How to Shadow (Flashback) Record in OBS Studio w/ Replay Buffer (Advanced Output Guide) OBS Tutorial

[@BenJuan26]

I'm actually the one that implemented most of Advanced Mode for the replay buffer! I'm glad it was as welcome of a change to you as it was to me. I was frustrated that it wasn't an option, so I just did it myself.

[@kingjasko]

Thank you for that

[@terloriaslolx3869]

As a Linux user I thank you and my hard drive thanks you too :D

[@yoooyoyooo]

It's a terribly unintuitive feature. 2/10

[@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!

[@wagagagaggag]

This is the exact video I was looking for, I don’t use Nvidia instant replay on my main pc because it would decrease my FPS and I had to record long sessions of my gameplay with the NDI plugin on my second pc. Now I can finally only save the highlights and don’t need to scroll through hours of footage...thank you so much

[@S4von]

Shadowplay takes your fps but OBS doesnt? lol?

[@wagagagaggag]

@@S4von shadow play is on one PC, the NDI plug-in on OBS is used for dual PC set up, your point is?

[@SonicOrochi]

The InfoWriter plugin can help pinpoint specific timestamps in longer videos. Map it to a Stream Deck key and you're golden!

[@iRogueRenegade]

Had no idea this had been implemented into OBS makes clipping things so much easier thanks for the Vid and great info!

[@sebastianzamora6568]

Does it works only while streaming, or does it work only letting open OBS? Or how?

[@dirtydripgang5294]

Bro you solved all my problems in one video, you must be a god among men 😭🙏🙏 Thank you

[@DannyToo-]

This was one of the best informative videos I’ve ever watched lol

[@originalgameronline3457]

Please, please, if anyone is NEW to this channel & a content creator, Bookmark this channel or Sub. These videos have saved me hours of testing & headaches for OBS Studio & OBS NDI. This guy is Mr. OBS. Helped me on my 4K vids & streaming. This guy is awesome. o7

[@EposVox]

Well thank you :)

[@capp00]

Nice!! That's awesome that we have so many different options for Shadow Recording.

[@EposVox]

Agreed!

[@coryydiserio]

As always, concise and effective tutorials appreciate ya bud!

[@isaiah-wj2zj]

Cory Diserio is it 1080p and 60 fps?

[@TOPPGUNGAMING]

EposVox You're my go to man for figuring out this OBS stuff, no one out there explains it better than you do bud!!! ;) Thank you very much for your hard work and good info!!! :D

[@CaptainSikay]

Dude, you got the same issue with it like me. This feature is awesome but its annoying that you don't get any indication on the replay buffer, like a info when it was successfully saved and how long the current buffer is, how big and so on. Really hope they are going to add this.

[@808Mark]

A haptic feedback would be nice

[@astrotrain3332]

Was wondering if this feature had been added yet

[@David-oc7ni]

has it been added

[@eu-1uopvp425]

@@David-oc7ni no. We still need it

[@Drumstix42]

You could use something like Watch 4 Folder and have it run an audio trigger whenever a file is added to that folder, and set it to watch the folder where the Replay Buffer saves video files. That's the only way I can think of doing it until OBS adds something natively. www.raymond.cc/blog/3-portable-tools-monitor-files-folders-changes/ There's also Folder Monitor which support sounds or notifications: www.ghacks.net/2018/08/07/monitor-folders-on-windows-with-folder-monitor/

[@zinsy23]

Wow! Didn't even know OBS could even do that in the first place! Definitely updating to try it out! Been using Shadowplay for this, so will compare how they work!

[@DragonaxFilms]

Great tutorial! Been having issues with Shadowplay lately, had no idea OBS had this feature so I'll be using it now when Nvidia gives me trouble 👍

[@nvgget7141]

Tysm dude this is gonna save me so much time trimming recordings I frickin love ur video so much

[@jakenboyo691]

Omg this is too good, I got really scared that there was no software or anything that could capture clips with discord audio aswell. Of course OBS comes in clutch

[@Pixelreboot]

Thank you Eposvox, just what I needed for our live streams. :)

[@Kenjy1x]

You deserve everything u want in life💙

[@etobaba]

Wish I found this out before making my recent videos, used Shadowplay from Geforce and felt like the quality wasn't good enough, thank you.

