Hello VW00,

For now I use Bandicam and that works just fine.

But like you say: very strange that MAGIX can not solve this problems.
For me It would be the ease of use if everything was in VEGAS and workt
flawlesly toghether. That would save people a lot of work.

Thank you for your help.

Salleke.

If you really want to know, just give the trial a shot.

Vegas 18 screen capture still does not work on my systems with AMD cards. But the ReLive facility built into the AMD driver still works fine for me.

That will save me the time waste to install and test Vegas Pro 18.

Thank you all for the help.

Salleke.

While I agree 100% that something as "simple" as a screen recorder should work, I did not invest in VEGAS for a screen recorder, but to be used as a video editor.

@Howard-Vigorita I too use AMD graphics and have tried ReLive for game recording. The audio doesn't sound as good as what I got using the now defunct Plays.tv game recorder.

Suggestions?

While I agree 100% that something as "simple" as a screen recorder should work, I did not invest in VEGAS for a screen recorder, but to be used as a video editor.

I saw it with VP17 and now VP18. built in screen recorder is a very popular feature. I don't understand it, but Magix probably does which is why they introduced it. So now they have to make sure it works the way these customers hoped it would.

@Former user I fully agree. It should work. It is now a common inclusion even with consumer editors and it works. And after another software version release, it definitely should have been addressed and made functional.

My needs for a screen recorder are simple, so I use a screen recorder that came with Pinnacle Studio. It works, it's a basic simple external program, but the saved recording can be imported into the editor.

While I agree 100% that something as "simple" as a screen recorder should work, I did not invest in VEGAS for a screen recorder, but to be used as a video editor.

 

Hi Reyfox,

I use Vegas for making and editing mostly music movies for the members of our choir.
First I prepare the whole tracks in Cakewalk, so we see the lyrics in one screen and the
staf vieuw on the other screen. That's very easy for the choir menbers to read and sing.

When this is done I record the screen with Bandicam. That gives a very good movie with
good video and good quality audio. Then I open the video in Vegas and do the editing.

For me it would be much easyer if I could do that all in Vegas. I don't use Vegas only for
the screen recorder but it would be very nice if it would work as offered.

Especially if there are some changes to do in the music track. Then I have to change the
tracks, re-record the screen in Bandicam. Import in vegas and redo the editing.
If that could work in Vegas it would save me a lot of work.

I love Vegas and work many years with this editor. But I don't understand that it takes
so long to make this screen recorder feature work like it should be.

Thank you for the help.

Salleke.

"Automation" is a good thing. To have it integrated saves time as you clearly wrote.

This is a fault of mine, and it's not a good one. I just adapt to the circumstances in front of me. It doesn't make things right, and I might be a little frustrated, but to get things done, it is what I have to do. And I rarely complain and just "accept" it as the nature of the software. Yes, I "hope" things will get resolved, and you are right in voicing your problems. I should do more of that myself, but I get so involved in solving the problem so I can keep working, I forget to post the problem.

This is with most software I own. Not quite 100% living up to the specs of it's potential leaving me (and others) to have to find a "workaround".

There has been no comment that I am aware of from VEGAS about fixing the screen recording "feature" fixed. Sad.....

@Howard-Vigorita I too use AMD graphics and have tried ReLive for game recording. The audio doesn't sound as good as what I got using the now defunct Plays.tv game recorder.

Suggestions?

@Reyfox if Plays.tv recordings sound better it might be because it uses a higher res for the audio track. Comparing output mp4 files with mediainfo could tell you that. In the 2020 AMD driver Settings/General screen you can set the audio bitrate used for recording... I set mine to 192k but you can go up to 320k. Another thing is the output level being recorded. You might try running the game while having Vegas record an audio track just to inspect the levels and see if you can tweak them to within 3db of clipping if they're substantially lower than that. You can try the Windows volume control but you might have to go into the Control Panel of the driver for your audio hardware... often Realtek if you're using onboard audio. Another thing to think about if you're really into the sound quality is an external usb audio interface if you don't already have one. I have a ucx that's really great and an 8x192 for when I need more channels. But I use a Focusrite with my laptop that's quite good and allot more affordable. Their economical Scarlett line is probably just as good as their best for outputting sound from Windows apps.

Much appreciate the information. I looked at the audio bitrate and somehow it was 112k. I upped to to 192k and will give it a shot.

I only record the previous 30 seconds of gameplay for review and testing. I beta test for the US Army and need to have recordings of issues, etc.. The video was ok, the audio was terrible. Now I see why.

If you are running an AMD card like Howard-Vigorita, then use the AMD capture facility, it is very good. For a two monitor system, A work around is to run your best monitor on the AMD and the second monitor on your motherboard's video card. For me I tend to use the AMD capture but in a pinch now I can capture using vegas capture on my second monitor.