Recording DCS World gameplay?

luckyfortune · February 9, 2015

I've been trying to see if I can record DCS World to stream and to save.

I have had some compatibility problems using Open Broadcast Software and Nvidia Shadowplay with DCS World, so what would you guys suggest I use?

Thank you very much.

schroedi · February 9, 2015

You can use FRAPS, but it eats performance.

KeyGirl · February 9, 2015

I use Shadow-Play (with NVIDIA cards) and TwitchTV (it´s free after creating account) for streaming. Have no problems today with latest GeForce-Experience & you can use your Twitch-Account with it.

But be in mind: you should have a good bandwith for upload the stream .... and a good processor too ;)

Wayc00lio · February 9, 2015

I've used Fraps before but like poster #2 says, its a performance killer. Not tried Shadowplay but it's the same kind of thing - if you've got an Nvidia card.

Ramrod_45 · February 9, 2015

I use MSI afterburner coupled with Riva Tuner.

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

=Mac= · February 9, 2015

I use Shadow-Play (with NVIDIA cards) and TwitchTV (it´s free after creating account) for streaming. Have no problems today with latest GeForce-Experience & you can use your Twitch-Account with it.
But be in mind: you should have a good bandwith for upload the stream .... and a good processor too ;)

You can use Shadow-Play with DCS now????? I don't want to stream, I want to save to my SSD. Is streaming from Shadow-Play the only way to use it?

KeyGirl · February 9, 2015

You can use Shadow-Play with DCS now????? I don't want to stream, I want to save to my SSD. Is streaming from Shadow-Play the only way to use it?

Yep! After few patches last time, u can now use shadow-play and of course: Isn´t the only program you can use.

There are diffrent software to capture and save to your SSD. You´ll have to trie out some of them :)

vicx · February 9, 2015

Shadowplay rocks does a great job with DCS and you can also record the desktop. You just fullscreen apps like Tacview and record them too.

zaelu · February 9, 2015

Btw... How do you record the desktop? I have an option there but looks dissabled.

SkateZilla · February 9, 2015

I use OBS which allows me to record a selected area or one of my many screens as well as PTT voice transmissions.

Razgriz1 · February 9, 2015

Haven't tried it yet with DCS but for AMD cards there's Raptr, which is essentially Shadowplay for AMD. It works with any game so don't see why it wouldn't work with DCS.

vicx · February 10, 2015

Zal, try and Google that problem. There are too many possibilities to guess. I would guess you run multi-monitor, or odd resolution, or have something disabled.

I run a single monitor with 3D settings 'single display performance mode'. Not saying it is this. It could be ANYTHING. Suggest you google.

luckyfortune · February 10, 2015

Thanks guys.

I have been having problems with OBS, for some reason. It crashes the game, even when I'm running both DCS World and OBS as Administrator. I've looked all over for a fix for it, but haven't found a solution yet.

I run a three-monitor setup, but for some reason, whenever I try to turn on Shadowplay, it gives me a little circle with a red strikethrough through it. Does anyone else have this problem?

Edited to add: I've updated to the latest certified driver. Still seems to be a problem, I can't get the overlay to work. The menu wants me to press ten different ctrl keys simultaneously to get the layout to appear and I can't unset it without it wanting me to press ten of the same keys simultaneously. It looks like Shadowplay's not an option if it's this buggy.

Edited again to add: Looks like I can't use MSI Predator to capture it, don't think my card is supported. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting OBS to work with this?

I use Windows 8.1, GIGABYTE GTX 770 4GB, i7 4770k, 16GB RAM.

I will have to check out MSI Afterburner!

Edited February 10, 2015 by luckyfortune

Belgeode · February 10, 2015

Lucky, do you have FRAPS open (or on your taskbar) while you are trying to run DCS and OBS? Often that is the culprit.

When I run OBS I set its processing priority to "above normal". I have not had an issue. However that being said, I rarely stream DCS World. It is not much of a "streaming game" as others I play. I instead use FRAPS to make movies for upload to youtube.

What are your video settings in OBS? (Screenshot will do)

JahManRed · February 10, 2015

I use DXTORY, I have tried them all and it is the best for fps I have found. Lots of extras for recording multiple sound sources

infernus1986 · February 10, 2015

I use MSI afterburner with x264 open VFW, almost no impact on game framerate on a Fx 8350 / R9-280

http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

http://sourceforge.net/projects/x264vfw/files/ need 32 and 64 bit

Attached SS of the configuration.