[@HaraFPS]

straight to the point and short, nice.

[@sandgaijin]

Nintendo Switch is defaulted to 30 seconds on their replay and I thought that was too short when they first announced it. I feel 30-45 seconds is a good sweet spot for time on most games.

[@ShiriusuNH]

An actual lifesaver

[@UF0NAUT]

Love your tutorials. 👽

[@heyguyslolGAMING]

Tyvm for the vid this is very helpful. I can't wait to test this out.

[@EposVox]

Thanks for watching!

[@olipitt12]

did some research "C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe" --startreplaybuffer by adding "--startreplaybuffer" to the "target" line in a shortcut, itll automagically start the replay buffer when obs is started via this shortcut, you can also set it to automatically start in system tray, (still trying to work out how to set it to automatically open / close automatically when I fire up my games, all in good time!)

[@dragosandreipapuc5281]

thanks man now i can save game highlights =)))

[@FalconSquadron]

Thank you for this video. I have been looking for a way to easily clip things to share while I am mid stream and am happy to have come across your video.

[@shazzzz]

hey after you save your replay buffer where does it save the file

[@SirForwyn]

Thanks dude, really appreciate it.

[@808Mark]

You deserve way more subs man

[@EposVox]

Thanks! Spread the word!

[@realFortyOne]

Super easy! Thank you!

[@mapalongoyi1676]

This video was extremely helpful... thank you very much❤❤

[@mapalongoyi1676]

Rhis video was extremely helpful

[@MounTmikeY]

Very helpful video. Thank you :D

[@thotoharris]

Hey dude. Fo some reason, i cant check the box "enable replay buffer". It is grayed. (I use advanced output settings, but it is uncheckable.) Any help?

[@ROCKET3]

Doenst work with advanced settings sadly

[@Mage6679]

Thanks it worked!

[@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!

[@EposVox]

Because there’s no mechanism for it to restart the buffer each time you save a clip like shadowplay

[@Slayerkey]

@@EposVox such a shame. thanks!

[@commandmax3931]

Nice tutorial

[@gamer30mais]

Nice Video, You helped me a lot!

[@ferasa8394]

Thanks for the video but are you sure it uses the ram? I have an SSD and don't want to shorten its life by allowing obs to assign something like page-file and keep writing new frames and deleting the old ones.

[@Sima0Beat]

thanks for this video!

[@Uhbsurd]

Thank you for the video!

[@EposVox]

Thanks for watching!

[@IcyRhythmsthereal]

Was waiting for this one. Thanks, man. lol

[@EposVox]

WHOO

[@keyboard_zombie]

Amazing thank you!

[@RebeccaHere]

thank you so mutch dude u saved me a bunch of time :)

[@n8finley]

Thanks for this video! Great content as always. I do have a question regarding the Replay Buffer feature. Is there a way to do slow motion replay in OBS? I'd love to be able to replay the clip as needed but in slow motion. I haven't seen this in OBS, and I'm thinking this functionality doesn't exist in OBS currently. UPDATE: I just figured it out. I realized that the Media Source option now allows you to reduce the speed of your video clip.

[@JazzComia]

Question. I will only press the alt f3 if I want to record something?

[@CappTech]

Excellent!

[@msinfo32]

Great vid. Keep it up

[@EposVox]

Thanks for watching!

[@smashydudes5035]

Thank You So Much!

[@ThePlayersClub]

I'm going to assume the file-saving/overwriting setup from the simple output video still applies here?

[@6juji6]

ty so much, great vid

[@320roscoe]

so streaming live and you hit button is save last 2 mins if set at that? saves time going back and cutting that part out you want for highlight video for games you play

[@TheFancyPig]

For some reason, I cannot find the hotkey you show. I only see a hotkey for starting the replay mode and closing it. Nothing about actually saving the replay.

[@therice]

You have to Enable Replay Buffer and press on the Apply button before that Hotkey shows up in the settings.

