How to Record Matches?

[violette21]

Well on my journey to improve myself in fighting games I got BBCP(thanks to my lil bro) and have been trying to learn someone new. I decided to pick up Terumi in 2 days I have done 52 matches and won only 2:yaaay: lol but I think I might be improving a bit learning what not to do etc. To help me improve just a bit more I feel like I need other players to critique my matches because sometimes when I do watch my replays on the game sometimes I don't know what mistakes I made. So my question is what equipment will I need to start recording, how much will it cost, and will recording cause any sort of lag while I am playing?

[NecroTheReaper]

I dunno about cost since I just record with a potato, but lag shouldn't be an issue since you can just record the replay which Blazblue keeps saved by default (up to 100 of the most recent)

[Celerity]

There are a lot of options. The easiest option is to get one of those portable capture devices, and you can then upload everything to your PC. The AverMedia ones are lagless.

Second option is to get a capture card for your PC and either play through your PC's monitor (which is what I do), or get an HDMI splitter and play on your TV while the PC records everything. Again, AverMedia cards should be lagless, but I can't speak for every capture card, and I don't know if HDMI splitters would add any lag.

Third option is to record replays with your cell phone/digital camera. I've seen some people do this with shockingly high quality, but I don't know what kind of equipment they're using.

[violette21]

Ok I understand I think I will go with first option the capture device. So if I go with that option would a dazzle be good I remember my friend did say something about using that to record.

[Tari]

Third option is to record replays with your cell phone/digital camera. I've seen some people do this with shockingly high quality, but I don't know what kind of equipment they're using.

It's become increasingly easy to do this. I think even the average smartphone can manage to record high quality off-screen footage, these days. Mostly just comes down to holding the camera steady. Audio quality varies, though, depending on how the person deals with it (edited in later, live audio recording, muted, etc.).

It really just helps that we don't have to deal with CRTs and scanlines anymore, so most cameras record off-screen just fine.

Of course, this type of recording doesn't work all that well for live streaming or anything, but it's fine for just recording replays for critique and whatnot.

[Celerity]

Ok I understand I think I will go with first option the capture device. So if I go with that option would a dazzle be good I remember my friend did say something about using that to record.

As far as I know that's not what a Dazzle is, a Dazzle hooks up directly to your computer and has no storage capabilities. You're basically looking for something like the AverMedia LiveGamer or Game Capture HD, or an HD PVR with HDMI in/out.

[violette21]

I all right I got information I need I am gonna look up the avermedia thing and save up if nessary to pick it thank you very much guys for answering my question.