NBA - Main

Requirements:

• OBS

Steps:

• Download, install, and open OBS
• Set up OBS:
  • In the upper left, click "File" > then click "Settings"
  • A "Settings" window will pop-up; along the left-side pane, click "Output"
  • Within "Output", you will see "Output Mode" at the top, with a drop-down box set to "Simple"
    • Change "Simple" to "Advanced"
    • Four tabs will show up now, under "Output Mode" ("Streaming", "Recording", "Audio", "Replay Buffer")
    • click "Recording"; you will see "Recording Path" under "Recording Settings" > click "Browse" button on the right to set the location on your computer you want your replays to be saved.
    • Adobe Premiere users only — for "Recording Format", set it to "MPEG-TS (.ts)" if you want to import your replay clips hassle-free into Premiere.
    • click "Replay Buffer" > check the box that says "Enable Replay Buffer"
    • for "Maximum Replay Time", your choice — I set mine to 24s (seconds), the length of the shot clock, but you can experiment with longer/shorter replays
  • Look back at the left-side pane, and find "Hotkeys"
    • Scroll down to the section "Replay Buffer", and find "Save Replay"
    • Set a hotkey (keyboard shortcut) for how you want to save replays (mine is "Ctrl + Shift + S")
  • Click "OK" to save your settings, which will close the "Settings" window
• Locate the tab "Sources" on the lower-left
  • Click the "+" button
  • Click "Window Capture" > click "OK" on the pop-up "Create/Select Source"
  • For "Window" set the drop-down box to the browser window you have the game open on (ie "[firefox.exe]:..."
  • Uncheck the box "Capture Cursor" so your mouse doesn't show up in the replay
  • Click "OK"
• Locate the tab "Audio Mixer" to the right of the "Sources" tab
  • Verify that there's audio being captured under "Desktop Audio" (you should see the horizontal bars moving)
  • Verify the microphone icon is neutral-colored with 2 waves; not red with an "X" — click to toggle the audio being recorded or muted.
• Locate the tab "Controls" in the lower right:
  • Under the "Controls" header, locate the button "Start Replay Buffer"
  • To save a replay
    • Press the download icon to the right of "Stop Replay Buffer"
    • Input the hotkey you set above (ie mine was "Ctrl + Shift + S"
  • Confirm your replay is saved by looking at the bottom-left corner of the screen — it should say "Replay buffer saved to '...'"
• Enjoy the game in full-screen while being ready to clip replays:
  • right-click the center of the screen (where you have a preview of the recording)
  • Click "Fullscreen Projector (Preview)
  • Now the game will be in full-screen, but if you input your "Save Replay" hotkey, you'll be saving your replays
• Upload to r/nba
  • Go to https://streamable.com/ or https://streamin.me/
    • Streamable links on reddit show up in a convenient, in-feed playable thumbnail — but I've heard from users on the sub that it's blocked in some countries so it's not accessible; additionally Streamable has options to "trim" and "merge" clips in-browser, which is convenient.
    • Streamin.me doesn't load an in-feed playable thumbnail based on my experience, but I've heard it doesn't have regional restrictions.
  • Click "upload video" / "select or drop video here" and locate your video, then create the video.
  • Copy the video URL, and submit it to Reddit as a link post
    • Format is "[Highlight]" followed by the description of the replay (ie "[Highlight] Marcus Smart scores his first basket for the Grizzlies")
    • Your post should get auto-flaired in blue as a Highlight

Additional Steps:

If you are multi-tasking while watching the game (ie have other audio playing) — you can follow these steps to isolate the audio output from the game in your replay.

• Download and install win-capture-audio
• Locate the tab "Sources" on the lower-left
  • Click the "+" button
  • Click "Application Audio Capture (BETA)" > click "OK" on the pop-up "Create/Select Source"
  • For "Window" set the drop-down box to the browser window you have the game open on (ie "[firefox.exe]:..."
  • Click "OK"
• Verify the audio is being isolated by trialing
  • ie play multiple sources of audio and save a replay, then play it back to confirm.

Lmk if there's any questions/comments/suggestions.

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