Question / Help OBS 17 replay buffer

[Ghidrah]

What is the value of the replay buffer if it only records "X" number of seconds at the end of a recording?
Why wouldn't one want the entire clip saved or not saved?
I can understand if not pressing the hotkey means not saving any part of a clip, that would save all the time spent clicking to a folder and deleting the erred clip and save (in my case) deleting massive numbers of useless clips from the recycle bin when a session is complete.

 

[Sapiens]

It only writes the buffer when the hotkey is pressed. Works just like OBS Classic. Not sure what's confusing about the idea.

 

[Ravic]

What is the value of the replay buffer if it only records "X" number of seconds at the end of a recording?
Why wouldn't one want the entire clip saved or not saved?
I can understand if not pressing the hotkey means not saving any part of a clip, that would save all the time spent clicking to a folder and deleting the erred clip and save (in my case) deleting massive numbers of useless clips from the recycle bin when a session is complete.

The replay buffer is separate from raw recording in OBS. When the replay buffer is running it's recording the last "X" number of seconds and storing it in a buffer, when you press the hotkey to save the buffer it saves whatever was in the buffer up to that point.

Fair warning about the OBS replay/pre-record buffer. ShadowPlay, Fraps, PlayClaw, MSI Afterburner all save what is in the buffer when the hotkey to save is pressed and then it automatically starts a new buffer right after. OBS keeps using the same buffer so you get a lot of repeat content in clips. So to get the replay buffer in OBS to function the same way it does in every other piece of capture software you need to remember to start the buffer > save the buffer > stop the buffer > start the buffer again to start a new buffer separate from the one that was already saved. Good luck keeping track with no overlay status indicator :P