Nvidia ShadowPlay Alternatives

Nvidia ShadowPlay is described as 'ShadowPlay is a graphics-accelerated overlay to record and share high-quality gameplay videos, screenshots, and livestreams' and is a Screen Recorder in the photos & graphics category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Nvidia ShadowPlay for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Android and Linux apps. The best Nvidia ShadowPlay alternative is OBS Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nvidia ShadowPlay are GPU Screen Recorder, Bandicam, VokoscreenNG and BetterCapture.

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  1. Dxtory icon
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    Tool to display FPS in video games, make screenshots, record videos.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Gamecaster icon
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    Gamecaster is a graphical user interface for open source framework 'glc'. It can capture real time footage of any game that uses ALSA for sound and OpenGL for drawing. Gamecaster can also encode any captured .glc file into webm video format.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. FFsplit icon
     15 likes

    A freeware application that lets users stream high quality content similar to XSplit Broadcaster and Flash Media Live Encoder. Currently, the application is in early stages of development. This project is actively looking for dedicated testers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. Taksi icon
     7 likes

    Taksi is a utility that allows you to take screenshots and record video clips of your favourite games and other 3D-graphics applications. Inspired by Fraps .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Free Screen Video Recorder is a compact, yet full-featured screen video recorder and screenshot capture tool that allows you to easily record screen activities and capture anything on the screen including windows, objects, menus, full screen and rectangular regions.

    154 Free Screen Video Recorder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. Smartpixel icon
     5 likes

    SmartPixel software is a Windows/Android video recording tool and editing tool 2 in 1 program to help home user easily create videos to upload to YouTube. The screen recorder tool has been seamlessly integrated D3D recording mode inside which compatible with nearly all the PC...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. HyperCam icon
     9 likes

    HyperCam v2 is a video capture software that records AVI movies (screencam) directly from your monitor, for software presentations, software training, demos, tutorials, and fun! HyperCam supports text annotations, sound, and screen notes (great for creating automated software...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. TinyTake icon
     7 likes

    TinyTake is a free screen capture software for Microsoft Windows. With TinyTake, you can capture images and videos of your computer screen, add comments and share them with others in minutes. TinyTake is built by MangoApps and is available for free.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. There exist a lot of screen recorders, but all lack the speed for doing some full screen recording. The speed is just to low or cpu to high.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. ffscreencast icon
     2 likes

    ffscreencast is an ffmpeg screencast/desktop-recording tool for the command-line with video overlay and multi monitor support.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  11. D3DGear icon
     12 likes

    D3DGear is very fast video game recording software, game video recorder and video game live stream broadcasting software for PC. D3DGear video game recording and broadcasting performance and quality are superior among other game video recorder programs.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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