[@gumasamu9083]

my enable replay buffer is auto checked and gray, meaning i cannot deactivate it, but i can't configure it as well. and my recordings are just black screens with no audio. Any help?

[@praneet8502]

no

[@Rocksteady72a]

Awesome, was looking for some clarification on the advanced side of settings. Question though, what would you recommend for maximum memory for a 210 second replay buffer, 1080p 60fps, with all the other settings being set the same as in the video?

[@thesharanaithal]

Thanks ma dude.

[@Wyattrink17]

How do You select where you want the replays to go?

[@matthewljaustin11]

Love this!!! Where does the file save after I hit the button?

[@EposVox]

Wherever your output path is set like normal recordings

[@matthewljaustin11]

@@EposVox Thanks man. Just found your channel. It’s great! Thanks for all the great content

[@EposVox]

Thank you!

[@iKyleTz]

i have a problem where it won't make additional clips, it will just override the last clip. any ideas how i can fix this ?

[@andrewgasaway2737]

@EposVox Is there a way to record the whole stream while also using replay buffer for instant replay? I can't seem to find this answer anywhere :/

[@Blizrd]

I turn the replay buffer on and off but the clip isn't showing up anywhere...

[@DhrakkBLS]

You have to set a hotkey to save the replay.

[@SergeantMadmax]

I've been having framerate issues when using replay buffer. I am not getting the 60fps that I am attempting to get. Any ideas? 32gb of RAM, using 4gb dedicated to the replay buffer.

[@fiber_king2334]

This would be great if not for the huge performance hit. I have GTX 1080 maxed out in 2K Apex Legends and I can't really have frames to spare. I tested performance hit in SoTR ingame benchmark and without replay its 72 frames. Using OBS replay its 55 so -25%. I record in 1080p. Can I setup some kind of replay without crippling performance? In Apex I have CPU resources to spare 6700k.

[@kngkunaat]

4:27 no notification, im still struggling with this. did they fix that somehow?

[@triple-gq6mn]

Does this work while doing normal recording at the same time?

[@Saahilvk]

If I have a laptop with 16 gigs of ram can I record 30-45 mins of flashback gameplays? Or is it not safe?

[@allanj]

There is no way to start a recording in OBS (without knowing when we want to stop again) and include the last x seconds from before we hit the record button?

[@Logan619ine-i5q]

How would you set the file path where you want the video you recorded to go cause I would want it to my hdd to my ssd

[@prasobhthalumkal]

in obs studio media source video how to forward and backward play,,,,,can u explain

[@faridaindrajaya5411]

I was kinda late too seeing this cause just use Linux, thanks for the tutorial anyway. Usually record with Windows Game Bar for save clip last 30 seconds, kinda surprised and forgot that I have been used Linux in my second laptop whom didn't have Xbox Game Bar. Anyway thanks.

[@adnantoons]

I still face lots of lag issues After doing the same settings you have

[@Storm_Dev]

On the off chance that you see this reply on a 4 year old vid... So what is the mentality behind Replay Buffer? Like, as a regular gamer who wants to save a very funny moment that happened, what should I do? Have OBS open all of the time when I'm playing games with friends? I mainly ask this because I use an audio plugin that makes it so I can add sources for audio tracks, (browser, spotify, discord, etc.) that way I can listen to music when I'm playing but if I needed to edit the clip, I can just cut that track out in post. It becomes a hassle, or an annoyance to constantly set up sources for every time you play a different game. I feel like there has to be a more efficient way for this but I am too scared to mess up my settings and procrastinating getting used to a new workflow. Sorry for the massive word salad, thanks for reading! Hope you have a great day.

[@EposVox]

It’s like Twitch clips or doing cool instant replays

[@akmal_rafye]

I appreciate you and your work EpoxVox! But I have a question about my PC... When I do run FurMark test on my PC with maximum settings (1080p Extreme Burnin and Post FX Enabled). My PC stop giving display but all fans and lights remain on. If I want to use my PC I've to turn it off first by a press and hold the power button to cut off the power and then I'll be able to use it again. Could you please let me know where is the problem. My specs are: i7 4790 3.6 GHz up to 4.0 GHz 16 GB DDR3 1600 MHz RAM AMD RX 580 8gb Sapphire Nitro+ MOBO Intel DB85FL Corsair Spec 04 Chassis I'll wait for your reply. Thanks

[@daver1883]

You're likely overheating something. Furmark is a terrible piece of software to run and it is not recommended by AMD or Nvidia, due to the damage it can cause.

