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Setting up Recordings and Screenshots

XSplit Broadcaster helps make content creation a lot easier with different options and features that it provides. Here’s how to set up and manage your Local Recordings and Screenshots.


Setting Up Local Recording
Local Recording Properties
Starting a Local Recording
Managing Your Recordings
Setting Up Screenshots
Managing your Screenshots


Setting Up Local Recording



By default, an Active Scene recording output will automatically appear once you've installed Local Recording.

Highlighting the gear icon (Recording Settings)

Aside from your Active Scene, you can also record other scenes as well by going to Record > Set Up a New Recording Output, choosing your desired scene and clicking OK to create a recording output.

You can also remove recording outputs by going to Record > Remove a Recording Output and selecting the recording output that you want to remove.

To set up your recording, go to Record, click the gear icon beside the scene that you want to record to open the Local Recording Properties window.


Local Recording Properties



Local Recording properties overview\n

Record Target will be the scene that you will be recording.

Select a Codec for Video Encoding. The recommended codec are hardware codecs such as NVENC H.264 and x264.

Quality level will determine the file size and the CPU or GPU usage needed for that type of recording.

Audio Bitrate will determine the clarity of your recording audio.

Create multitrack recording of microphone and system audio allows XSplit Broadcaster to record separate audio tracks for Microphone Audio and System sound.


Starting a Local Recording



On the Record menu, you can start or stop the recording by clicking the scene that you want to capture and pause the recording by clicking the pause icon.

An active local recording session


Managing Your Recordings



To find where your recordings are stored, go to File > My Recordings.

File > My Recordings highlighted in XBC's main menu

Both local recordings and automatically recorded broadcasts will be found here.

My Recordings window showing a list of recordings done under XBC

You can rename your selected recording by clicking the pencil icon and delete selected recordings by clicking the trash icon.


The Open Folder button opens your recordings folder in the File Explorer.


Changing the File Location



Click on on the Location bar and choose a folder for where your recordings will be stored.

My Recordings window with focus on the Location bar


Uploading Recordings to YouTube



Choose a recording that you want to upload and then click the YouTube icon at the bottom-right corner of the Recordings window.

My Recordings window with focus on the sharing feature (this one's for YouTube

An Upload Video to YouTube dialog will be shown where you can enter the details for your YouTube upload.

When you're done, click UPLOAD NOW.

Upload Video to YouTube settings with the necessary fields filled out

Title

Sets the title that will appear on your uploaded video.

Description

Sets the description that will appear on your uploaded video.

Category

Sets the category of your video upload for organization and target audience.

Tags

Add tags to help users search for your uploaded video.

Privacy

Choose whether the livestream is publicly visible, unlisted or private.

Embed

Allow an embed code for your video upload.


Sharing your Recordings



Clicking any of the social media icons lets you share a YouTube uploaded recording on their respective social media platforms.

Share Video window with a YouTube video URL added

Add Link

Allows you to add the YouTube upload URL in the custom message field.


Setting Up Screenshots



To set up screenshots, go to Tools > Settings. You can set up the file format for Screenshot Capture on the General tab and set a screenshot hotkey on the Hotkeys tab.

Setting a hotkey on the Screenshots action in Tools > Settings > Hotkeys tab

Pressing the Hotkey you assigned automatically triggers the screenshot function.


Managing your Screenshots



To find where your screenshots are stored, go to File > My Screenshots.

File > My Screenshots highlighted in XBC

All screenshots taken with XSplit Broadcaster will be found here.

My Screenshots window showing screenshots created using XBC

You can rename your selected screenshot by clicking the pencil icon and delete selected screenshots by clicking the trash icon.


Changing the File Location



Click on on the Locations bar and choose a folder for where your screenshots will be stored.

My Screenshots window with focus on the location bar

The Open Folder button opens your screenshots folder in the File Explorer.

Updated on: 16/07/2024

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