I'm definitely eager to try it out!

I am however not that much for Steam Families...

I am also looking with half an eye on the new Steam Families and waiting for it leave beta. Though it depends how strict they are on the same household rule. My brother and sister are in the same country roughly 400 km away. So, I am not in the same household as them.

So far the reports are a bit conflicting that some people say that same country still works while others say that they have cracked down on that the longer the beta goes.

It could be a good change if people could upload in-game material to the community hub of a game - screenshots are nice, but not having to rely on promotional official videos in the store, or having to go to youtube to see actual gameplay - it's good IMO.

Oh yeah, Medal. I thought of trying it out once, but never did, and forgot why, lol. Also for mobile, but seeing my tablet was choking on Mobizen I tried anything else, lol (that was ages ago).

Hope Steam recording works out for you!

I see you have an RTX card, why not just use Shadowplay (and/or Instant Replay, and/or also Highlights in applicable games)? I mean, instead of screenshots, before this came out.
Genuine question - it's the second time I mention it in the thread; it's not that I'm shilling for it or something lol, it's just that it seems practical to me (for recording; I prefer using OBS just for streaming instead).

But, well, now that Steam will do it natively, that works too, lol.

This, and so many other things... Even if Epic comes closer to Steam in terms of features one day, it'll still be hard to have old Steam users entirely move over. Maybe use it more, but Steam will surely remain the #1 game launcher/store/platform for years to come.

99% agree. I might use it, at least to try it out. Having so many new features definitely isn't an entirely good thing, though, I entirely agree. I hope it can be entirely disabled, preventing it to use resources when not being used.

What do you mean by library management? (genuine question)

I think you and others didnt notice the feature is OPT-IN. It doesnt uses any resource whatsoever unles turned on (twice btw, first one needs to turn the feature on, then press record during play). The exception is the background always recording but thats even more optional (an option inside a option you first must turn on)

Theres nothing in this kind of feature that would require changes to the client or the overlay for everyone even if turned off. Also those concerned with performance can turn the whole overlay off -now that can make a difference just by existing, its a wrapper and that is the part steam made 'opt-out' that many may not realize. The recording usue the same wrapper as the overlay so it isnt adding anyything resource wise unless actually recording (and cant do so with the overlay turned off).

Before i upgraded my machine i only ran steam with in-game overlay disabled, i could see/feel its impact. Turned it off and made no difference, no impact performance wise (wich i checked btw, comparing numbers of some drm free humble game with its steam counterpart). idk how the much the latest overlay may impact things, idk if its better or worse then before, but that is the main target of worry not a recording turned off...

Btw windows is the same, and so are modern gpus. In windows 10 theres the windows gamebar wich can record; both nvidia and amd have recording... in all those cases theres no impact if its turned off/unused. Same with steam.

Im testing the recording right now (with constant recording btw) and so far i havent noticed any difference in performance BUT i havent tried a heavy game for my setup yet. But most games i play arent that demanding for me, so thats likely the reason.

Yep. Well, at least OBS is an additional software you'll have to actively launch, so it would kind of make sense to just use Steam instead... But Nvidia's GeForce Experience is usually always running, so it's already there (just like Steam). (not sure if AMD has a similar thing)
Edit: also, Xbox Game Bar.

It could be nice however for people that aren't familiar with OBS, and will now learn that they can simply use their game launcher to record the cool stuff they do in their game(s).
Personally, my only issue with it is that it would lead to Steam eating even more resources. :/

Ouch. Thank you for the headsup!
How is quality? :o

Also, badass pfp.

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Video editing feature would be yet another resource-eating source, though... But, we'll see!