And with that, the newcomer can certainly be a better solution in terms of convenience, although there are some limitations that Nvidia’s video recording solution doesn’t have to worry about…

Recording PC gameplay is not too difficult. If you have an Nvidia graphics card, you can easily get started with Shadowplay. If you’re on AMD or Intel, there’s OBS Studio, which can stream in no time at all. But what if we forget to stop recording? What if we run out of space? A newcomer to the market could be the solution…

But we’ve known about it for a long time, because Steam is the one that made Game Recording available in beta. We’re talking about an automatic (!) video recording solution built into the client, and then within it, you can watch the recordings, or possibly from the overlay, and you can easily turn into short clips to share. Performance is not noticeably affected and the image quality is clear. Videos can be exported in MP4 format for use in Steam chat, mobile devices, or other hardware.

Steam records 120 minutes by default, and you can choose how much space you want to take up from five quality levels. By default, 120 minutes at high quality takes about 10.8 GB, with a minimum of 1.35 GB and a maximum of 21.6 GB (the latter being the best quality, of course). It only records the game, not the desktop. It can be set to record only the game sounds, or additionally our microphone or system sounds. But it can only be used within Steam, so Epic Games Store, GOG are all out… but it’s also compatible with the Steam Deck! (And speaking of Steam Deck, we recently wrote about how cheap the 512GB LCD model is now…)

To access the video recording feature for now, all you need to do is switch to the Steam beta client. Under Settings, Interface, select Steam Beta Update or Steam Families Beta. Update the client and you will see the option to record the game…

Source: PCGamer