How to Clip Gameplay with OBS Replay Buffer | 2023

[@tikiman2019]

Awesome video, thanks! For anyone watching this in 2024 and beyond, OBS has added audio capture with the "Game Capture" source (currently in beta). So if you're just interested in capturing gameplay and game audio, without any desktop audio, you can follow these steps: 1. Follow the instructions in this video up until 6:22 2. Create a “Game Capture” source 3. Select “Capture Audio (BETA)” 4. Create the "Game Capture" source - You should see “Desktop Audio” and “Game Capture” as audio sources in Audio Mixer 5. Go to Settings -> Audio -> Global Audio Devices 6. Disable Desktop Audio 7. You should see “Desktop Audio” gone from the Audio Mixer 8. Start recording and it should not be capturing desktop audio anymore

[@Hollow.101]

do you know if there is a way i can record for long period of times without just clipping

[@frameinterpolation]

@@Hollow.101 ummm record?

[@Reverae]

Thankyou so much man! Shadowplay hasn't been working great for me and you're video is the most up to date and comprehensive yet. Very underrated

[@exopluto]

where does the clip go so I can access it I have did the replay buffer but I don't know where to go so I can see it

[@sertater]

2 years later and still the most concise tutorial out there

[@The_Shah_Show]

Super detailed and simple to follow set up, definitely gonna be a massive help for people struggling to figure stuff like this out.

[@MangoTalksTech]

Right? I feel like no one’s made such a comprehensive guide so I thought I might as well do it!

[@The_Shah_Show]

@@MangoTalksTech that's awesome keep pushing the good content man

[@exopluto]

where does the clip go so I can access it I have did the replay buffer but I don't know where to go so I can see it

[@mitchellromanyt]

@@MangoTalksTech Bro Thanks i kept tryna record and it was always blurry but now its extremely high definition

[@frost_6836]

Thanks for the help, dude! I was having issues with the Xbox Gamebar eating up a lot of resources and making my games stutter when I was trying to save clips, OBS works a lot better and doesn't affect my PC's performance. The video was easy to follow and very helpful, thanks a bunch!!

[@exopluto]

where does the clip go so I can access it I have did the replay buffer but I don't know where to go so I can see it

[@Doogie13]

Quick tip: Add an obs studio shortcut to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Edit the shortcut target after the last speech mark to have the launch arguments --startreplaybuffer -- scene "[scene]" OBS will now automatically on launch set its scene to whatever scene you choose and start the replay buffer. I have OBS configured to autmatically minimise to system tray also which is nice.

[@MangoTalksTech]

Very cool my dude, thanks for the tip!

[@exopluto]

where does the clip go so I can access it I have did the replay buffer but I don't know where to go so I can see it

[@Doogie13]

@@exopluto at the bottom left corner it should display the path that the most recent clip is stored in. It's also in settings.

[@goofedpredator4478]

This was super helpful! I've suffered through NVidia shadowplay for years because OBS always seamed so intimidating. Thanks

[@exopluto]

where does the clip go so I can access it I have did the replay buffer but I don't know where to go so I can see it

[@KapsiF]

@@exopluto it goes to your recording path that you set. default location is your Videos folder

[@cortano2878]

Dude me too! Honestly didn't know that OBS was capable of seamless clipping like this. Absolute game changer.

[@Letseatsomepizza]

What an awesome tutorial! I was looking for open-source game clippers after I started getting suspicious of Medal's privacy... but of course, OBS, it's open-source! The tutorial seemed long at first but it was worth it since it covered every scenario. I've got the basics set up but later I'm gonna add the audio cue, and audio captures that ignore that cue in case I accidently clip twice.

[@lazzick]

I added the replay buffer script but it doesnt show up at the hotkey tab, is there anything I could have done wrong?

[@Klomsey]

What do I do if the audio doesn't get captured? For some reason I don't get any audio in my clips even if I set everything up like you said.

[@Yzaias15]

dude, thank you for this video. I didn't even know OBS HAD this setting! Nvidia broadcast and xbox game bar never grabs my mic, shadow play records at insane bitrates, I'm SO GLAD I can use OBS instead!! Wish I could like this more than once!!

[@Slayerkey]

Does anyone know why saving two videos with replay buffer includes segments of the first? (basically doubling down on recordings). Makes it extremely hard to edit any replays as they can't just be placed next to each other like on Shadowplay. not sure why. help!

