AMD Gaming Evolved add shadowplay like features

[WYP]

AMD Gaming Evolved, otherwise known as Raptr, adds support for video streaming and recording through your GPUs integrated H.264 encoder.

This will mean that now AMD users will have gained ShadowPlay like functionality, that being said this is still considered beta functionality so expect some problems.

Below is the highlights of this update to Raptr;

We’ve just released an update to the AMD Gaming Evolved client that’s tuned to streamline your experience, and we’ve also added several video-related features that utilize H.264 video encoding to enable high-quality video capture with virtually no impact on performance.

Restart your AMD Gaming Evolved client to update, or new users can download it here. Highlights:

1) We’ve dramatically redesigned the client UI, making it even faster and easier to use. The most-used (and now, most-requested) features are front-and-center, enabling one-click access to all the key functionality we’ve packed into Gaming Evolved.

2) Game DVR beta: Game DVR continuously records the last 10 minutes of your gameplay, enabling you to instantly save a replay of a cool moment that happened while playing.

3) Manual start and stop video recording.

4) We’ve further expanded the library of optimized games supported, enabling you to maximize performance and quality across more than 200 of the most popular PC games -- again with just a single click of your mouse.

With the Game DVR Beta your system will automatically record your last 15 seconds of gameplay, but if you wish up to the last 10 minutes of gameplay can be stored.

As I said previously this is still in beta and will continue to be updated and "evolve" over time, but now recording and sharing your PC moments have never been easier with both camps offering this functionality with low performance lost.

What do you think of AMD Raptr now? Are you AMD users looking forward to recording some footage of your own? Please post your thoughts and feelings below.

Source - AMD Raptr

 

[barnsley]

Raptr is awful however this is pretty neat if the quality is any good.

 

[WYP]

Raptr is awful however this is pretty neat if the quality is any good.

I'm not to fond of it either but I might give twitch streaming a try.

 

[SieB]

Just tried it out, the video recorded ok but when I played it in MPC it was playing really slow with stuttering here and there, the audio was all messed up as well. I'm not sure if it is a prob with the app or something did work right, I need to test it out on some other games.

The quality is ok though and the file size is small, the 2:31 video I did came out at 946mb at 1080p, 30fps using high quality settings. Even after Youtube raped it, it still looks pretty decent quality wise. Not as good as Bandicam though, apart from file size.

Youtube's re-encoding seems to have fixed the stuttering and slow speed but the audio is still messed up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P1QdEw_tKI

 

[cooperman]

Just tried it out, the video recorded ok but when I played it in MPC it was playing really slow with stuttering here and there, the audio was all messed up as well. I'm not sure if it is a prob with the app or something did work right, I need to test it out on some other games.

The quality is ok though and the file size is small, the 2:31 video I did came out at 946mb at 1080p, 30fps using high quality settings. Even after Youtube raped it it still looks pretty decent quality wise. Not as good as Bandicam though, apart from file size.

Youtube's re-encoding seems to have fixed the stuttering and slow speed but the audio is still messed up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P1QdEw_tKI

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[SieB]

I see you too enjoy the black knight ultra surfboard

It is my favourite weapon at the moment
I use the Bastard sword +5 and the Drangleic Sword +5 infused with raw damage as well though.

 

[WYP]

Just tried it out, the video recorded ok but when I played it in MPC it was playing really slow with stuttering here and there, the audio was all messed up as well. I'm not sure if it is a prob with the app or something did work right, I need to test it out on some other games.

The quality is ok though and the file size is small, the 2:31 video I did came out at 946mb at 1080p, 30fps using high quality settings. Even after Youtube raped it it still looks pretty decent quality wise. Not as good as Bandicam though, apart from file size.

Youtube's re-encoding seems to have fixed the stuttering and slow speed but the audio is still messed up.

Hmm, strange audio issue, but quality is not bad. Did it give much of a performance hit?

Hopefully they fix the audio issue your having.

 

[SieB]

Hmm, strange audio issue, but quality is not bad. Did it give much of a performance hit?

Hopefully they fix the audio issue your having.

