Clipping & Game Recording Guides

Eklipse scans your finished stream VODs for AI highlights; Insights Capture records every match as you play — streamed or not. Opposite approaches to the same goal, compared honestly, including the setup that uses both.

Game Bar is the recorder every Windows PC already has — fine until you want highlights found for you, clips longer than the buffer, or editing and sharing. Here's when the built-in tool is enough and when it isn't.

Outplayed and Insights Capture both auto-clip your matches — the differences are what they run on and what happens after the clip. One needs Overwolf and shows ads; the other runs standalone and adds a team review workspace.

ShadowPlay is a good replay buffer — if you have an NVIDIA GPU and never forget the hotkey. Insights Capture records every match automatically on any GPU and marks the highlights. Here's the honest head-to-head.

OBS is the best free streaming software ever made — and most gamers who only want clips never needed it. Here's the honest comparison: where OBS is irreplaceable, and when a purpose-built game recorder is simply the better option.

One button records your last 30 seconds on any Xbox — the tricky part is what happens next: length caps, a scattered capture library, and 90-day deletion on the Xbox network. Here's how to record, find, download and keep your Xbox clips.

A Medal clip turns your last play into a shareable link — but where do the files go, why is there a watermark, and who can see them? Everything worth knowing about recording, finding, and downloading Medal clips, plus when a full-session recorder fits better.

Gamer DVR records the last 30 seconds of your Xbox gameplay automatically — but captures uploaded to the Xbox network may be deleted 90 days after upload. This guide covers how to record, find and download your Xbox clips, and how to keep the ones that matter permanently.

Instant replay continuously records your gameplay into a rolling buffer, so you can save what just happened after it happens. Here's how the buffer actually works, which tools offer it, how it differs from automatic clipping, and the settings worth getting right.

VOD review is the practice of rewatching your own matches to find mistakes you couldn't see while playing. Every pro team does it, most amateurs don't, and it's the cheapest way to improve without a coach. Here's what it is and how to actually run a session.

Getting a 16:9 PC clip onto a vertical feed without it looking terrible takes a few specific decisions. Here's the full workflow — which clips survive the crop, how long to cut them, export settings, captions for muted viewers, and a weekly routine that keeps you posting.

CS2 gives you demos — excellent for studying, terrible for sharing. Here's how to record CS2 as real video, the best settings for a competitive shooter, and how to use demos and recordings together instead of choosing between them.