[@lazzick]

also it doesnt show the "start replay buffer" button for me either

[@rychardo888]

great, finally something useful that insta worked

[@wxqe1x]

Hey man, followed all the steps and done all you did except for the audio cue but i dont think that matters for my issue. OBS ignores my input unless i click the download button next to the "start replay buffer" button, Pressing my hotkey while in my game doesn't do anything though. Please advise on how to fix

[@seegee7571]

bro this literally had everything i needed in one vid, amazing work homie and ty

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad I could help you my guy

[@seegee7571]

​@@MangoTalksTech keep it man, been searching for a video explaining how to separate audio tracks for editing software and this was a godsend. Can't wait for your stuff to blow up

[@presko]

I'm having an issue where only my microphone and desktop audio are being recorded, the extra audio outputs I added aren't being recorded.

[@Tweasel]

the audio cue isn't working for me. any suggestions on how to fix it?

[@BatzArk]

I don't know how to make a .WAV folder, I looked everywhere and can't find any tutorials. Anybody know how?

[@IEnjoyBurningThings]

Absolutely perfect, thank you. You my friend are an absolute legend, that plugin is also insanely useful, thank you!!!!

[@GoPotato69]

just found ur channel from ur comment on Ludwigs new vid lol, really great content subbed

[@MangoTalksTech]

Yo thanks man, that means a lot! Really appreciate the support from fellow ludbuds :D

[@kingyonatan2223]

Hey, im trying this but for some reason my clips' length is infinite? When i try to scrub through them I cant because there is a live symbol and I cant trim the length. I can fix it by uploading it to google converter and converting it but its annoying and slow to do. Do you know why this is happening?

[@chungdinh9197]

very clear and straight to the point. Love it!!!

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad I could help you out!!

[@LordUzaki]

Pretty sure the script doesn't work anymore with the current version of OBS. It does not show up in the scripts window until the tools tab.

[@imshrpysart3672]

Very Informal and easy to follow. Great job and Thank You!

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad I could help you out!!

[@lastlotus5064]

Dude, holy s### Thank you so much for this video. I wasn't going to download selected audio outputs exe. but I watched because I was curious and dude thank you so much I came to this video with wanting one thing and came out with learning more.

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad it helped you out! Your comment made my day!

[@_SnowyPlayz_]

my fps goes down every time i press turn on replay buffer

[@Watmoetje]

How tf u have only 800subs bruh. Ur vids are so good! Keep the grind

[@CourtJesterCowboy]

Why is it when the audio outputs have individual tracks, there is no sound in my clips, but once I check them back in, the sound returns? I followed everything exactly?

[@twariik8550]

Little update for all who want the seperate application audio capture: You can now do it without the extra download too: you right click on a empty space of the source tab -> add ->Application Audio Capture (BETA)-> continue as shown in the video/just select the application which you want a audio track of.

[@CaptainRex19561]

Super helpful and easy to follow

[@dark_sunset]

I love how you said "luh zan cose" lol

[@analtacc3899]

Ik im late and havent checked your channel but if youve got more stuff like this than instant W and this alone earns a sub

[@MangoTalksTech]

Listen any cool software/ or tech I find I like to share it! Appreciate the support ✌🏼

[@analtacc3899]

@@MangoTalksTech hey i couldnt get splitting all audio tracks to work so i had to just make it one track and no idea why i didnt miss any steps ): otherwise great tutorial ive got a couple of clips now lol

[@The_Gorilla_Grotto]

This was everything I was looking for, thank you so much

[@exopluto]

where does the clip go so I can access it I have did the replay buffer but I don't know where to go so I can see it

[@user-su6mw2gp6d]

I followed all the steps but you lost me w/ the last step. What Wav file do you use?

[@noir7067]

Bro I don't understand, I just want a background music to not capture on replay buffer just the audio in the game but I try everything but it still pickup music like Spotify

[@3GsRuthless]

awesome stuff thanks

[@percmarket]

amazing video covered everything with great explanation

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad I could help

[@somewhatunderstandable4373]

Super Helpful Video. Worth the 10 minutes

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad I you got value out of it, I try my best to give y’all no bs content ✌🏼😊

[@Chuckychargeblade]

I would REALLY like to use that audio capture plugin for separating the audio output sources, but every time I download/try to run it says "this device cannot run on your PC." I am up-to-date on Windows 10; anyone know why I'm getting this message or a workaround?

[@ItzKamo]

Any idea how i can have teammates and death comms in the audio? my audio and my mic is working fine. I need that for MW2 and warzone

[@Disko3674]

I was able to get everything to work except for the sound when you hit the replay shortcut. Do you know of any reason why it wouldn't work?

[@nuqoq]

really in detail video nice edits and striaght to the point :D

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad it helped you out my guy 😁

[@Oo0_0p]

very good tutorial bro, but for some reason i cant clip while the game is running. I have to alt+tab to obs and then clip it. Is there a way to fix it?

[@MangoTalksTech]

Go into settings, hotkey, and then find the replay buffer section, then create hot keys for replay buffer and save replay

[@Oo0_0p]

@@MangoTalksTech that's what I did, but specifically in game, the hotkeys don't work at all

[@presko]

I don't have the "replay buffer" tab, it's only Start Replay Buffer* and Stop Replay Buffer*.

