Do record games with steam interface

[mjs warlord]

I know how to record game footage in steam and i know where they are stored , the problem is i cant find anything to view them , when i clicked on the folder windows said i dont have anything to view them , they are .pb files.

So i have 2 problem...
I need to be able to view them myself but dont know what to use.
If i upload them to dropbox will others need the same apps to view them.

 

[Pifanjr]

I know how to record game footage in steam and i know where they are stored , the problem is i cant find anything to view them , when i clicked on the folder windows said i dont have anything to view them , they are .pb files.

So i have 2 problem...
I need to be able to view them myself but dont know what to use.
If i upload them to dropbox will others need the same apps to view them.

I think you can find them through Steam and then export them as mp4, which can be played by most video players and browsers I think.

 

[neogunhero]

I've been messing around with it lately as well. I think it saves each clip and recording as a temporary file. When you view a clip via Steam, you must right click it and export the file to your computer. You can also change export settings so it's higher quality.

 

[Zloth]

Yep.

In the Steam program, look under the View menu on the top and select Recordings & Screenshots. That will bring up a window that has your recorded footage. Click on the recording and it will pop up and start playing your last hour's worth of footage (or whatever time you have it set to). Click on the time bar below the video and select a point a little before you want to begin recording, then click the "Clip" button in the lower right when it gets to the point where you want to start.

By default, it marks out the next 30 seconds, but you don't have to use that. There's an 'end clip' button that looks like scissors to the left of a dotted line that you can click to move the end of the clip to the current point. You can also just drag the start and end line to move them around on the time bar below the video.

Once you have the start/end time where you want it, you can click the Save/Share button and export the video file and it pops up a little dialog window. Click the Custom option at the top and you'll get a bunch of options to make the video resolution or framerate smaller, which lets you make the file size smaller if you want. It also gives you the option to pick what encoding to use: H.264 or H.265. H.265 makes considerably smaller files with no loss (that I can see, anyway) of quality. However, by default, Windows can't view H.265 format. You have to watch the video using the "VLC Media Player" or some other video viewer program. If you use H.264 instead, it will make a bigger file but you'll be able to simply double-click on it and view it in Windows' default video player programs. (YouTube takes both formats, if you want to upload there and show us the video.)

There's an option to post the video to Steam, but those must be 30 seconds long or smaller AND I think they vanish in a day or two. I've only done it a couple of times.

P.S. If you take a screenshot, the Recordings & Screenshots window will pop up automatically after you finish playing.

P.P.S. The gear icon in the upper right of the Recordings & Screenshots window lets you change various settings, including how long it should keep video before writing over itself. If you set it to 120, then you'll be able to see the last two hours of play.

 

[Colif]

Steam Support :: Steam Game Recording

help.steampowered.com

I think most of your questions are answered above