liteCam Game: 100 FPS Game Capture

What was I thinking buying this as a kid...

DO NOT BUY . Rsupport Inc no longer supports this product and if you have problems they just offer you 10 percent Off their higher cost products. Rip OFF its better to use the recording software that's free with your VGA software suite.

Really wasting your time with this one. Bad quality, with whatever setting. Sound is crackling, images are blasted with colordefects.

Son, just don't.

Do NOT buy this. It doesn't work and doesn't record video. I've tried getting help from the developers on their support pages but have not been answered, nor have any of the other threads claiming the software is broken.

It's a total scam. Doesn't work at all, don't buy it.

It's a good game recorder (not screen recorder, which is their other product). The videos come out pretty well. Price goes way down when it's on sale, get it then.

The good:
Medium quality
Fast preformance
Easy to learn how to use it


The bad:
Little bit of quality issues
Small bugs

The ugly:
Crashes during recording *Sometimes*
Costly *Buy it when its on sale not for $30.00

Review:
This is a good recording program, it has medium quality, even thou it does crash when your recording sometimes it still is a good product. I would read the reviews on this product below before purchasing. Try the demo first before buying to try it out for yourself before you spend $30.00. This product records gameplay and anyhing you want it to.

Its decent and you'll have to mess around with it to get what you want out of it

it maybe be some trouble but eventually with some help you'll get it to work the way you want.

Awesome !

I´ll make it short ...

+ Good Performance
+ Good Video Quality
+ Good Data Volume
+ Stable Game FPS
+ Easy to Handle

Absolutely worth it !

Pros- It records my games, or screen, it does everything the advertisement claims. it doesn't make my in-game framerate drop whatsoever. my computer isn't even set up for gaming, but it handles it like a champ. the only con, is the defualt settings suck. this can be fixed simply by going and fixing it all. its easy to use. I got it on sale for ~$17. its the best capture software I've used. ever. totally worth the $30 they are asking, but get it on sale if you can.

I will admit that the software did work for me, but not in a quality that I could actually use for my projects and found it to be a bad investment on my part, unlike other starting YouTubers I at least have the fortune to have a little disposable income to make a mistake like this, if you're in a tight spot, I must strongly suggest FRAPs, which works well for me, is well tested and proven. I had an issue in which I couldn't record game and microphone audio at the same time using the software, which is disappointing since the fact it does picture-in-picture was very alluring, the microphone audio was choppy and small bits would be pulled from earlier parts of the recording producing a choppy effect or a tapping noise. This sound was extremely distracting in the videos and rendered them useless from a professional standpoint. A gentleman was very kind in trying to assist me in getting the software to work, but neither of us could seem to find out what was wrong. If in the future the program is fixed and compatable with my computer (which is a very capable piece of hardware I might add) then I will retract this review and judge it according to it's capabilities then, but for the time being this software should never have been released without being thoroughly tested on multiple platforms.

Also, in case that happens, if the software does get a major update and you see this, please let me know so I can review it again at that time. As it stands now, I would definately say that this program is not a good investment at this time.

Also, please vote this (and other honest) reviews up, people deserved to be warned about this product.

I wouldn't recommend this recording software to anyone. I was looking for something to record games that FRAPS wouldn't record and this isn't it. At first it worked okay, but I found on long recording sessions that it dropped the frame rate so low that the recording hung at a still frame for 10-15 seconds, skipped to another still frame and hung on it for 10-15. Rinse and Repeat. And this was recording a 16bit indie RPG game.

After the July updates it is unusable. I launch it, try to start recording, 1 second of recording and it crashes. The only fix mentioned is to go and download a codec, which I did. Didn't fix it. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, still doesn't work. I'm fed up with it. This software is garbage at this time. I suggest anyone looking for a recording program to buy FRAPS and for the games that FRAPS can't record, use Bandicam. I should have bought Bandicam in the first place. Silly me for trying to support a little developer.

This video capture software is straightforward in its basic operation and does as advertised.
It will-

Record your entire session
Record your Mic as well as others chatting via in game com's or over Steam calls
Record in optimal resolutions that you choose in the menu or not record the voice/com's based on your options and preferences.

Over all I am quite satisfied with the performance and overall quality of the videos that come from this software. Some games do record at a better quality than others, but the loss is so marginal that it will not hinder the overall presentation of your video. The sound is recorded in full stereo and without any noticeable volume drops or interference.

Now, there are a few small issues that I have come across. When updates come out is is possible that the location of your saved videos will revert back to your main drive (C:\) rather than the one you designated, but a simple fix.

At random times for no reason the recording will stop with no input from the user. It just stops... The recording is saved but if you did not notice it stop you will keep going thinking everything is fine and dandy. This usually happens when stating a game or switching a game when the software was running in the background.