[@presko]

nvm, i didn't have it enabled in the advanced settings, thank you very much for this tutorial!

[@8treyy]

tysm for the help, i have a issue with my folders.. I select a folder then i start replay buffer and stop and i try to upload to 'clip' to a discord chat and it doesnt show anything i 'clipped'

[@fadebr1644]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@nightcore124]

very simple very nice experience tahnk you!

[@spacecowboy_mma]

How do I create Audio cue for when Recording Starts/Ends???

[@NavaNoidGMD]

Whenever I have separate audio outputs, it doesn't output anything. Do you think you know why?

[@herbieolivares1740]

Great Video!

[@PsiFi96]

yo this video was awesome!

[@MangoTalksTech]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@l00n3yyy]

is there a way to get a .wav file for free? i dont wanna have to pay for a subscription just for one audio cue...

[@SRT313]

Hey bro, so I am using Astro A50’s and i don’t know if you know this but A50’s are a little different than most headsets. The Astros have two different outputs there a voice and game option. Do you happen to know what’s wrong. I am able to record but my game volume is way louder than my voice. I tried lower the volume using the sliders under audio mixer but still no solution.

[@thatboyanshie6197]

i just updated my obs and I lot of things are different. Unfortunately this didnt work for me

[@kid.turtle]

Its only letting me save one file. If I clip a new replay, my old clip gets deleted

[@crimzxnn2976]

Same here

[@stxr4625]

what button do change the button we have to press to clip?

[@Xenadroid]

No idea why it's not working for me. Edit: I had to rename the new sound I was using to "sound_npc_scanner_scanner_photo1.wav"

[@elliotyoung8760]

This worked great! is there any way to decrease the volume of the sound when we clip? I have mine set to an airhorn and it is quite loud lol. Edit: Just put it through an online editor, and lowered the sound that way.

[@chihuahuabruh]

followed everything complete but when i clip sometimes it will just have desktop/game audio and sometimes just my mic, never anything else.... help?

[@evanVHS]

same, did you find a fix?

[@KamTam-pw7mn]

i downloaded the all application outputs but nothings showing up

[@mspence5135]

Thanks so much i had outplayed but it wasnt clipping in high quality like i wanted

[@chrismaxie2864]

THANKYOU SO MUCH CAN CLIP MY PS5 NOW!!!!!!

[@Jason22Douce]

does this replay buffer noise get picked up on a live stream ? I set mine to a fart sound XD

[@MangoTalksTech]

Great question! Uhhh definitely possible so it would be worth checking in a test stream!

[@elmaltrataawelas]

ty

[@crististancu9662]

Is there a way to make OBS start by itself the replay buffer?

[@zackfoster4797]

Fantastic video, super easy to follow, thank you!....... The Metal Gear Solid audio cue sounds incredible but I can't seem to find it? Any ideas on how I can get this file?

[@Hunterwood1235]

how do i find/create a .wav file pls help

[@tz3456]

Thanks a ton

[@Zachyay]

thaniks so much

[@MangoTalksTech]

Of course, glad it worked for you :D

[@-NZY]

ty man

[@markgames9229]

Great video just wondering if the sound of the audio que gets picked up in the clip at all

[@MangoTalksTech]

Great question! In my experience it does not, NOW if you do clip in succession the 2nd clip may clip the audio cue . Its a very minor hiccup.

[@kcrt.]

Hey, my obs just replaces an already existing clip with the new clip I made instead of making a new file, so theres always just one clip at a time, can you explain how I can fix that?

[@kcrt.]

Never mind! I managed to fix it in the advanced tab.

[@MangoTalksTech]

What did you have to switch in the advanced tab (glad you figured it out :D)

[@kcrt.]

@@MangoTalksTech I just had to change the File Formatting name to (for example) %CCYY-%MM-%DD %hh-%mm-%ss (before I just had it set to a custom set name)

[@AxelMyGuy]

Ty, now I have no sound

[@Mr_Rogerrs]

a+ tyty

[@RizipYT]

When I turn off replay buffer My GPU usage is around 40% but when I turn it on It goes to around 80%, Any Solutions??

[@MangoTalksTech]

What gpu do you have? Is it affecting performance in games? I’d suggest going into task manager and increasing your games priority to high. Outside of this, if it’s increasing usage but not affecting in game performance don’t stress about it!!

[@RizipYT]

@@MangoTalksTech I have RTX 3070, But it instantly affect turning on or off, like Using another OBS to Record at the same time !

[@theBabadupcy]

i cant create an audio cue :(

[@Biruw1]

tysm!