No performance hit as far as I could tell, Dark Souls 2 isn't a demanding game though so even if there was one you most likely wouldn't notice it.
I'm not sure if the problems are because of the app or something just went wrong, it is still in Beta though so there are bound to be a few issues.

I will try it with a couple of other games later and see how it goes, also to see if more demanding games take a hit on performance.

 

[Excalabur50]

No performance hit as far as I could tell, Dark Souls 2 isn't a demanding game though so even if there was one you most likely wouldn't notice it.
I'm not sure if the problems are because of the app or something just went wrong, it is still in Beta though so there are bound to be a few issues.

I will try it with a couple of other games later and see how it goes, also to see if more demanding games take a hit on performance.

Do you mind trying BF4 as I'm curious Cheers

 

[SieB]

Do you mind trying BF4 as I'm curious Cheers

Will do later (unless someone else does it first), not planning on playing any games till tonight though, weather is to nice in the UK ATM

 

[Excalabur50]

will do later (unless someone else does it first), not planning on playing any games till tonight though, weather is to nice in the uk atm :d

shweeet :d

 

[SieB]

Well I tried to do BF4 but I can't get it to load and it just keeps crashing, not a problem with the AMD app, it is a prob with BF4 itself.
If I get it working I will try it out, unless someone else here can do it in the meantime

 

[Excalabur50]

Thanks very much for trying much appreciated

 

[SieB]

Anyone that has issues like I have with playback speed and bad audio set your sound format to 48,000khz in your audio settings, it fixes those issues.

EDIT: Issue with playback speed and audio have been fixed in the latest 3.9.1 release.

Here is a quick vid I did without the audio and playback speed problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsjVn7rChzU

EDIT: Just found out you can change the settings to use the 32bit executable for BF4 instead of the 64bit one.

Here is a vid of BF4 I did with DVR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ootpl1SLdWg

 

[Excalabur50]

Mate that don't look too bad at all really

 

[SieB]

Mate that don't look too bad at all really

The original video looks a lot better, Youtube compresses videos and makes them look a lot worse than what you originally uploaded.

Here's a quick vid I uploaded to google drive so you can see the original quality. Click the down arrow in the top left to download it, the video you can watch in the link is compressed like youtube so make sure to download to see the original quality.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5OXC_r1kwX0NEhFZU9FdjZFQVU/edit?usp=sharing

I have been on the AMD gaming APP forums and mentioned to them about upping the maximum bitrate you can record with, which will improve the quality when uploading to youtube. The forum admin has passed it on the the devs so hopefully they will get it done and the vids will look even better when uploaded to youtube.

As for the actual recording there is no noticeable performance hit when recording, so you can play at your normal framerate and not even notice you are recording.

 

[NeverBackDown]

That's pretty damn awesome if no recording hit occurs. Would help a lot of lower end cards do much better.

 

[Excalabur50]

The original video looks a lot better, Youtube compresses videos and makes them look a lot worse than what you originally uploaded.

Here's a quick vid I uploaded to google drive so you can see the original quality. Click the down arrow in the top left to download it, the video you can watch in the link is compressed like youtube so make sure to download to see the original quality.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5OXC_r1kwX0NEhFZU9FdjZFQVU/edit?usp=sharing

I have been on the AMD gaming APP forums and mentioned to them about upping the maximum bitrate you can record with, which will improve the quality when uploading to youtube. The forum admin has passed it on the the devs so hopefully they will get it done and the vids will look even better when uploaded to youtube.

As for the actual recording there is no noticeable performance hit when recording, so you can play at your normal framerate and not even notice you are recording.

Mate that vid looks the ducks nuts and the fact you dont take a performance hit is awesome thanks for taking the time to do that for me much appreciated

 

[MadShadow]

That's pretty damn awesome if no recording hit occurs. Would help a lot of lower end cards do much better.

Or it means a bunch of youtube videos with decent video quality, but audio/the rest will be crap. Mostly young kids capturing minecraft

 

[WYP]

It is great how we can now record such quality footage with no real performance loss. Hopefully soon AMD will sort the audio out, but I'll not be moving from bandicam anytime soon.