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What are the best open-source software for recording games running on Ryujinx?

OBS doesn’t seem to be the best option for this task. Are there any other choices?

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[–] TerHu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i’m sorry i can’t help, i’m just curious why OBS doesn’t seem to be the best option here?

[–] tug7503@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think maybe there will be performance lost? OBS is not designed for such task.

Also, adding Window Capture of Ryujinx result in black screen (recording nothing). I have to use Display Capture instead. Which is not convenient.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are you saying OBS is not designed for recording games?

[–] tug7503@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it is not designed to record emulator games

[–] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

What does it mean to be designed to record emulator games?

[–] tug7503@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

get video streams straight out emulators instead of screen capture

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

And how might that be accomplished? It's not like emulators expose some common API that allows programs to record its output.

[–] tug7503@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago

This is the reason I'm making this post

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

OBS works fine for me recording in Yuzu. Maybe it's just Ryujinx. Or your settings for either Ryujinx or OBS.

[–] tug7503@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Does Window Capture work? (not Display Capture)