Is it possible to record a video with scanlines?

By Serkun123

Expert (104)

17-03-2022, 22:35

Well, that's my question, hope there's a solution, I want to record a walkthrough, but better with scanlines

By Manuel

Ascended (19300)

18-03-2022, 00:56

No, that is not supported with the internal recording command. You would need an external recorder to achieve this.

By thalin

Resident (39)

18-03-2022, 06:42

You can capture it with OBS Studio.

By wolf_

Ambassador_ (10092)

18-03-2022, 09:09

I wonder whether such scanlines will survive youtube codecs...

By Serkun123

Expert (104)

18-03-2022, 10:45

Hi wolf_:
I hope so, at least I can try. So let's have a look at that OBS Studio, thank you thalin.

By Parn

Paladin (833)

18-03-2022, 12:31

I think in this case it's upscaling that will butcher video quality. But please, try it out and see if it works for you. And please let us know how it turned out.

By thalin

Resident (39)

18-03-2022, 12:56

For my YouTube retro gaming videos i always upscale to 1280x960 or so to avoid compression artifacts. I haven't tried with artificial scanlines though. I use Kdenlive for editing and rendering. You find my MSX videos here
Patrik's Retro Tech

By Manuel

Ascended (19300)

18-03-2022, 19:09

openMSX can output at 1280x960, so no need to upscale that.

By Serkun123

Expert (104)

19-03-2022, 09:21

I made a test with OBS and could capture the scanlines (20%) in openMSX (great, did it!). Thanks everybody...
Thalin, have known kdenlive for a long time, time I polish my skills at editing video if I want to record a great video with MSX game...