The on screen menu/status bar seems to disappear while ingame and recording. the recording does NOT pick up the status bar but it helps the user to know if it is recording, paused or stopped. Again if you are recording and the bar disappears IT DOES RECORD and save to the folder selected.

I also had an issue with voice quality when recording (coms/chat) being grainy and distant, but that was an audio option I found and corrected.

Over all I am quite pleased with this software and do suggest it for anything you may need it for. Watch your recordings because these files get BIG QUICK and is real easy to get carried away and have a 7 gig 1080p video now sucking up your HDD space!

Notes: I would like to see a better option menu/settings. There is a voice that tells you when you record and when you stop. But its either on or off a volume control for said voice would be perfect! I also want to see more optimized support for other games. Eg: Star Wars the Old Republic is grainy and less refined than recording Terraria. Why? Not sure just is.

Love it tho and would by again if needed.

I saw a lot of people say this was a good product, as well as I saw many people say this was not a good product. I gave it the benefit of the doubt but regret it deeply. It will not record, webcam doesn't turn on, and it won't widen recording territory. My hard-earned money spend poorly. I am dissapointed in this product.

I expected too much of this product based on the product video. I realized too late that the product video on Steam for liteCamHD is a bit misleading, this is *not* a rebundled version of the liteCam HD software as I had hoped, it is a commercial version of their previously-free liteCam Game software (now with more FPS and no watermark).

I have been disappointed with several things: it does not have the Audio Recording option seen in the video, the insertion of Title and Credits shown in the video is not the ability to splice in your own clips for either - it is text on a black background set by you which is displayed for a moment or scrolled past as credits - far less robust than I had hoped, the Video Recording menu shows options for FPS above 30 but you cannot select them - I hope they will be in a future update, there was one error message I received so far when the PIP failed but it was entirely in Korean so I have no way to know what the actual problem was, and most of all the video trimming function has not worked well for me - perhaps I'm using it wrong, but any video I have tried to trim has come out black with audio intact. I have reported my issues to the company but no official response has been given yet (well over a week ago).

I had wanted to use this for non-Game video or audio capturing, but it's not the software I had hoped for. No refunds allowed here, so I'm just glad I got it on sale. That said, I bet it works great for game capturing, if all you want to do is record the video and work on that video outside of this software. I'd recommend trying their trial version on their website first though.

Got the software a while back and at first it wasnt the best (see old review below) but after updates and responses to the Steam community the devs have improved it beyond my expectations. Support responses are better and the program runs very well. Well done and I recommend this to anyone looking to shoot web videos and game footage!

"Got this to see if it was less of a lag in game than fraps (which will only preform well at half size recordings) and was pleased to see that this one did not lagg game, as much (still afraid to use for anything fast paced like FPS, which is in the name of the software), but it was most likely because it was only recording the audio and a frozen single frame every 20 minutes of recording. Messed with the settings and got it to record smooth video with a freeze every 1-2 minutes for 5-10 seconds with no pattern or common thread in game to be a cause. So we decided it wasnt too bad for a quick post and found out that the recommended codec is not compatipble with most editing suites like Final Cut Pro so now I get to go through and convert all the files with the software's built in converter...but it does not work either. The company website offers no true support options and the steam support options are even more vague. Bought at 50% off and now know why it was so cheap. Do not recommend."

The adage "Buy cheap, buy twice" applies to this software. Despite claims to record DirectX 8 games, it doesn't properly hook into the one I tried it with (Star Trek Armada II with the Fleet Ops total conversion mod).

Additionally, when attempting to record a narrated playthrough of FTL, the software is randomly malfunctioning 8-10 minutes in, turning the video portion of the recording to a stuttering mess.

Audio recording is fine, however, and performance impact seems to be minimal on my main system, but until the random recording malfunctions are fixed I cannot recommend this software.

Edit: After some persistence, I found that using the Lagarith lossless codec I was able to record without hitches. I would then convert the video using VLC then upload to YouTube.

I still have no idea why the included codec was stalling out, but I was glad to find a workaround.

Screenshot works when recording game. Screenshot doesn't work when not recording game.
I tried to report this bug on online. The company forces me to give my information for better service.

Recording results are good but earthquake is on monitor while recording. Yes, I have a not good videocard and liteCam is not light.

And trimming video clip doesn't work on the video which is recorded by the company's own codec.

"I just copied and pasted this from my last post in the forum, considering this is the place where people first look"

It works for me. Just read
Ok so

So many people are having issues with this game capture. All I want to do is clear up any mis conception from these so called reviews that I am seeing pop up, from people who don't know jack about software. Not dissing on people, I am just tired of seeing people that are to lazy to research and trouble shoot, posting stuff they have no clue about.