[@TOPPGUNGAMING]

Jerky Shooter I wouldn't use FurMark for bench testing it will exceed your GPU's Limits it will overheat your GPU's causing damage!! FurMark will run everything at full bore wide open throttle and is not safe!!! Also you don't list if you're Air Cooled or Water Cooled or your OS? The safest ones to use and I use are Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 for benchmarking and overclocking on Ultra settings on Heaven for 15-20 min is an excellent stability and heat test. It is much more comparable to an in-game scenario rather than the pedal to the metal that Furmark is. Other brands like 3DMark Firestrike , Unigine Valley Benchmark 1.0 are good too. Depending on your OS one of these applications will work for you. Good luck on your benchmark!

[@akmal_rafye]

I've liquid cooled my CPU with Alienware 120mm liquid cooler and my GPU is on Air Cooling. Could it be a problem of Motherboard (BIOS problem something stuff like that) or Power Supply? I've been using Seasonic 750 Watt 80 Plus Silver Power Supply and Intel DB85FL Mobo. Could you please suggest me something more about it? Sorry for the late response... I'd not opened KZbin for 2 days. Thanks in advance.

[@akmal_rafye]

I considered.

[@daver1883]

@@akmal_rafye Jerky Shooter you could be running into an issue with overheating of the card or your CPU. Try monitoring the temps with HWMonitor from cpuid. If your temps are within the recommended specs which is about 74c (max at ihs) for the 4790k and 90c max for thr GPU, you should not be hitting any thermal issue. If those are fine, I'd check out the voltage for the power supply. Boot into the BIOS/UEFI setup and find the Hardware monitor option (usually under a menu called monitor/pc health/system health). Make sure the 12v reading is between 11.6v and 12.4v and it should be stable. Fluctuations from the stable voltage higher than plus or minus 5% would indicate stability issues with the PSU. Any fluctuations of more tha 0.05v in either direction could be a concern and if you see it fluctuating often (more than every 20-30 seconds), I would definitely swap the PSU, to see if that helps.

[@whatta7793]

Is there a way to make my stream kind of buffer in a .. different way? My internet just LOVES to go out for like a 5-10 second moment, every now an then. It'll then reconnect. So, when I'm live streaming, it completely disconnects, and reconnects my live stream, my internet loves to go out for that split second, just to cause a disconnect/reconnect on OBS. So, is there a way to make a buffer so my stream doesn't go Offline when my internet drops for that random 5 seconds? Maybe like rewind and replay 5-10 seconds of what my stream has already played, or just pause my stream instead of actually making my stream go Offline? Kind of weird to explain what I'm trying to accomplish, but my net drops for 5-10 secs, stream goes Offline, and I'd like to try to make a buffer of some sort, like the reverse of a video being buffered, kinda? Giving up hope on my internet company..

[@Ghofy]

Thank you!!!

[@ECLOVELY]

Excellent video, thank you so much! Nerds unite

[@snowytf2]

Good tutorial :D

[@EposVox]

Thanks for watching!

[@SMKurama]

I don't seem to have the "Save replay buffer" option on the Hotkeys tab.. Did I miss something? I'm on OBS 25.0.0

[@EposVox]

You have to enable replay buffer in your output settings first

[@NightWarrior-nc5jf]

How do you put your scenes and sources around

[@EposVox]

Check out my OBS Master Class - kzbin.info/aero/PLzo7l8HTJNK-IKzM_zDicTd2u20Ab2pAl

[@vertex8263]

Will it work on my potato laptop with 8GB of ram?

[@ScarKnight.]

I can't figure out why the recording was originally 35 Minutes and it gets cut down to 25 Minutes. I'm not sure how to fix that

[@shrimpee899]

Just want to let you know that I saw your other video of the simple output mode. You might want to take that down so people see this video first.

