This article describes programs that can help you capture video from a computer screen. They will help in creating video tutorials or guides for computer games. Gamers who want to keep the best moments spent in the virtual world are also interested in similar applications. The monitored utilities will help cybersportsmen record video of matches for analyzing errors and developing tactics.
Shadowplay
ShadowPlay - software that is installed with NVIDIA drivers and allows you to record a computer screen. The free program works with a limited number of video cards. It is only suitable for owners of GeForce Titan and GTX 600 and 700 series devices.
To start the ShadowPlay settings, just click on the NVIDIA GeForce Experience icon in the system tray, and then select the corresponding menu item. Using the switch in the left block of the window, you can enable or disable screen recording.
Operating modes
The program can work in several modes. Initially included "background". In this mode, the application records all the time, after entering the ALT + F10 key combination, the last few minutes of the video will be saved on the hard disk. The program for recording a computer screen allows you to change this time in the settings window.
Manual mode. To record, you need to press the ALT "+" F9 keys. In this mode, the video will be recorded to the hard drive continuously. After turning off the recorder, the application will form a video file. You can configure the program so that it does not save anything to the internal drive, but broadcasts what is happening on the screen in Twitch.
Video settings
Initially, the application was configured to record a computer screen in high quality: bitrate - 50 Mbps, frame rate - 60 FPS, the resolution is fully consistent with the screen settings. Compression is performed using the popular H.264 codec. The application allows you to change these settings manually.
As a sound source, you can use a computer game, a microphone, or both. To reduce the size of the video file, you can completely disable the recording of audio data. This is convenient if the computer screen recording is subsequently completely re-sounded.
Additional options
By clicking on the gear icon, you can open additional application settings. Here you can choose to capture video from your desktop or computer game. For greater convenience, continuous recording of sound from a microphone is available. Initially, it is only held while holding a certain button. You can enable overlay on the main movie of the FPS counter or video received by the webcam. Changing the directory in which the clips are saved is also available in this window.
The program for recording a computer screen is designed primarily for recording the process of passing computer games. All resource-intensive processes are performed using a video adapter, not a processor. This approach has reduced the impact of recording on system performance.
Although the program is free, it is in no way inferior to commercial products. Its interface is fully translated into Russian. One drawback is the need for a top-end video card.
Open broadcaster software
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) is a cross-platform program for recording a computer screen with sound . It is great for capturing the desktop, and for computer games. There are two versions of the program. To run the application in popular editions of Windows, Classic is suitable. The Linux version runs Studio.
After starting the utility, the main window will appear on the display, in which you can enable the preview, start recording or broadcasting, and perform preliminary configuration. If you click on one of the buttons, the program starts recording a blank screen with sound, so you first need to select a signal source. To do this, just right-click inside the "Sources" area.
Add "Desktop" to this list, additional settings will open. You can turn on the cursor display. If several monitors are connected to the computer, you can choose which one to record the screen of the cocomputer from .
If you select the item "Game" in the context menu "Source", you can select any working program. It’s not necessary to choose a 3D application. You can select any program whose window you want to write to the video file.
To start recording a computer screen , just click on the appropriate inscription. To check the settings, click on the "Preview" button.