So heres my setup and my methods, I hope this works with you.

OS: Windows 7 64bit
CPU: i7 4770k not OC
Ram: Sniper Ram from Gskill 8gigs
Mobo: MSI Z87 Gaming
Video Card: R9270x
My video cam: Logitech 920HDPro
Kigston SSD 160 SSD: as my bootable
1tb Western digital for videos
external 2tb for steam and games in general.

Ok so I wll now list my Lite Cam settings.

MODE: Game Recording
Frames per Second: 30
Video Format:100% Size, I may change this later.
Audio Device: ON, Computer Sound with Microphone input checked.
This is for you audio isssue dudes.

On Audio, where you see the little setting cog, click it.
Make sure all of your audio devices are detected, make sure you select Speakers, now press ok. You can run a check by simply checking each input device and make sure your hardware is working with the audio wave, just make sure you click back to the Speakers when you are done.
Audio Format : System Default Settings
PIP: 320x240,30fps, RGB24
Video Options: Uncheck Icon in the Taskbar and Show Game Recording Information.
Capture File Format, I left it at BMP.
AVI File Options: (I am still toying around with this but for now I leave it at)
RSUPPORT MPEG-4 Video Codec
RSUPPORT MPEG-4 " " (Right now, it looks amazing, but for some reason vegas won't render the file, so I am toying with the other codecs and see if this will change that issue and hopefully retain the quality of the videos, which are actually really good.)
Have Continuous Recording checked.
Lock Frame Rate: I have no limit checked.

"And thats it, here are some bugs I have noticed."

So one thing this cam likes doing is record any video source, you can try and run a preview of it, but it will crash Lite cam and you will have to restart the program after you watch it. Convert Video File doesn't render for me, hence why I cant render, due to converter not working for me like it should.
It doesn't like sharing the space with browsers well, you have to some times exit lite cam when you have google chrome up, for some reason it makes Lite Cam non clickable. There also appears to be some sort of static/buzzing sound in the back ground. I have recorded wth everything under the sun and this has never happened to me.
I can't render in vegas pro 12, I will try to import the codec to vegas and see if that clears it up. The womans voice that tells you its ok to start recording, please turn it down, blowing my ears out isn't helping you any.

Over all, this software does pretty good despite the issues we all have with it. I really hope this helps you all out.
One more thing, I have OBS aswell and the quality is no where near as good as this, so stop the BS and stop kidding yourselves. I love OBS to, but I am an audio and video quality nut and so many of you are full of it. Stop down playing a company that is trying to make it, if your quality is so good then why did you buy this program? Not trolling people, just keeping it real.

"FROM SITE"
CPU
- Minimum: 1.5GHz single-core CPU
- Recommended: 2GHz dual-core CPU or better

RAM
- 1GB RAM or more recommended

Graphics card
- 128MB video memory or more is recommended
- A graphic card supporting DirectX 9 and WDDM driver recommended
- In case of recording games, video memory of 512MB or more recommended

Sound card
– A sound card that supports full-duplexing required

OS
- Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0 / Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 or later is recommended

You may not be able record computer sounds if you are using a sound card that does not support full-duplexing. Sometimes, upgrading the driver is recommended in order to record computer sounds. However, if your current sound card does not support full-duplexing, upgrading the driver will not help because it may be hardware related.

Depending on which movie you intend to record you may need to upgrade your graphic card, sound card, CPU or RAM. Depending on the game you intend to record, you need to install the latest version of DirectX to meet the system requirements.

Needs a LOT of work. I think there's potential...but lots of bugs, and strange behaviors. Crashing things is not unusual, and the file converter appears to be broken entirely. Will have to see how it shapes up with updates down the road.

Don't waste your money on this garbage. If you need a screen recording software for games, use FRAPs, or anything else, really. This program is awful. I recorded an hour of raw footage and the recording was corrupted at the end. I tried recording numerous times thereafter and each time the recording was either corrupt or had graphical glitches like greyed out pallets or inverted color schemes. I've never actually wanted my money back for anything that I've bought on Steam, but this makes the first time for that. Please do yourself a favor and do not purchase this program. You will regret it if you do.

*This review has been edited after the voice-recording issue had been resolved, and adjusted further after spending a couple more weeks using it. Lots of info here. This review may not change your mind about the software, but it's intended to provide you with the information you need to make that decision.

