Hello everyone! I want to try speedrunning, and would like to speedrun Odyssey. However, I don't have a capture card. There is a couple things I'd love to know about speedrunning, before spending my money on one.

• Does the capture card save the video on the card itself, or does the video save on the pc? In that case, how much space do you think a 1-2 hour video will occupy on my harddrive? What quality is required?
• Because of an unstable internet connection, I probably won't stream attempts. Is it still possible to get the "splits" overview that I see a lot of streamers use? Is there a special software I should use to time my runs?
• Lastly, is there a big drawback to only having one screen? Logically, I guess that would mean I wouldn't be able to see the clock or the splits, if I got it working. Thank you :) I would greatly appreciate all help I can get.

[quote=ingydick] Does the capture card save the video on the card itself, or does the video save on the pc? In that case, how much space do you think a 1-2 hour video will occupy on my harddrive? What quality is required? [/quote] depends on the card, I know for example the AVerMedia LGP can save on a SD card you can instert into the card, but most cards "save" to the pc's hdd, or rather, the bundled software does - as the card in most cases just transfers the av.

As long as it's recognizable, you can go as low or as high as you want. for a 480p video, 2h would take about... idk, 3GB? for 720p, 2h would take something like 15GB.

[quote=ingydick]Because of an unstable internet connection, I probably won't stream attempts. Is it still possible to get the "splits" overview that I see a lot of streamers use? Is there a special software I should use to time my runs?[/quote] Yes, still possible. Check out OBS to get video recording with overlays working, for splits most people use LiveSplit or WSplit. Other split programs exist but will not be named in this post. it's up to you if you want to use splits or just a timer, or nothing at all and time solely in post.

[quote=ingydick]Lastly, is there a big drawback to only having one screen? Logically, I guess that would mean I wouldn't be able to see the clock or the splits, if I got it working. [/quote] well, the biggest drawback imo is the limited space. but yeah, other than maybe not being able to see the time/splits there's not much of a drawback to having only 1 monitor.

Just a note about the limited space thing on one monitor - if you split the HDMI coming out of the console and send it to both the capture card and your TV, you can still play off your TV without worrying about how small or cluttered your monitor screen is