Xsplit Gamecaster Guide

[Nate152]

Hi everyone !

If you've recently purchased a Strix GTX 1060/1070/1080, Asus gives you a nice bonus with a full free year of Xsplit Gamecaster, so what is Xsplit Gamecaster? It's a neat little tool to stream and record your videos to show off your amazing gameplay to us and your friends. You can install Xsplit Gamecaster from the Strix dvd or you can install it from the Xsplit website.

Click download under Xsplit Gamecaster and create an account.

https://www.xsplit.com/

To get your free year of Xsplit Gamecaster you'll need the PPID number and serial number, if you didn't install your gpu yet great, if you did you'll have to remove it from the motherboard to get the PPID number. The PPID number is the first set of numbers on a little white sticker just above the pcie x16 connector, the serial number is on the Strix box.

Once you get the PPID number and serial number go here below, at the bottom of the page in blue follow the steps for the "1-Year Premium License Redemption", you will be presented with a license key and an email will also be sent to you with the key.

Click Redeem Now !

http://www.asus.com/event/2015/VGA/XSPLIT/index.aspx

Now that you've got the key, open up Xsplit Gamecaster and click the little arrow to the right of your email/log in name and click "Redeem gift certificate".



You will be presented with the gift certificate redemption page, enter your key and click continue.



You should then see your Premium License good for 1 year + 2 weeks. ( Xsplit gives you two weeks of premium service when you install Gamecaster )



Live Streaming - You can choose between sites you want to stream to and I chose YouTube since I already have an account, if you don't have a YouTube account it's easy to create one through Google then go to YouTube and sign in.

https://accounts.google.com/SignUp?hl=en

With Xsplit Gamecaster open click the settings tab, under GAME CAPTURE you see stream settings. Click the gear to the far right of stream settings, here you can select what settings you want it to stream.



For the best quality set:

RESOLUTION - 1440p Quad HD
CODEC - x264 (uses cpu)
FRAMERATE - 60
BITRATE - Automatic, Constant

Then click close.



Now click on the Accounts tab, under "Live Streaming" click the little arrow to the far right and a list of sites come up you can stream to, select YouTube Live. It may ask you to verify your account, all you'll have to do is enter your phone number, an automated person will call you immediately with a 6-digit number, enter it and continue.



With Xsplit Gamecaster open start a game, once your game loads hit CTRL+TAB to bring up the overlay and click Stream.



Then click START BROADCAST, you are now Live Streaming to YouTube.



Once you're done streaming go to your YouTube account, it will automatically save and process what you've streamed, click on video manager and it will show this. Wait until it's done processing then click publish , the higher the resolution and the longer your gameplay the longer it will take to process.



Here's the gameplay video that was streamed.



Recording - Click on the settings tab, beside RECORD SETTINGS click the gear to the far right.



For the best quality set:

RESOLUTION - 1440p Quad HD
CODEC - x264 (uses cpu)
FRAMERATE - 60
Quality - Ultra High

Then click close.



With Xsplit Gamecaster open start a game, once it's loaded hit CTRL+TAB to bring up the overlay and click Record, gameplay is recorded to your ssd/hdd.



once you recorded what you want close the game and Xsplit will ask you if you wish to stop recording now, click yes and go to the Recordings tab. Right click on your video and click "Optimize For Web".



When it's finished it will say "moov fix succeeded".



To upload your gameplay video go to YouTube, on the upper right corner click Upload.

[Nate152]

50 mb/s is plenty to stream at 1440p, is anyone else using the internet while you're streaming or are you downloading anything?

I would recommend closing all programs and pages while streaming.