/4-acheter-xbox-gift-card-50e-zone-euro/). And found it quite easy to record video game play on Xbox just simply with, double click the Xbox home button on the controller than use Y to record clip or x to save the screenshot.