TapTechNews June 27th news, Valve announced early this morning Beijing time to launch the Steam native game recording tool (beta version), which is a brand-new system built into the Steam platform for creating and sharing game clips, applicable to any game on Steam, and can also be used on the SteamDeck handheld.
According to the official website introduction, players can either use the background recording function to continuously record video clips or use the shortcut key to manually turn on the recording function. When recording, players will see the'steam timeline' and add marks to record the memorable moments that players want to'relive' later. Currently, Valve has already implemented this function in
The tool will not record the content on the player's computer desktop, and players can choose the audio channels they want to record by themselves. In terms of video export, Valve provides players with multiple options: export as MP4, send to the Steam mobile app, and create a temporary link that is easy to share.
Steam also talked about a series of issues such as the impact on the computer's performance. TapTechNews attaches the official Q&A as follows:
Once enabled, Steam game recording will capture the game screen when you play games through the Steam client. It will not capture the screen from your desktop or other programs. You can choose to record audio from other programs such as voice chat programs. When recording and sharing, please respect others and abide by the
Steam game recording is designed to try to avoid competing for resources with games as much as possible. This function uses NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards to eliminate most of the performance consumption of creating game videos. When using this function on a system without these graphics cards, the system CPU will be used to record videos, which may have a significant impact on the system performance.
You can view the game video (and its timeline) in the game's Steam overlay interface and the video and screenshot viewer. In the Steam desktop client, select 'View' > 'Videos and Screenshots'. On your SteamDeck, select the 'Media' tab in the main menu. You will find the same content and functions in both places. Under 'Steam' > 'Settings' > 'Game Recording', you can choose the storage location of the video. Steam will capture the video and timeline in the original format. If you want to save the game screen in video format (mp4), you need to create clips and export them.
As long as the game supports the Steam overlay interface, game recording can be used; some older games may not support this function. The game can choose whether to support event marking on the Steam timeline. When we started testing this function, the following games have already implemented support for timeline marking: Dota 2 and
We hope to hear everyone's feedback, including the recording problems you encounter or other related problems. Make sure to state the relevant information, such as the game you are going to record, the recording mode, all the audio programs included in the recording, and the graphics card you have, etc.