Hey there folks, I thought I'd chuck a thread up where everyone can say what hardware/software they use to get their let's plays up and running. Think of it like a user guide for people who want to know how to set the stuff up etc 
I'll start things off.
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Hardware:
3 x 1 RCA Phono male to 2 female Audio Gold Splitter Adaptor
( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phono-femal...7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1357154240&sr=1-7 )
1 x Canon STV150 3 phono to 3 phono AV cable
( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-STV150-phono-AV-cable/dp/B0000C4G9O/ref=pd_sim_ce_2 )
1 x Dazzle Capture Card
( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pinnacle-...eo_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item231623b0eb )
I have all of this working with a scart. Dazzle capture cards will not work for HD.
Software:
Pinnacle Recording Software - this comes with the Dazzle and will only record the screen (including background music etc)
Audacity - This is free online (legally etc) and is used to record your commentary.
Sony Vegas - This is to merge the video and commentary recordings. Any other video editing (such as cutting random battles/deaths etc) is done here too.
Method of recording:
- Create new folder for videos and commentaries
- Open up both Audacity and Pinnacle
- Press record on both, as close to the same time as possible
- Talk/play/etc
- Press stop on both, as close to the same time as possible
- Save them both to the wanted folders (where you made those folders earlier)
- Open them both in Vegas (or other editing software such as Windows Live Movie Maker)
- Merge everything together depending on your software
- Render video...this will take some trial and error to find the right memory-to-quality balance
- Upload etc
Any questions, just ask. I'm not great at this though...I just followed step by step help from a mate
EDIT: All links to amazon/ebay are purely for example purposes and not intended as advertisements.
EDIT 2: Splitter type has been edited! Wrong ones were provided at first. Sorry about that
I'll start things off.
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Hardware:
3 x 1 RCA Phono male to 2 female Audio Gold Splitter Adaptor
( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phono-femal...7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1357154240&sr=1-7 )
1 x Canon STV150 3 phono to 3 phono AV cable
( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-STV150-phono-AV-cable/dp/B0000C4G9O/ref=pd_sim_ce_2 )
1 x Dazzle Capture Card
( http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pinnacle-...eo_Capture_TV_Tuner_Cards&hash=item231623b0eb )
I have all of this working with a scart. Dazzle capture cards will not work for HD.
Software:
Pinnacle Recording Software - this comes with the Dazzle and will only record the screen (including background music etc)
Audacity - This is free online (legally etc) and is used to record your commentary.
Sony Vegas - This is to merge the video and commentary recordings. Any other video editing (such as cutting random battles/deaths etc) is done here too.
Method of recording:
- Create new folder for videos and commentaries
- Open up both Audacity and Pinnacle
- Press record on both, as close to the same time as possible
- Talk/play/etc
- Press stop on both, as close to the same time as possible
- Save them both to the wanted folders (where you made those folders earlier)
- Open them both in Vegas (or other editing software such as Windows Live Movie Maker)
- Merge everything together depending on your software
- Render video...this will take some trial and error to find the right memory-to-quality balance
- Upload etc
Any questions, just ask. I'm not great at this though...I just followed step by step help from a mate
EDIT: All links to amazon/ebay are purely for example purposes and not intended as advertisements.
EDIT 2: Splitter type has been edited! Wrong ones were provided at first. Sorry about that
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