{"id":1035,"date":"2016-08-18T15:49:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T22:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.avatarplanet.com\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2016-08-18T15:49:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T22:49:28","slug":"nvidia-shadowplay-for-recording-sl-machinima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/18\/nvidia-shadowplay-for-recording-sl-machinima\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA ShadowPlay for recording SL machinima"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve seen a lot of questions and some misinformation about whether NVIDIA’s ShadowPlay machinima recording tool can be used in Second Life.\u00a0 The answer is that it does work in SL, but not in all versions of Windows<\/p>\n

The problem is that under Windows, ShadowPlay only works with Aero mode enabled, but Aero only exists in Windows 7 and earlier. Microsoft removed it from Windows 8 and 10.\u00a0 There are workarounds that I’ve seen posted on the Web, but I have not tested any of them.<\/p>\n

The first thing you’ll notice when you run ShadowPlay is that Second Life and OpenSimulator are not in the list of games it supports.\u00a0 This is because ShadowPlay only supports DirectX 9, 10, and 11, but SL and OpenSim are OpenGL.\u00a0 You can still use it to record machinima in SL and OpenSim, but you’ll have to set ShadowPlay to “Allow desktop capture”, as shown in the following screenshot.<\/p>\n

\"ShadowPlay<\/a>
ShadowPlay Configuration – Enable desktop capture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

With one exception, the other ShadowPlay options shown do not work in SL and OpenSim.\u00a0 For me, this is the biggest reason why I don’t use ShadowPlay.\u00a0 There’s no way to know whether recording has actually started or stopped when I expected.\u00a0 Most of my shooting is at festivals where I’m constantly starting and stopping recording.\u00a0 It would be all too easy with ShadowPlay to start recording but inadvertently to stop recording instead because there’s no way to know that the previous recording had not stopped.<\/p>\n

The exception is a big one: if you enable the Camera Overlay, you webcam will turn on\u00a0automatically every time you turn on ShadowPlay even though the overlay itself is not being displayed. \u00a0 There’s a potential for invasion of privacy whenever your webcam is on and you’re not using it.<\/p>\n

The other problem I had with ShadowPlay is that my pans and zooms weren’t as smooth as with the other two video capture tools I use, Dxtory and Blackmagic Intensity Pro.\u00a0 It might not affect other people.\u00a0 I shoot at the highest graphics quality I can get at 1080p resolution.\u00a0 If you shoot at lesser quality levels or don’t need silky smooth zooms and pans, ShadowPlay may work well for you.\u00a0 It should be good also for basic desktop video capture.<\/p>\n

If you have Win 7, here’s how you can enable Aero:<\/p>\n

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  1. 1. Right click on your desktop<\/li>\n
  2. 2. Select Personalize in the popup menu<\/li>\n
  3. 3. Select one of the Aero themes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You may need to click Window Color and \u00a0hen Enable Transparency.<\/p>\n

    If you don’t see Aero Themes it’s possible that your video card doesn’t support it.\u00a0 For troubleshooting, click the Start button and type “aero” in the box.\u00a0 It will start a troubleshooter.<\/p>\n

    You can get more information about configuring ShadowPlay at www.howtogeek.com\/259573\/how-to-record-your-pc-gameplay-with-nvidia-shadowplay<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve seen a lot of questions and some misinformation about whether NVIDIA’s ShadowPlay machinima recording tool can be used in Second Life.\u00a0 The answer is that it does work in SL, but not in all versions of Windows The problem is that under Windows, ShadowPlay only works with Aero mode enabled, but Aero only exists … Continue reading “NVIDIA ShadowPlay for recording SL machinima”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-second-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avatarplanet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}