Old 02-14-2021, 07:17 AM   #1
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Default Recommend video recording software

I need to make a simultaneous vid of myself playing whilst also recording the audio / midi of myself in reaper. Then I'll import the vid into reaper, line them up, edit etc etc.

Any recommendations for capture software (on windows) using a webcam that will work alongside reaper (running on the same machine at the same time)

Something simple would be ideal.

I have Vegas movie studio platinum (which TBH I haven't tried running alongside reaper) but it's a bit clunky to use and I'd like something simpler.

I can always record the visuals on my phone and do it that way if not....
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Old 02-14-2021, 08:02 AM   #2
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Old 02-14-2021, 09:34 AM   #3
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I mean OBS is free and easy but powerful and works great and is pretty ubiquitous nowadays. You don’t necessarily have to use the trick in the thread linked above to have it automagically add the video to Reaper, but you certainly could if you want.
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Old 02-15-2021, 01:36 AM   #4
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Thanks both. Funnily enough I'd looked at that post but thought it was about screen captures. I've got OBS. Never thought of using it for anything else 😂😁😂😂😂

Thanks for the pointers :-)
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I mean OBS is free and easy but powerful and works great and is pretty ubiquitous nowadays. You don’t necessarily have to use the trick in the thread linked above to have it automagically add the video to Reaper, but you certainly could if you want.
What other way is there to do this?

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Old 02-24-2021, 04:12 PM   #6
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Well...record in OBS and import it into Reaper manually....
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Something simple would be ideal.
Use ffmpeg via the command line to capture the video stream directly from the webcam without (unnecessarily?) re-encoding it. OBS cannot do this. If you are capturing on the same computer without using hardware acceleration this will save a big chunk of your CPU usage that Reaper can use instead.

To find the webcam device name...

Code:
ffmpeg -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy
To find the resolutions and framerates that the webcam supports...

Code:
ffmpeg -f dshow -list_options true -i video="<device name>"
Start capturing the video stream...

Code:
ffmpeg -f dshow -s <resolution e.g. 1920x1080> -r <framerate> -i video="<device name>" -vcodec copy "<filepath>.mp4"
Remove these <> and their content when inserting your own values.
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