This is the result with no need to re encode for youtube HD@1080

311Gryphon · February 10, 2015

I'm going to have to try Shadowplay. I bought FRAPS but it does eat up some frames and the resolution is just never that great. I saw a DCS video recently that looked every bit as good as if I were actually playing and FRAPS just can't do that.

FoReIgNeR · February 11, 2015

For my DCS videos I use Shadowplay. It records full HD at 60fps without any significant frameloss or lag. Works superbly for me =)

Krunkskimo · February 11, 2015

i use OBS too so far that has had the least impact on my performance for games and its free.

SkateZilla · February 11, 2015

i use OBS too so far that has had the least impact on my performance for games and its free.

I use OBS to Broadcast Live to Youtube as well.

luckyfortune · February 12, 2015

Lucky, do you have FRAPS open (or on your taskbar) while you are trying to run DCS and OBS? Often that is the culprit.

When I run OBS I set its processing priority to "above normal". I have not had an issue. However that being said, I rarely stream DCS World. It is not much of a "streaming game" as others I play. I instead use FRAPS to make movies for upload to youtube.

What are your video settings in OBS? (Screenshot will do)

Thanks. I don't use FRAPS, unfortunately. I only have OBS at the moment.

I like to try to save my videos so I can upload my highlights or do recordings though.

My encoding settings are as follows:

http://i.imgur.com/JGtP6BP.jpg

And my video settings are:

http://i.imgur.com/zUZYUrT.jpg

Lastly, my capture settings are:

http://i.imgur.com/XwknD0K.jpg

Pman · February 12, 2015

Thanks guys.

I have been having problems with OBS, for some reason. It crashes the game, even when I'm running both DCS World and OBS as Administrator. I've looked all over for a fix for it, but haven't found a solution yet.

I run a three-monitor setup, but for some reason, whenever I try to turn on Shadowplay, it gives me a little circle with a red strikethrough through it. Does anyone else have this problem?

Edited to add: I've updated to the latest certified driver. Still seems to be a problem, I can't get the overlay to work. The menu wants me to press ten different ctrl keys simultaneously to get the layout to appear and I can't unset it without it wanting me to press ten of the same keys simultaneously. It looks like Shadowplay's not an option if it's this buggy.

Edited again to add: Looks like I can't use MSI Predator to capture it, don't think my card is supported. Does anyone have any suggestions for getting OBS to work with this?

I use Windows 8.1, GIGABYTE GTX 770 4GB, i7 4770k, 16GB RAM.

I will have to check out MSI Afterburner!

Currently 3 screen/surround is not supported by shadow play

Pman

luckyfortune · February 13, 2015

I see. That's very disappointing then. I hope they'll include it in a future update. If they do, that'll be what I'm looking for, but it looks like I'll need to find something that'll function for now as an interim measure.

xxJohnxx · February 13, 2015

I see. That's very disappointing then. I hope they'll include it in a future update. If they do, that'll be what I'm looking for, but it looks like I'll need to find something that'll function for now as an interim measure.

I did quit some testing with a couple of programs. Back when only running one monitor I tested OBS, ShadowPlay, Fraps and DxTory.

During the benchmarks I did, DxTory got the best results on my rig. Fraps, OBS and ShadowPlay all had a similar drop off, the one of DxTory was a bit lower though.

Both OBS and ShadowPlay unfortunately lacked in other areas as well. For example recording different devices onto different audio tracks was not possible, which was a bit of a problem during editing. (Not sure if that changed in more recent versions of both programs though).

So, personally I am quit happy with DxTory in most of the games I record. Depending on your system specs you might get different results with other software applications though.

EDIT: DxTory works quit well on a Nvidia Surround setup. You can decide how large the area is you want to record fairly easily.

zaelu · February 13, 2015

Zal, try and Google that problem. There are too many possibilities to guess. I would guess you run multi-monitor, or odd resolution, or have something disabled.

I run a single monitor with 3D settings 'single display performance mode'. Not saying it is this. It could be ANYTHING. Suggest you google.

It seems Aero must be on for desktop capture to activate. Thanks for the tip, I thought is disabled for everyone.

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