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KuriBeans Sep 4, 2015 @ 9:31pm
Screen recording for mac?
I've been trying to find a good program that i can record my gameplay on my mac. since mac doesnt have a fraps i have to find something else. I used to use OBS but it sucked kept crashing and didnt work with my mic. I have a blue microphone along with the focusrite scarlett solo. everytime i tried recording i couldnt hear the audio but i could see it being reorded. someone please help me out ive been getting headaches because of this.
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ki4pok Sep 4, 2015 @ 11:14pm 
lol:steamhappy:
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samsamuel Sep 5, 2015 @ 11:51am 
You can just use Quicktime to screen record.
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Uber Goober Sep 5, 2015 @ 3:16pm 
Not sure if it'll record your BT audio (or even in-game audio) but Quicktime - which ships with OS X - can definitely do the screen recording. Just open it up and one of the menus at the top bar (I forget which one but I know it's there) should have a sub-item for screen recording. I believe you'll be allowed to drag a square on the screen of WHAT to record (damned useful if you're in windowed mode or want to focus on a specific thing). It may or may not work for fullscreen games through - haven't tried that. My own experience with this is in doing screencasting with regular OS X apps, not games, so your mileage may vary.

You might also have some luck with VLC (videolan.org), looks like an orange construction cone. I'm not 100% sure it'll do this by default, but I've heard you can use it to do this.

Good luck!
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Teksura Sep 5, 2015 @ 3:42pm 
Quicktime will not record system audio on its own without some clever tricks.

When I was recording with quicktime, I had to set up a special multi-device channel by going to Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup. Then I was able to set my audio output to be my headphones port and my USB headset. I then set my sudio input to be my AUX input (that plug next to the headphones port) and my USB headset mic. Then I had to run an audio cable from the audpbones port to the AUX port. It was kinda a terrible, rubbish system.


Mush much easier is to simply get an actual screen record program. OBS is fantastic for setting up and customizing what you include in your scene, but it only exports as an FLV. So you might need a file converter.
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samsamuel Sep 8, 2015 @ 3:12pm 
Originally posted by Teksura:
Quicktime will not record system audio on its own without some clever tricks.

When I was recording with quicktime, I had to set up a special multi-device channel by going to Applications > Utilities > Audio MIDI Setup. Then I was able to set my audio output to be my headphones port and my USB headset. I then set my sudio input to be my AUX input (that plug next to the headphones port) and my USB headset mic. Then I had to run an audio cable from the audpbones port to the AUX port. It was kinda a terrible, rubbish system.


Mush much easier is to simply get an actual screen record program. OBS is fantastic for setting up and customizing what you include in your scene, but it only exports as an FLV. So you might need a file converter.


Or, ya know, SoundFlower (https://rogueamoeba.com/freebies/soundflower/), which is a much easier way to pipe system output to into Quicktime.
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