subject: The How To Guide For Recording Xbox 360 Gameplay In 720p [print this page] Okay, you and your family and friends get busy with Battlefield, Call Of Duty, or some other Xbox 360 console game, but a lot of your buddies are uploading videos to the internet showing off their most recent kill streaks and sniping spots.
Are you wanting to take part in the exhibition and post your own youtube videos? If so I'll tell you how you do so. 1st, you will need to buy a capture card for Xbox 360. There are a few types; usb cards and pci cards. The pci game capture cards must be installed into your system; you must open up the desktop computer and in which case you have to be quite tech savvy if you have chosen to install a pci card. However, I strongly suggest grabbing yourself a usb type of recording card. Some really bonafide cards are made by Hauppauge, Dazzle, and Roxio.
When shopping about for the most suited capture card that meets your needs, try and check to see what kind of adapter interface the game card has. For example, The Dazzle card is not compatible with component cables or hdmi and this means that it will not record in real HD. Many of the video clips I see on the Internet are only 360p non-HD. So if you don't have a concern with the lower quality, then the Dazzle card is all you actually need. Alternatively, If you prefer to record in HD, then you will want to check out capture cards that use the component cables. Two such cards are the Hauppauge card and the Roxio card. Both of these use component cables. The Roxio card records up to 720p (HD quality) and The Hauppauge cards can record up to 1080i (also HD quality).
Below are a few helpful tips to begin with.
Game cards come with their own capture software. The software also offers you a setting to effortlessly submit your recorded video direct to YouTube. Do not use this! You are able to get better quality videos if you first export your video to a 720p file, and then log into YouTube channel and upload the created file.
For whatever reason, the capture card devices can cause distortion when it is positioned too close to your TV screen. If your tv is dealing with blue lines, haze, or a static picture, just relocate the game card further away from the television set.
If you use a desktop instead of a laptop, then the enclosed usb cable possibly may not extend across to your desktop computer. You can purchase extension usb cables on the internet or at various computer stores.
The recording software is actually very resource intensive, Therefore I advise that you shut down all of your other programs as well as all open internet windows, etc. prior to recording. If you experience stutters or audio drops in your recordings, you may want to turn off automatic updates for windows, as well as any auto backups or scans that you have your virus program set to, etcetera. By the way: You can find the Windows Update settings in the control panel under 'Sytem and Security'.
Okay then, good luck with your video game recordings! I hope you found this article useful.
