What Program Is Best To Record Tsw2?

I'd like to record TSW2 and my Trainz 2009 for uploading to YouTube. I've used D3DGear before, but it creates strange effects with the sky!

Any suggestions for other free Video Capture programs?

Dave

 

Nvidia Shadowplay

 

Or use the built in Windows Gamebar.

 

OBS works well, even though I haven't used it for TSW specifically.

 

Nvidia Shadowplay. It’s extremely easy to use and produces flawless quality over a wide range of bitrates. Sadly Gamebar doesn’t, and can be very pixelated at times.

Vitally though, Shadowplay has virtually zero impact on gameplay & FPS (I have games on an SSD and Shadowplay recorded to a standard HDD). You often hear YouTubers saying ‘those stutters are not the game, it’s my recording software’. Never once did I see that with Shadowplay.

Just bear in mind that if you intend to upload to YouTube that Shadowplay uses a variable audio bitrate which YouTube doesn’t like, meaning the audio can go out of sync after uploading. I used to run the files through HandBrake before editing a video together which solves the problem.

I also used the freeware version of DaVinci’s Resolve editing suite, which is pro standard yet easy to learn. Amazing quality given it’s free!

 

That's what I use as well, on the rare occasions when I have to record the game.

 

This is the right answer for anyone using an NVidia card that supports it. Given a fast enough disk it has next to no effect on frametime, which is something no other encoder can offer unless they're configured with NVENC. The one downfall for Shadowplay is that it doesn't support games running in HDR mode, which is unfortunate.

But that's not an issue in TSW2's case, unless you're running a recent enough machine and OS to be using Auto-HDR with it.

 

Never had a problem with OBS personally, its free, its open source and it does the job.

 

I use OBS for recording and streaming.; Does the job great. Note get OBS not SLOBS. It does all sorts of nice things like recording and streaming at different resolutions and frame rates simultaneously. Works very well with YouTube and Twitch. I use another open source project KdenLive as my video production software. It also does the job pretty well. It can do very complex production which means it does have a bit of a learning curve but you'll get it pretty quickly.

https://obsproject.com/
https://kdenlive.org/en/

Paul

 

Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll have a play around with those. My use is more amateur than professional, but even so, its nice to get a good result. Paul, I always try and avoid SLOBS!