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| Karisa:
I think 13.5 is already widescreen, so it's not a good comparison. All the Windows games I've recorded should be 640x480, or some multiple of that (I've been using vpatch to scale to 1024x768 from my perfect Flandre video onward, which may or may not help compensate for YouTube's potential loss of video quality when it converts the video). If 640x480 looks distorted, and the game isn't 13.5/PC-98, it's probably because you've been mainly playing the game in a full-screen mode that stretches it. ...Speaking of recording, I have an issue of my own: I recently got a new computer and installed Windows 7 on it. I can't seem to find the "Stereo Mix" input setting that as far as I know I need to record sound with screen capture. The only sound input option that appears is the microphone, even after enabling "Show Disabled Devices? and ?Show Disconnected Devices". Any idea what I can do? |
| Tsym:
--- Quote from: ☯The Embodiment of fondue☯ on January 04, 2013, 11:56:41 AM ---Questiano here. Do touhou videos have to be at ~600x800 to look good like this, ir can they be widescreen videos to look good like this? The widescreen one looks normal to me but the 600x800 one looks... so... distorted. Or should I go with whichever one I'm more comfortable with (which the one I'd slightly prefer is the one that pleases viewers)? I also realised the screen resolution is, like, say, an illusion on the computer, but the real one you can record with. Is my hypothesis correct? --- End quote --- You always, always, always want to record at the game's preferred resolution (otherwise you'll also be recording blank space) and then upscale it with a fixed aspect ratio to upload it. For most Tohou games, the preferred resolution would be 640x480, and upscale it to 960x720 so Youtube lets you play it in HD. --- Quote from: Karisa on January 04, 2013, 10:49:14 PM ---...Speaking of recording, I have an issue of my own: I recently got a new computer and installed Windows 7 on it. I can't seem to find the "Stereo Mix" input setting that as far as I know I need to record sound with screen capture. The only sound input option that appears is the microphone, even after enabling "Show Disabled Devices? and ?Show Disconnected Devices". Any idea what I can do? --- End quote --- "Stereo mix" only exists in some audio drivers and not others. If you don't have it, then there isn't really anything you can do to enable it as far as I know. You're going to need to install a program like Virtual Audio Cables to do what stereo mix did, or alternatively you can record your voice separately and add it over the game audio. If you're doing live streaming, then you're going to want VAC. |
| Karisa:
--- Quote from: Tsym on January 05, 2013, 03:59:43 AM ---"Stereo mix" only exists in some audio drivers and not others. If you don't have it, then there isn't really anything you can do to enable it as far as I know. You're going to need to install a program like Virtual Audio Cables to do what stereo mix did, or alternatively you can record your voice separately and add it over the game audio. If you're doing live streaming, then you're going to want VAC. --- End quote --- Um, what does voice have to do with any of this? I thought the point of "Stereo mix" was to record the game audio directly, to avoid the problems of a microphone (like lowered sound quality and the need to be in a quiet room)? And if it only exists in some audio drivers, is it possible to replace the audio driver? If it's relevant, my computer is a new MacBook Pro, running Windows 7 via Boot Camp. |
| KLH:
--- Quote from: Karisa on January 05, 2013, 04:30:13 AM ---Um, what does voice have to do with any of this? I thought the point of "Stereo mix" was to record the game audio directly, to avoid the problems of a microphone (like lowered sound quality and the need to be in a quiet room)? And if it only exists in some audio drivers, is it possible to replace the audio driver? --- End quote --- Stereo Mix provides as recording input all sounds that are played by the audio hardware. Essentially, you can record any sound being played by the computer. However, this means that you may accidentally capture sounds played by other programs outside the game if they are not already muted. Voice is only recorded through Stereo Mix if your driver is set to play back recorded audio in real-time, so if your driver doesn't do this or if you have disabled this functionality, then it is indeed not an issue. Replacing the audio driver is a possibility, but this means you will either have to find a hacked driver or modify the driver yourself. My Fraps installation is set to automatically detect the best sound input, which sets the input source to Vista Direct Stream. Does your installation do this? |
| Karisa:
--- Quote from: KlLLAH573 on January 05, 2013, 04:39:25 AM ---My Fraps installation is set to automatically detect the best sound input, which sets the input source to Vista Direct Stream. Does your installation do this? --- End quote --- I've been using HyperCam 2, which I don't believe automatically detects the sound input (image, the only other option is "Microphone (CS4206" [sic]). As far as I can tell, both from some random searches and my previous (successful) attempts at getting it to work in Windows XP, you need to select the sound input somewhere in the computer settings (in Windows 7, "Manage audio devices" in the control panel, "Recording" tab). However, as I said, it doesn't seem to exist. Oh, by the way, as I thought, "Default sound recording device" records from the microphone, which not only picked up traces of a conversation that was going on outside, but included an annoying tapping sound effect in the recording every time I pressed a key. |
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