RECORDING GUIDE

How to record your gameplay

Nexus reads your HUD, killfeed and scoreboard straight from your video, so a clean recording of just the game gives the most accurate stats. Setup takes about five minutes, and you only do it once.

The short version

1. 1

   Record only the game

   Use OBS’s Game Capture so the recording never shows your desktop, other windows or alt-tabs.

2. 2

   1080p at 60 fps

   Nexus is tuned for 1920×1080. Playing at 1440p or 4K? OBS can scale the recording down for you.

3. 3

   Keep the HUD clear

   No webcam, chat or alerts on top of the game. Anything covering the killfeed, score or scoreboard can hide stats.

4. 4

   Keep the same HUD layout

   Nexus learns where your HUD sits from your first upload. Changing HUD size or layout means it has to learn again.

Set up OBS Studio

OBS Studio is free, used by most streamers, and gives Nexus the cleanest video. These are the settings we recommend.

1. Install OBS Studio

   Download it free from obsproject.com and open it.

2. Add a Game Capture source

   Start the game first. In OBS, under Sources, click +, choose Game Capture, then set:

   Mode

   Capture specific window

   Window

   [cod26-cod.exe]: Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 4

   Remove Display Capture. If you have a Display Capture or Window Capture source, delete it (or hide it with the eye icon) so your desktop can never end up in a recording. If the Game Capture preview stays black, run OBS as administrator.

3. Video settings

   Open Settings → Video.

   Base (Canvas) Resolution

   Your game’s resolution1920x1080 for most players

   Output (Scaled) Resolution

   1920x1080

   Downscale Filter

   LanczosOnly shown when your game runs above 1080p

   Common FPS Values

   60

4. Recording settings

   Open Settings → Output, set Output Mode to Advanced and choose the Recording tab.

   Type

   Standard

   Recording Format

   Matroska Video (.mkv)MP4 works too

   Video Encoder

   NVIDIA NVENC H.264AMD: AMD HW H.264 (AVC) · Intel: QuickSync H.264

   Rate Control

   CBR

   Bitrate

   8000 Kbps

   Keyframe Interval

   2 s

   Preset

   P5: Slow (Good Quality)

   Profile

   high

   Why 8,000 Kbps?

   It’s the quality of the stream VODs Nexus is built and tested on. OBS’s “High Quality, Medium File Size” preset records at roughly 20–30 Mbps, three times bigger for no gain in accuracy, and every extra gigabyte is upload time.

   Why MKV? If OBS or your PC crashes, an MKV keeps everything recorded up to that moment. Nexus accepts MKV directly, so there’s no need to convert.

5. