I'm new to the speedrunning community, but I do have a few good programs/hardware for recording/streaming! --HARDWARE--
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Phone/Tablet This is the simplest, but has great results when done properly! (and cheap if you can't afford a capture card for your games!) LINK: no link, you probably already have it.
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Capture card (specifically elgato HD60 S) This is a really good one! I'd recommend it! Even though it is pricey, its one of the best things to have on you! LINK: https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/game-capture-hd60-s
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Livesplit/Livesplit One This is a good timer! (Livesplit is only for windows and livesplit one is browser based.) LINK: http://livesplit.org/ LINK: https://one.livesplit.org/
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Llanfair This is a perfect timer for iMac/Linux users! LINK: https://github.com/gered/Llanfair/releases
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OBS This is a perfect streaming/recording program! (Recording and saving needs to be changed in settings before you record) LINK: https://obsproject.com/
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I hope you enjoyed it!
[quote] 3. HDMI to Composite. This is useful for those who want to record older systems with their capture card (I don't know if it works but I hope it works for you!). LINK: no link, you can buy these easily from amazon[/quote] This isn’t a good recommendation and I would never encourage someone to buy one of these devices. Analog to digital signal conversion is a tricky process and very few pieces of hardware do it with great accuracy. RetroTink, OSSC and the XRGB Mini are all very good at it, and they are also expensive. They’re expensive because they have that type of video conversion down to a science and do it excellently. While any of those cheap converters from amazon will technically work, they will degrade your quality and will introduce lag into your capture. For the cost that one of these will run you, someone can by a composite capture card for the same price and probably get better, un-degraded quality does their retro systems.
Also, there’s already a pinned thread in this forum that goes over all of this stuff in a much better format and in much better detail: Click here for the thread
"Also, there’s already a pinned thread in this forum that goes over all of this stuff in a much better format and in much better detail" I knew about that the minute after I posted this lmao. And yea, imma take it off since its not worth it lol.