[@helltioeverygames]

Doesn't work with stream deck anymore,you set the damn hotkey press it and nothing happen with the keyboard,so if nothing happens with the keyboard it will not work on the deck either.

[@quakles3d1]

can i use multiple replay buffers? for example for one hotkey, it records up to 15 secs, and for another hotkey, it records to 2 min or something

[@EposVox]

No

[@quakles3d1]

Aww man

[@ChampJJ]

So I was playing Fortnite and noticed in my OBS preview window that I had a lot of lag (I was flashback recording in Output Mode: Simple) now that I switched over to advance I'm hoping it'll take out the lag.

[@sebastiang914]

great tutorial but after set CQP 14 with 2 minutes replay all saved file have 500MB its common bug it can be fixed by add in C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\obs-studio\basic\profiles\\basic.ini in section [AdvOut] line RecRBSize=4096

[@Gobbetto1989]

Oh I would like to, but after the last update OBS is giving me 0.1% loss in rendering, so I think I can't add more stuff ;( Awesome tutorial as always tho, simple and usefull straight to the point!

[@DuckyHitsBills]

Will this not make my game recording lag? When i record normal obs it makes my footage little choppy not so clear as the game im playing actually looks

[@crowely6665]

what to do if i press the save clip key while ingame and it does not save the clip? and yes i had start replay activated ^^

[@lilc2323]

i dont have the save replay hotkey

[@rommiemex9532]

Can this be used during streaming though... That is, hit a replay button, and the feed changes to content from 15 seconds ago..

[@EposVox]

Yes, though the workaround to pull the clip back up is complicated

[@rommiemex9532]

@@EposVox I thought that might be the case. Should be doable with macros/multi tasks in a stream deck. Will investigate. Thanks.

[@TheRenegadist]

Looking for help on a different tool and through my searches this video is the closest. I've seen streamers highlight areas of the stream whether static or moving and cut those areas out into separate pieces and I'm wondering if this is an Xsplit only feature or if it comes with OBS as well. The best way I can describe it is taking a random news reporter's face that is playing as a KZbin video but they're standing still/not moving around too much in it, using this highlight feature, and say displaying a giant picture of a dollar bill on stream and moving this live highlight piece over George Washington's head as a joke. I have no idea what the feature is called, I'm hoping you or someone else does.

[@jake-wp4xu]

hi how can i mute microphone so its push to talk or not on at all?

[@valroh]

so say I have my replay as 2 minutes as soon as I click it, it records the last 2 minutes from when I pressed it?

[@EposVox]

Yep

[@nathanr100]

How do i make it so its alt f3 Because when I press alt f3 it only shows alt How do i add the f3

[@starcatizen7681]

how to prevent it storing bugger info in the Ram. i have limited ram.

[@BatFastardl]

thanks a lot

[@White_Gaming]

Hi @EposVox! I hope you are safe and sound and you eventually get this message :) I just wanted to ask you 2 things. 1. Im sure you have a discord server... :) and 2. I am looking for a way to show a replay in a livestream, and I found this video, I understand that OBS has a replay buffer that I can configure to show it DURING THE SAME LIVESTREAM, but I'm afraid of how much resources will consume. I am in a single PC build so II'm usually worried for how much resources the game + OBS + several programs more impact in my Processor (usually my GPU, memory and persistence unit are fine :) ). Do you happen to know ANYTHING on this matter? I can't find anyone that has already test this and I'll say that you are a person that has probably done this :) (maybe in one video on your series that I can't find?) Thank you!

[@uniclub3667]

sir i have a question how to record pc screen during live to show people only pc screen on live how . which software we use for that . i see many youtuber live and record screen on live how they do this?

[@EposVox]

I mean, Display capture records the screen Display Capture?Check out my OBS Master Class - kzbin.info/aero/PLzo7l8HTJNK-IKzM_zDicTd2u20Ab2pAl

[@shazzzz]

after you save your replay where does the file of the video save to

[@Jason-tz6nz]

can u record to u store temp files to hard disk?