Oh! Wow, I didn’t know it was this complicated! I have SLOBS and my hands on a quest 2- a quest 1 is coming today- I wanted to compare and see if I’d rather just use the $200 one to record vids.
Mostly getting hit with buyer’s guilt honestly. My dumbbutt got the 256g just because it would come a day sooner- but omg the strap hurts so bad! I figured 200 wouldn’t be as bad as almost 500 😭
Thanks for the great Tutorial! However every time i start my Video the OpenVR Capture always gets low Frame Rate for no reason and its just lagging the whole video. Would Love to see the Tutorial for the Avatar in the Corner like in your Videos though :D
How do you setup an additional source so that OBS will capture/record your avatar as well if you have full body tracking and utilizing a software like LIV or Virtual Motion Capture?
You shouldn't use LIV or Virtual motion capture to do that, you would want to use the vr chat camera itself pointed at your avatar in portrait mode. You would add a game capture scene to obs and select vrchat.exe then rotate and size the window appropriately, then you'd set the chroma key filter in obs and turn on the green screen effect in the camera in vrc.
@@VRChance thank you for that. I'm sorry I should've clarified the question for if we want to record other gameplay other than VRChat. Like Pavlov or something similar? Is that possible?
@@julesmariee I know LIV works with some games but Palov isn't on their compatability list. You'd have to setup the 3rd person camera in LIV and record a angle you find suitable with it. I'm not well versed with LIV I only used it a few times myself.
Why don't you just capture the VR view from steamvr for your HMD perspective and VRchat for the camera perspective in vrchat? It's so much easier than this?
The steamvr preview window isn't a 1:1 representation of your headsets view. It's cropped. Not to mention that if you have steamvr preview window open plus vrchat.exe for the camera you're computer has to work a bit harder than using openvr in obs. Openvr just directs the exact video image your HMD displays to obs.
@@VRChance But you literally demonstrated in the video how you are cropping your image because you can't place the entire image in the window, making it not a 1:1 ratio either. I can see the benefit to not having the extra window up though, but besides that it seems pretty much exactly the same.
@@Wolfy527 The crop shown in the video is still more accurate and a wider image then streamvrs preview window. It doesn't crop width as much as a bit of height. Preview windows crop both and don't correct distortion in the image.
I botched a recording because my bluetooth Mic stopped working and I wasnt sure if it was because I was using Game Mic or not, any tips on making sure those don't clash?
For the headsets that aren't already listed in the drop down you can either test the headset with the closest resolution to yours in the drop down or adjust the sliders manually. You'll notice as you adjust the sliders in each direction what the right amount is for your headset.
I think its something to do with my rift s bc i tried it on streamlabs after obs and everything was working until I added the files and clicked Vr capture
Stream camera should be in your menu under the camera option if you're on PC if you're not on PC you won't see the camera options but this tutorial doesn't apply to anyone without a computer.
A CV1 is closest to the OG Vive preset I believe. You have the option to fiddle with the sliders to set a custom profile you can pretty easily tell when you've gone too far with one of the sliders after playing with them a bit. Edit: also for oculus users in general you have the a option for capturing your headsets view through the oculus app. I don't own any oculus headsets just a WMR and a Vive right now so I can't help too much with how to set that up but I've heard it does a pretty good job as well.
This only gave me more things to screw up. Thank you. I only needed to know how to get game audio to record. Now all audio plays thru the surround sound at .00001% volume.
If OBS is showing a black box in preview run as admin. I'm guessing that you're playing on a Laptop am I correct? If so OBS sometimes uses the wrong GPU and that could also cause the black screen.
You likely have the wrong microphone selected in OBS. An easy way to tell which microphone is being used is to check in the VRChat menu. It will show it in the bottom right corner.
This tutotiral isn't for quest or quest 2 specifically and if you want this tutorial to work with those devices you have to already have your quest 2 working as a pcvr headset via link cable or airlink
Double check your settings for OBS and for OpenVR if you're using it. Recording/Output resolution for OBS could be causing it. Assuming your computer can keep up with encoding and playing VRChat at once. Can be pretty tough on your PC. Is it worse/better depending on the world and amount of players? Are you dropping frames on the bottom corner of OBS? If you have an Nvidia GPU that's recent use NVENC to encode. Usually VRC will make your cpu stress before gpu.
@@R4MOS could very well be your 1060 6gb. It's not a horrible GPU by any means but it's a little light for encoding video and playing VR at the same time. I run a 2070 and I still crave more juice alot of the time. I'd still double check your configuration and ensure you setup everything 100% correct and also play around with your resolution/framerate settings for output in OBS. Try the changes one at a time and go record a test clip. If you setup Desktop and VR recording then test Desktop out and see if you're footage is smoother in desktop. If so then you know your system is struggling to keep up with VR and recording.
