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Recording Guide
Want to record your own guide or game? Here's where to look!
Please note: If you can't understand this tutorial or know what convert means, you are going to have a tough time recording.
-Recording your PC
As you have seen before, people record their PC games or desktops.
Recording your Game
There are multiple ways of recording your PC game, such as Halo, Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 2, whatever game you want to record. You will first need a recorder. The best record I have found is Fraps, it has amazing recording quality, and so far the best support. The only down side is that it costs money and you have to have a decent computer to record without lag. Now, Fraps is $37 US dollars, which I thought was cheap for how great it was. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DEMO OF FRAPS. It only records for 30 seconds and doesn't record sound, but I would buy Fraps if you could.
If you want a free one, try Gamecam. This one is free, but it leaves a watermark in the corner if the played video. It also seems to run horrible with certain programs that have to be shut down for it to record. Google this one to find it.
Recording your Desktop
There is a free one called Camstudio. This one seems to be the best but the video and audio sync are way off if you are recording Flash or with your voice. If you do voice, I would say narrate it in editing.
If money isn't a problem, I would say use Camtasia. Google this one to find it, I don't have a link.
-Recording your Console
There are multiple ways to record your console, but the easiest one I have found is to use a capture card. The Capture Card I use is a Dazzle DVC170 which can be found at Best Buy for around $80 USD. (A side note, Dazzles don't seem to work in countries other than America)
Splitting Your Signal
There are two ways to split your signal. This video shows the first way.
The second way is if you have an In and Out port on your TV. Put your AV cables on your console to your In port, then another RCA cable to the out, the other end of that to your Capture Card, and then record.
Why do you have to split your signal? To record and play at the same time.
-Converting your Video
Once you record your video, it's usually too big to upload to YouTube or not the right file format. You want to convert it to WMV or MPEG4, which are what YouTube allows.
To convert it, you need an editor. There is a free one called Windows Movie Maker. I know it's horrible but it gets the job done.
There is also Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier, which are both a lot of money but I have heard are really good.
When you render your video, be sure to set it to these settings:
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Size: 640x480
Format: MPEG4 or WMV
Audio: MP3
FPS: 30
With those you should have a reasonably good quality video.
Please note: If you can't understand this tutorial or know what convert means, you are going to have a tough time recording.
-Recording your PC
As you have seen before, people record their PC games or desktops.
Recording your Game
There are multiple ways of recording your PC game, such as Halo, Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 2, whatever game you want to record. You will first need a recorder. The best record I have found is Fraps, it has amazing recording quality, and so far the best support. The only down side is that it costs money and you have to have a decent computer to record without lag. Now, Fraps is $37 US dollars, which I thought was cheap for how great it was. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DEMO OF FRAPS. It only records for 30 seconds and doesn't record sound, but I would buy Fraps if you could.
If you want a free one, try Gamecam. This one is free, but it leaves a watermark in the corner if the played video. It also seems to run horrible with certain programs that have to be shut down for it to record. Google this one to find it.
Recording your Desktop
There is a free one called Camstudio. This one seems to be the best but the video and audio sync are way off if you are recording Flash or with your voice. If you do voice, I would say narrate it in editing.
If money isn't a problem, I would say use Camtasia. Google this one to find it, I don't have a link.
-Recording your Console
There are multiple ways to record your console, but the easiest one I have found is to use a capture card. The Capture Card I use is a Dazzle DVC170 which can be found at Best Buy for around $80 USD. (A side note, Dazzles don't seem to work in countries other than America)
Splitting Your Signal
There are two ways to split your signal. This video shows the first way.
The second way is if you have an In and Out port on your TV. Put your AV cables on your console to your In port, then another RCA cable to the out, the other end of that to your Capture Card, and then record.
Why do you have to split your signal? To record and play at the same time.
-Converting your Video
Once you record your video, it's usually too big to upload to YouTube or not the right file format. You want to convert it to WMV or MPEG4, which are what YouTube allows.
To convert it, you need an editor. There is a free one called Windows Movie Maker. I know it's horrible but it gets the job done.
There is also Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier, which are both a lot of money but I have heard are really good.
When you render your video, be sure to set it to these settings:
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Size: 640x480
Format: MPEG4 or WMV
Audio: MP3
FPS: 30
With those you should have a reasonably good quality video.