This is a great, cheap product, depending on what you need from it. Records audio and video pretty well, and there's a good variety of codecs to choose from, with some additional options for Picture in Picture and limiting your fps if you need to, adding a watermark and such. Little things like that. To compare this to FRAPS, this will provide you with high-quality visuals if you can afford the harddisk space. The default MPEG-4 codec (which it recommends) will eat up approximately 225-250 MB for 2 minutes of footage (varies on how much is going on visually) at 1080p 30fps. You WILL want to experiment with codecs and bitrates to achieve the best performance for what you need out of whatever you're recording. This is something that FRAPS does not do, as FRAPS uses a custom codec that you'll need to obtain again should you decide to reinstall a fresh OS or uninstall FRAPS. I've enjoyed FRAPS a lot, and consider it a beast as it taxes your PC and requires really hefty hardware and lots of RAM, but it's very simple to use. This software requires more fine-tuning than FRAPS. Experiment and find that sweet spot.

To compare this to xSplit Broadcaster/Gamecaster (no, this does not allow live streaming) you can make use of the Picture in Picture functions to place a webcam (adjustable size, but you can only place the PnP in one of 9 spaces, left/center/right from top to bottom, think tic tac toe), This is useful for those of you who may be making videos for YouTube (etc...) and you would like to have a webcam for your face and your voice commentary, and even has Chroma settings for those of you who can use them effectively. xSplit does this as well, but allows you to resize, crop, and place the screens anywhere. xSplit Gamecaster has more of an in-game interface as opposed to xSplit Broadcaster, and there are things in Broadcaster that you can't do in Gamecaster (in regards to window/screen/display positions). Speaking of voice commentary, this brings us to an issue that I had earlier with the software.

liteCam has some audio settings that really need some work. If you have multiple voice recording devices plugged in, you cannot change the order of priority/order of those devices. This is where things get tricky and where the real meat of the original version of this revised review was.

I use a Logitech G35 USB headset for voice recording/capture, and a Logitech 720p webcam with built-in microphone, and I also have the Screaming Bee audio drivers for modifying my voice. My G35 was set as my default voice communication device as far as my OS was concerned and should have taken priority. liteCam was using the Screaming Bee drivers by default when I had placed the check mark (on liteCam's audio settings) to enable my microphone and did not give me a choice in the matter. Because of this, I could record game audio, but not my voice, and adjusting the settings another way allowed me to record my voice, but not the game audio. It was one or the other, but not both, all because it was picking up the wrong drivers. Again, Screaming Bee isn't physical hardware, it's a device driver I can use to modify my voice, and Windows recognizes my G35 headset as the default voice communication device, but liteCam didn't care or give me the option to choose it. This wasn't fixed until I just up and disabled Screaming Bee. The microphone settings work now, but I'm not entirely sure if it's really recording from my headset or my webcam now. A fix or adjustment to this in the future would be nice. Just for clarification, this was all accomplished hours later after thinking about it and writing an angry email to the devs. The product is still new and there was no actual support in the forums here for it other than "send an email to [email protected] THX".

Others have complained about stuttering or issues with their FPS. This may be a case by case issue. I've not noticed many problems with my FPS because I'm not running on default settings. My montor doesn't display any higher than 60, so try not to set your settings higher than you can handle. It will give you options to adjust the framerate for your games as well as the recording's framerate. Be sure to adjust both of those values before playing any games.

This software also allows you to edit your videos you recorded but your only option is to trim from left or right. You will want to obtain some decent video-editting software. That's a given though. Unless you're just starting out, most of you who would be interested in this software may already have editing software installed. When recording in xSplit, liteCam, or FRAPS, I'll still be running my footage through Vegas or similar programs.

Last couple issues: Running the program through Steam will make it difficult to invite to multiplayer games. Exiting liteCam can crash some of your programs. I've had it crash ArmA 3 as well as the Raptr desktop app. A patch came through last night, resolved the crashing issues in one area, but caused another issue elsewhere. Again, your milage may vary, maybe they can fix it, but that's all on them. Finally, there's a woman's voice that says "Recording Ready"/"On"/"Off". It's loud, it's annoying, and there's no way to turn it off. You can't even mute liteCam from your volume mixer.

FRAPS is about $40, xSplit is $25/month $60/year $110/3-years and liteCam is $25 when it's not on sale. You can't live stream with it, but it may suit your needs. It is the cheapest of those 3 I've compared it to, and I would almost say it's better than fraps.

EDIT: Been using this for a few weeks now. I'm not going back to FRAPS anymore. They have resolved many crashing issues that I had experienced before, and they are still pumping out updates and just released a new codec to use. If they continue to update this software on a more or less semi-regular basis until it's perfect, this one is definitely a keeper. Recorded some footage of Grand Theft Auto Online on Xbox 360 using this software in Video Recording mode on my Hauppauge HD PVR2 (1080p @ 30 fps) for 18 minutes. FRAPS used up 37 GB and this used up about 800 MB before running it through Vegas to knock it down further. 24 Minutes of Little Pink Best Buds prototype on liteCam requred 2 GB. FRAPS would have required more than 55 GB.