How to record your gameplay – XBox and PS3

Since I started making Call of Duty MW2 montages etc, I’ve often been asked how I managed to record my XBox and PS3 gameplay. Most people seem to be under the illusion that I just have a really good video camera pointed at my TV screen.

Ok… So… How do I record my XBox and PS3 gameplay?

To record footage of yourself playing PS3 and XBox games, you will need to buy a relatively cheap capture card called Easycap. In my opinion, Easycap is great as it’s very cheap and it does the trick. Other higher-quality HD capture cards cost nearly $200+ dollars, which is far more than what I am willing to spend (maybe if I get a lot more subscribers, I’ll save up for one). Easycap itself is a USB-powered device that you connect up to your PC or Laptop. It comes with its own software and is pretty easy to setup – not that you’d have a problem getting it setup as its a pretty popular capture card and there are plenty of Youtube videos telling you how to set it up to work with your PS3 or XBox.

When Easycap is setup and recording, everything that you see on your television screen will be recorded to the hard drive on your PC or Laptop. You can then edit your gameplay footage using Windows Movie Maker or Sony Vegas (professional video editor). You get a choice of video formats. In my case; all footage of my XBox / PS3 gameplay is recorded in AVI format (high quality video files).

The Easycap USB Video Capture Adapter can be bought online for just over $10 on Amazon.com