Question / Help How to save screen recordings? (Windows 7)

[Spherixo]

Hi,

I am currently using OBS 0.15.4 on Windows 7. I'm trying to record myself playing a game, but I have no idea how to save a recording. I've researched a lot about it but every tutorial I've found says to go to settings, go to broadcast settings, etc, except I don't have broadcast settings and therefore I apparently can't save any recordings. Can someone please explain to me how to resolve this?

Also, I'm new here, and whenever I finish recording the OBS window shows a bunch of pixellated mixups of a bunch of frames. Is that supposed to happen?

Thanks for any advice!

 

[Boom_Gamerz_YT]

In settings you go to Broadcast settings. You see File Path? Click browse and select where your video has to be saved.

 

[Spherixo]

Boom_Gamerz, thanks for your reply, however in my question I specifically said that I didn't have the Broadcast Settings listed in my settings. These are the settings that come up in the menu:

General, Stream, Output, Audio, Video, Hotkeys, Advanced.

If it helps, the videos that I watched that showed me to do this opened their settings menu from the top bar, with File, Edit etc. but I don't even have a settings tab there, I just clicked the one on the bottom right with the Start Streaming, Recording, Studio Mode, and Exit.

 

[Harold]

It's in output. Boom_Gamerz is still stuck on the development-dead obs classic.

To find your existing recordings, file - show recordings.
The output path is defined in settings - output. On the recording tab in advanced mode and right on the screen in simple mode.
It is STRONGLY NOT RECOMMENDED to save directly to mp4.

 

[K-Anator]

No love for MP4? Actually, is there another format that Premier Pro likes that'll accept multiple audio streams? I can't live without separating game, mic, and discord, but I would love to have something more reliable than MP4 should something die.

 

[Harold]

MKV handles multiple audio just fine and does not cause the ENTIRE recording to become unusable if the file doesn't finalize properly. Remux to mp4 afterwards IF you actually genuinely need it.

 

[Spherixo]

Thanks so much for your reply, Harold! I didn't realize that it was already saving them as I clicked Stop Recording. Just a question, though, I just got my PC recently, and I don't know if I have any programs that are able to play the videos, and if I do, I'm not sure what formats they can use. If Windows does not come with one, what do you think is the best option?

Thanks again!

 

[Harold]

VLC is the primary recommended player. The players built into windows have a 15+ year history of bad media format support, even going so far as to not play media created with microsoft encoders.

 

[Spherixo]

What format is best for VLC?

 

[Harold]

VLC supports all formats OBS generates.

What matters is what format is most reliable for live recordings.

Which means FLV or MKV.

 

[Spherixo]

Okay, thanks.

I tried recording a video but it's still got the mixup of frames all mushed together when playing it back. Is there an option I need to change?

Thanks for the advice again!