[@duttiee]

Is that a samson q2u? I'm not sure, but it looks similar and sounds great!

[@MangoTalksTech]

It’s a Behringer XM8500! I love the way it sounds, especially for $20 it’s a steal of a deal 😤

[@skz3242]

@@MangoTalksTech 20?!?!?

[@ocar5142]

How do i locate the clips once I have clipped them?

[@hate_genichiro]

go to setting > output > recording and then you should see path thats the file or you can change it

[@hoppy.9372]

i dont get how to do the .wav thing thats all i need help on if someone could plz help me \

[@hoppy.9372]

nvm i got it really thank u so much i needed this i wanna start this yt stuff and tiktok stuff to show my family that i can do this thank u

[@Soldde]

What did you do. I used my own wav file and renamed it but it uses the default window sound

[@Lk-nx4rv]

it's pretty annoying because I think they updated the ui so it's hard to follow along

[@frescula]

question is, how did he record this?

[@MangoTalksTech]

🤯🤯🤯

[@Detroit0903]

need help. the .wav file didn't appear.. i'm a little newbie with tech so don't mock me too hard haha

[@MangoTalksTech]

No mocking my guy, I gotchu! You have to select one of the audio sounds and download it yourself. It will download as a .wav file. Hope this helps!

[@pinur6434]

none of these settings are there for me

[@vriis]

Discord audio doesn't seem to properly pick up

[@MangoTalksTech]

Are you using audio output capture or audio application capture. If application then it won’t capture everything, and if it’s output capture and you’re having this issue then Idk what it could be, too many variables lol

[@vriis]

@@MangoTalksTech Forgot to come back and reply, this helped and I was using the wrong setting. Thanks for being so active in the comments man, ironic that I failed to be so LOL

[@hate_genichiro]

im having a slight delay from my game audio and the capture amking it a bit odd can you give me any solutions if possible

[@FlankRoosevelt]

Same bro ;(

[@balazsdinh1910]

How many seconds of gameplay will be clipped this way?

[@MangoTalksTech]

There are several options, 60s, 2min, 5min etc.

[@balazsdinh1910]

@@MangoTalksTech and where can I choose between these options?

[@Trepanationn]

my beep on replay buffer file is a text doccument?

[@MangoTalksTech]

Find a sound effect online that is in .wav format and you should be good to go

[@Jaeman63]

yooo why can i only do one clip then it gets overwritten by the next clip useless

[@MangoTalksTech]

There must be a setting with respect to the file naming that’s causing it to over write the clip.

[@Jaeman63]

@@MangoTalksTech yea I just not sure where to find that setting or how to undo that so frustrating can't do clips while streaming

[@zilikehere6605]

super helpful but please explain what all of these mean, as someone who has no study in this and I just want to clip stupid moments of me and my friends i had no idea what the hell audio cue was or why this and that was happening, so please do consider us newbies too but otherwise thanks a lot for the help ^^

[@Itskinsja]

Samee! Help :) 😂

[@decklund1984]

I didnt see anyone mention this but your volume levels are quite low compared to the average video. Great video otherwise!

[@MangoTalksTech]

Thank you for letting me know! I’ll adjust it accordingly :D

[@fancen]

hmm

[@sazsaz6445]

Isn't it better to just use Medals?

[@MangoTalksTech]

Not for someone who wants to have full control over what’s recorded. You can choose the fps, resolution, and what audio IS and IS NOT recorded. This is on another level in compared to the rest of the clipping softwares! Plus you can add banners etc as well as webcam with or without green screen. You can also eq your mic to sound better. It’s 100x better in every wat

[@Watmoetje]

@@MangoTalksTech like if i talk in discord if i want the sound of discord will not be in the clip but the ingame chat will?

[@MangoTalksTech]

@@Watmoetje that is game dependent! But yeah that’s how it should work :D

[@cakeman8666]

Thanks for explaining what the fuck a WAV file is.

[@MangoTalksTech]

Of course! And just in case you wanted to double check with me (if google didn’t explain it) it’s an audio file. A .Wav file is an audio file.

[@iwatchidv1627]

@@MangoTalksTech ..

[@CourtJesterCowboy]

Wtf is Edge? Microsoft Edge?

[@MangoTalksTech]

LOL Yeah

[@CourtJesterCowboy]

@@MangoTalksTech You are low-key a saint for this video man. It is very satisfying, clipping gameplay with the "PERFECT!!!" sound bite. Ty

[@Hackbot142]

one thing i do gotta say not a bad thing for most but if you already know obs and just wanted help with only the replay buffer you barley even talk about that and you config all of obs very bloated and unnecessary for those who just needed a pointer

[@rhubiking]

Thank You!

[@ChantzPlays]

is this better then medal?

[@Brian-qx3ld]

for some reason the audio queue doesnt work for me