Don't record footage to an ssd. You can if you want to but I don't recommend it honestly. Read/Write cycles are tougher on ssd in general so you don't want to use them for things such as recording footage. Record raw footage to a external HDD preferably a big one like 2/4TB so you don't run out of space often. Then organize your clips so you don't have a bunch of recording you don't remember making and once their organized you can either work off the HDD in your video editor or more the project folder onto an SSD to make the editing a bit quicker.
It should work, it's a pretty commonly used plugin by pretty much everyone who records VR. Are you sure you put it in the right folder and put it in there as shown exactly? There are also step by step instructions on how to install the plugin in the link for the plugin.
@@OrganicKourts999 wish I could give you more specific instructions on how to fix your problem. If you follow the steps exactly on the github link you shouldn't have any issues with getting the plugin working. It's worth the hassle to figure out. The distortion removal and wider FOV compared to capturing direct from the vrchat exe is awesome. Plus you can use the camera and vr headset pov together.
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Hello!I have these black bars on the side of my capture. I see what my headset sees then on both sides black bars!
Thanks for making this! Seriously so helpful.
MKV is still better to have for content creators. You can always spend just a little time to remux your recordings in OBS to MP4. Its a great program.
Oh! Wow, I didn’t know it was this complicated! I have SLOBS and my hands on a quest 2- a quest 1 is coming today- I wanted to compare and see if I’d rather just use the $200 one to record vids.
Mostly getting hit with buyer’s guilt honestly. My dumbbutt got the 256g just because it would come a day sooner- but omg the strap hurts so bad! I figured 200 wouldn’t be as bad as almost 500 😭
big shout outs to you man thank you this really helped me out :)
Thank you very much for the Walkthrough... It's making my New Years eve post one to remember🥰
Thanks for the great Tutorial! However every time i start my Video the OpenVR Capture always gets low Frame Rate for no reason and its just lagging the whole video. Would Love to see the Tutorial for the Avatar in the Corner like in your Videos though :D
Same
did he ever do a tut for that
How can you record the camera output and 1st person output simultaneously? I believe that's what you said at the end.
Thank you ChanceAdvance, this will help me my future videos and I subscribe ;)
hey i don't have the open vr capture in my sources so do u know how to fix that or how to get it if u don't have it as a setting???
It's a plugin that he referenced at the beginning of the video
so helpful!! thank you
How do you setup an additional source so that OBS will capture/record your avatar as well if you have full body tracking and utilizing a software like LIV or Virtual Motion Capture?
You shouldn't use LIV or Virtual motion capture to do that, you would want to use the vr chat camera itself pointed at your avatar in portrait mode. You would add a game capture scene to obs and select vrchat.exe then rotate and size the window appropriately, then you'd set the chroma key filter in obs and turn on the green screen effect in the camera in vrc.
@@VRChance thank you for that. I'm sorry I should've clarified the question for if we want to record other gameplay other than VRChat. Like Pavlov or something similar? Is that possible?
@@julesmariee I know LIV works with some games but Palov isn't on their compatability list. You'd have to setup the 3rd person camera in LIV and record a angle you find suitable with it. I'm not well versed with LIV I only used it a few times myself.
I'm a little confused. What was the 7zip file extractor for? I don't see it being used in the video.
Just to extract the plugin files to OBS
6:19 - When I do that it shows up as a black canvas for me. Did I do something wrong? I followed all of your steps and settings.
its probs clickbait
Thank you so much 👍
Thx still baby UA-camr and keep on find problems during recording, I think I fix it.
Why don't you just capture the VR view from steamvr for your HMD perspective and VRchat for the camera perspective in vrchat? It's so much easier than this?
The steamvr preview window isn't a 1:1 representation of your headsets view. It's cropped. Not to mention that if you have steamvr preview window open plus vrchat.exe for the camera you're computer has to work a bit harder than using openvr in obs. Openvr just directs the exact video image your HMD displays to obs.
@@VRChance But you literally demonstrated in the video how you are cropping your image because you can't place the entire image in the window, making it not a 1:1 ratio either. I can see the benefit to not having the extra window up though, but besides that it seems pretty much exactly the same.
@@Wolfy527 The crop shown in the video is still more accurate and a wider image then streamvrs preview window. It doesn't crop width as much as a bit of height. Preview windows crop both and don't correct distortion in the image.
@@VRChance Odd, my recordings never have any distortion or over-crop the view, but maybe it is a thing.
i can’t see openvr in the obs
for some reason when I click the plus sign for sources I don't have the openVR capture option
For some reason it captures only my oculus app
and how do I record it from pc? without having the glasses
What happens if you don’t have the OpenVR Capture?
I botched a recording because my bluetooth Mic stopped working and I wasnt sure if it was because I was using Game Mic or not, any tips on making sure those don't clash?
at 8:25 whats the best option for a rift s?
