Today I’m going to show you how to record gameplay from your Xbox 360 (or any other system you like, for that matter–PS3, etc.) to your computer for sharing with friends, uploading to YouTube, whatever. This can not be done for free unless you’re going to use a video recorder alone to record it by just pointing it at the screen (you can do this, but the quality will inevitably be poor). I’ve got a video here that’s excellent and shows you exactly what you need to do and how to do it, every single step, it’s very well done. I’ve put a list of all the stuff you’ll need for both the low-cost option and the expensive option he uses in the video just below it, here it is:
Low-Cost Option Required Equipment:
- Dazzle Video Creator Plus
(the “Platinum” version he mentioned is the old version they don’t make anymore, this is the new one)
- Xbox 360 S-Video A/V Cable by Microsoft
Expensive Option Required Equipment
- Dazzle Video Creator Plus
- Xbox 360 S-Video A/V Cable by Microsoft
- CE LABS AV 400SV Prograde S-Video Distribution Amplifier
- Belkin PureAV AV21000-06 6-Foot Component (A/V) Video Cable
(you need 2 of these–if you need longer than 6 feet, they also have 15 and 25 feet A/V cables that I saw that aren’t that much more expensive).
- Belkin F8V308-06 6-Feet Gold Plated S-Video Cable
(you need 2 of these)
In addition to the video above I also found a nice graphic that illustrates what the whole setup should look like:
