Valve is officially launched native recording of games on Steam after some time of testing in the beta version of the client. Linux and Steam Deck users will benefit the most from this.
Similar to NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience program, which will soon be replaced by NVIDIA App, and AMD’s Adrenaline Software, Steam offers a number of customizable options for recording long gaming sessions or short videos. Interestingly, the new feature works not only with Steam games, but also with those that allow Steam overlay.
Valve has optimized the program for minimal CPU usage and video encoding with NVIDIA and AMD video card forks where possible. This should minimize any impact on game performance during recording and increase energy efficiency, which is very important in the case of portable consoles Valve notes that non-Android or NVIDIA GPUs may experience significant performance losses, — bad news for Intel.
Players will get a background recording mode, as well as the ability to save a predetermined number of frames of gameplay. «Replay» — is a way to quickly go back and check previously recorded material directly in the Steam overlay. Being able to replay a situation you’ve seen before can be useful for learning about an enemy, finding a path, etc.
The «Clip and Share» feature allows users to easily edit and share videos directly on Steam. It seems to have been designed specifically for Steam Deckwhich is usually not very convenient to use outside of the Steam interface. The settings page allows you to set the clip duration, memory limit, and recording modes for each game.
Source: TechPowerUp