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Migrate to PlayClaw with great discount!

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We have great gift for everyone who has license of one of our competitors! :) We know, you’ve already spent some money for another game video recording tool, so we give you ability to get registered PlayClaw user for halfed price.

What do you need to get this discount? Make screenshot where we can see that competitor tool is registered to your name or email and send it to support@sytexis.com. We’ll check the picture and send back to you special coupone which will give you 50% discount for Standard and Hardcore licenses of PlayClaw. Order PlayClaw license here.

Game Video Capture. The ideal codec.

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Let us begin with the conclusion – there is no such thing as an ideal codec!
Different video capture utilities have a different ways (codecs) of compressing video in real time and, of course, each utility is supplied by developers as the so called perfect / correct solution.
I’ll try to provide briefly explain what happens in the modern world of real-time capture and compress. Continue reading →

PlayClaw 4 press release

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New PlayClaw 4 with More Powerful Video Capture Features for Games

Leader in the game video capture and stills display industry, PlayClaw is giving their customers more power than ever! For gamers, both hardcore and casual, the ability to display moves, tactics and strategies to multiple viewers, is of paramount importance. While versions of PlayClaw in use today have given this facility to its users, the company has developed and released an upgraded PlayClaw 4 that rivals any game video capture software on the market to-date. Continue reading →

New fun stuff in Teamspeak 3 (version 3.0.6)

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Teamspeak 3 client was updated to new 3.0.6 version yesterday with changing plugins API version to 16. Well, we’ve updated PlayClaw plugins (PlayClaw 3 build 2039) to make them compatible with new client. BUT!..

I’ve discovered one very interesting thing while recording Battlefield 3 gameplay. If I set “stereo conversion” option in PlayClaw audio settings then the final audio will not contain teamspeak 3 sounds! :) Continue reading →

How to set up Teamspeak 3 overlays

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To make PlayClaw show overlays with the names of players, you need to make a few simple things in Teamspeak 3.

The new version of the voice communication software Teamspeak 3 has undergone serious changes and the old method to enable overlays does not work any longer. You need to copy the plugin for Teamspeak to the plugin directory and then activate it. Continue reading →

Audio Capture Settings

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Almost all audio capture settings can be configured in the main window. However, you can see the most complete list of settings only in a game by pressing a definite hotkey combination to open Playclaw (you can create hotkeys for this action in the main window). Note that the current version of Playclaw can differ slightly from the one described here, but the main information is true for all versions. Continue reading →