For the headsets that aren't already listed in the drop down you can either test the headset with the closest resolution to yours in the drop down or adjust the sliders manually. You'll notice as you adjust the sliders in each direction what the right amount is for your headset.
@@VRChance ok thanks dude, this rlly helped out
I think its something to do with my rift s bc i tried it on streamlabs after obs and everything was working until I added the files and clicked Vr capture
How do you get stream camera?
Stream camera should be in your menu under the camera option if you're on PC if you're not on PC you won't see the camera options but this tutorial doesn't apply to anyone without a computer.
Why don't i have openvr as an option
I do not see the open vr capture
mt thing says there are to many current sessions try closing other rec apps pls help anyone :(
8:25 wwhat i should do when i have oculus rift ?
A CV1 is closest to the OG Vive preset I believe. You have the option to fiddle with the sliders to set a custom profile you can pretty easily tell when you've gone too far with one of the sliders after playing with them a bit.
Edit: also for oculus users in general you have the a option for capturing your headsets view through the oculus app. I don't own any oculus headsets just a WMR and a Vive right now so I can't help too much with how to set that up but I've heard it does a pretty good job as well.
it shows up as a black square is it a vr only thing?
If your playing on oculus do you plug in your headset to your computer
yes
@@thestrawberryotaku your 1 year late
When I copy the files does it delete my other plugins
I dont have a VR capture section?
This only gave me more things to screw up. Thank you. I only needed to know how to get game audio to record. Now all audio plays thru the surround sound at .00001% volume.
how do you start the recording?
everything else seems to work but when i go into OBS and select vrchat.exe for my source, nothing shows up. anyone have any tips??
If OBS is showing a black box in preview run as admin. I'm guessing that you're playing on a Laptop am I correct? If so OBS sometimes uses the wrong GPU and that could also cause the black screen.
@@VRChance wait how do you do that? I’m running from a laptop
@@GhostReaper0322 this may only work I believe if you got a dedicated graphics card.
I dont get it my mic audio not working when im recording
You likely have the wrong microphone selected in OBS. An easy way to tell which microphone is being used is to check in the VRChat menu. It will show it in the bottom right corner.
@@VRChance I figured it out thx tho
I dont have a link cable I WISH I KNEW I NEEDED ONE BEFORE DOING THE TUTORIAL
This tutotiral isn't for quest or quest 2 specifically and if you want this tutorial to work with those devices you have to already have your quest 2 working as a pcvr headset via link cable or airlink
@@VRChance you should of mestioned that in your video bud,
@@pirate.the.skull.captain5319 this video is obviously meant for PCVR you obviously need a headset that setup with PCVR in mind.
Discord link is invalid :/
I can't find stream camera on vrchat. I only find panorama, do you know how to fix it?
it works almost perfect. but it look like its runing on 30fps
Double check your settings for OBS and for OpenVR if you're using it. Recording/Output resolution for OBS could be causing it. Assuming your computer can keep up with encoding and playing VRChat at once. Can be pretty tough on your PC. Is it worse/better depending on the world and amount of players? Are you dropping frames on the bottom corner of OBS? If you have an Nvidia GPU that's recent use NVENC to encode. Usually VRC will make your cpu stress before gpu.
@@VRChance im using the NVENC encoder (stream). i've got an GTX 1060 6GB, 32gb ddr4, ryzen 5 3600x, ssd 480gb
@@R4MOS could very well be your 1060 6gb. It's not a horrible GPU by any means but it's a little light for encoding video and playing VR at the same time. I run a 2070 and I still crave more juice alot of the time. I'd still double check your configuration and ensure you setup everything 100% correct and also play around with your resolution/framerate settings for output in OBS. Try the changes one at a time and go record a test clip. If you setup Desktop and VR recording then test Desktop out and see if you're footage is smoother in desktop. If so then you know your system is struggling to keep up with VR and recording.
i need a good SSD
Don't record footage to an ssd. You can if you want to but I don't recommend it honestly. Read/Write cycles are tougher on ssd in general so you don't want to use them for things such as recording footage. Record raw footage to a external HDD preferably a big one like 2/4TB so you don't run out of space often. Then organize your clips so you don't have a bunch of recording you don't remember making and once their organized you can either work off the HDD in your video editor or more the project folder onto an SSD to make the editing a bit quicker.
the plugin doesn't work
It should work, it's a pretty commonly used plugin by pretty much everyone who records VR. Are you sure you put it in the right folder and put it in there as shown exactly? There are also step by step instructions on how to install the plugin in the link for the plugin.
yep
@@OrganicKourts999 wish I could give you more specific instructions on how to fix your problem. If you follow the steps exactly on the github link you shouldn't have any issues with getting the plugin working. It's worth the hassle to figure out. The distortion removal and wider FOV compared to capturing direct from the vrchat exe is awesome. Plus you can use the camera and vr headset pov together.
Lag