Article Number: DH3-023

Last Updated: November 11th, 2024

Overview

Record is a feature built into AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, allowing users to capture gameplay in various formats with minimal impact to in-game framerate (FPS). Enabling the feature is quick and easy with the help of the setup wizard and can be customized any time with advanced settings. Record is available with the full installation of AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. For more information about requirements and supported configurations, refer to the FAQs on this page.

Note: The steps outlined in this article are based on AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition 23.9.1 (Full Install) with an AMD Radeon™ RX 7900 XTX and the screenshots used are for illustrative purposes only. Depending on your system configuration, some options and settings may not be available to you or exactly as shown in the examples provided.

Setup Wizard

Use the setup wizard to quickly configure common settings for recording.

To launch the setup wizard in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, follow these steps:

  1. From the Taskbar, click on Start (Windows icon), type AMD Software, and select the app under best match.
     
  2. In AMD Software, enter "Record" into the search box (highlighted below), and click on the "Record & Stream Settings" result displayed. 
  1. The setup wizard should open with the following prompt, click Get Started to proceed.Select Record and click Next.

  1. Select the default microphone and camera device (if available) to use during recording or live streaming. Adjust the Microphone Level and Push to Talk options, if desired. You may also set the Use Chroma Key and Chroma Color options here or click Next to keep the default settings.

  2. Choose the preferred setting for Recording Quality and/or enable Record Desktop. You may click Next to keep the default settings or Skip This to adjust these settings later.
     
  3. Click Finish to accept these settings.
     
  4. Once complete, the wizard will exit to the Live Stream screen.
     
  5. To run the setup wizard again (optional), from the Record screen click the Wand icon as shown in the example below.

Advanced Recording Settings

Experienced users may customize available recording options with advanced settings.

To access advanced recording settings, follow these steps:

  1. In AMD Software, enter "Record" into the search box (highlighted below), and click on the "Record & Stream Settings" result displayed. 

  1. Advanced recording settings are grouped under Recording and Media sections and are explained below:

  • Record Desktop – When enabled, Record Desktop allows recording content directly from your Windows desktop. Note: OpenGL applications may be recorded using the Record Desktop feature only when running in windowed mode.
  • Show Indicator – When enabled, a recording indicator is shown on-screen.
  • Borderless Region Capture – When enabled, Borderless Region Capture allows recording of a specific application, and a popup will appear to select the desired application for recording.
  • Recording Profile– Contains presets for the quality and size of your recorded gameplay footage:
    • Low (Resolution: 720p, FPS: 60, Bit Rate: 5 Mb/s)
    • Medium (Resolution: In-Game, FPS: 60, Bit Rate: 10 Mb/s)
    • High (Resolution: In-Game, FPS: 60, Bit Rate: 30 Mb/s)
    • Custom (Use custom values for Resolution, FPS, and Bit Rate)
  • Recording Resolution – Choose the output video resolution of your recording, options include 360p, 480p, 720p, 900p, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, and In-Game. However, depending on the GPU some higher resolutions may not be available.
  • Recording FPS – Select the number of frames per second for video recording, options include 30 FPS and 60 FPS. However, depending on the GPU and recording resolution setting 60 FPS may not be available.
  • Video Bit Rate (Mb/s) – Specify the video bit rate for recordings. Higher bit rate should provide better video quality but also increases the file size of the recording.
  • Audio Bit Rate (kb/s) – Specify the audio bit rate for recordings. Higher bit rate should provide better audio quality but also increases the file size of the recording.
  • Video Encoding Type – Select AV1, HEVC or AVC as the video encoding format. AV1 is the latest video compression standard which offers the highest quality. HEVC (H.265) offers higher quality and smaller file sizes as compared to AVC (H.264).
  • Enhanced Filtering – When enabled, improves AVC encoding quality under certain scenarios but may have an impact on gaming performance.
  • Audio Channels – Choose from Automatic (default) or Stereo.
  • Separate Microphone Track – When enabled, microphone audio gets saved to a separate file.
  • Record Microphone – When enabled, microphone audio is captured in the video recordings.
  • Microphone Level (%) – Set the preferred microphone recording volume.
  • Push to Talk – When enabled, microphone audio can be toggled on/off using the middle mouse button.
  • Audio Boost – Increases the audio volume when recording gameplay videos. Choose from Off (Default), Low, or High settings.
  • Media Save Location – Specify the folder where captured screenshots and recorded gameplay videos are saved. The default folder location is <drive>:\Users\<username>\Videos\Radeon ReLive.

Note: Because the size of gameplay video files can be very large, make sure there is ample free space in the specified drive or location.

  • Instant Replay – Continuously record your gameplay and allows playing back the last 20 minutes of the gaming session, when enabled. Replay duration can be adjusted in 15 second increments using the slider. Instant Replay video files stored in media save location folder includes all recently captured gameplay.
  • Instant GIF – When enabled, recorded GIF length can be adjusted from 1 to 30 seconds and quality settings can be set to: High (1280x720), Medium (960x540), or Low (640x360). Instant GIF files are stored to the media saved location folder.
  • In-Game Replay – When enabled, your last gaming moment can be played back in-game.
  • Audio Capture Device – Select the preferred microphone device for audio and capture.

Hotkeys

Some Recording and Media settings can be toggled with hotkeys. To see a list of configurable hotkeys in AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition, follow these steps:

  1. In AMD Software, enter "Hotkey" into the search box (highlighted below), and click on the "Hotkey Settings" result displayed. 
  1. Scroll down to the Media Hotkeys section.

  1. Click the hotkey tile next to any option to change or assign hotkeys.

  2. Press the desired key or combination of keys to be used. Some hotkeys require the use of CTRL and/or ALT keys. If accepted, the new hotkey(s) will be saved automatically. To unbind the hotkey, press Delete on the keyboard.
     
  3. To reset all hotkeys to defaults, click the Reset icon located in the upper right-hand corner.

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