Jomick

Kind of want to do this, no idea how though.

I don't want to spend hundreds of dollars buying a microphone, capture card, software, etc. If what I have can make a commentary with half-decent voice and video quality, I'd be fine.

Obviously, my phone (Motorola CLIQ) wouldn't be of much use.

But would my webcam (Logitech HD Webcam C270h) be good? And if it is, is there a way I can do the video and the voicing seperately? Like record whatever it is I wanted, upload it, then use something else for the commentary itself and combine the two?

Any and all help is appreciated.

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OzballO

I guess first question I have is do you have a PC or Mac? That will narrow down voice-overs. Now, will the web cam work? Yes. Is it gonna be really high quality? Probably not. The issue you may get with sound from a web-cam is that you'll get background noise unless you have someway to run the in game sound into your computer.

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Jomick

I have a normal PC. And do you know how I would be able to run the game sounds into my PC?

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OzballO

I wouldn't know how you do that, I was just wondering out loud if it was possible. Well without paying for anything I think Windows Movie Maker is will allow you to edit and even record commentary. Depending on how old the pc is, it should have that program on it.

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Jomick

Yeah, I have WMM. Where would the mic-recording be if you know?

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Cloud

Drag the clip into the timeline in WMM then click "tools" at the top of the screen then "narrate timeline", then you can take the recording you get from there and use it in other programs to edit, it's what I do.

I use a bog standard webcam to record my commentaries. I record the game first and save the file, then import it into WMM, do what I mentioned above to get the commentary, then put them both together in vegas and render then upload.

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Jomick

I'll try to do that tomorrow and see how it works for me

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oneinchwunda

Sony Vegas. It does all you need.

Buy a clip on mic for a tenner off the Internet.

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abc

Most motherboards (even the lowest-end ones) have have 5.1 capable chips, and if you're in luck there will be a "line in" as well as a "mic in." To be honest, either will do. Infact either will do for either recording in-game sounds or plugging a mic/webcam/whatever in to record the voice over.

Real world application? Right, I suppose it's a case of counting how many 3.5mm jacks you have on the back of your PC. To be honest even an extremely old PC will have a mic in. Identify it by symbols or words etched beside it.

Practical application? Recording voice: err plug in mic. Recording in-game sounds without a capture card (don't ask me why you'd be doing this): IIRC both the 360 and PS3 have a range of outputs only described as crap - use HDMI to TV as normal then a male-to-male 3.5mm lead from TV's "headphone" socket to PC's "line in" or "mic in" socket. Or you could play in SD and get a composite to 3.5mm adapter and run that straight from the console to the PC - I guess you'd use this method if your TV doesn't have a mic out.


For all the worries about the PS3 being hacked and custom software means it's the end of the world, the hack could be used for example to make recording gameplay as easy as it is on a PC: 1) Download free software. 2) Press one button. 3) Record straight to your HDD in capture-card (or higher) quality! Good things can come from opening up a system to development.

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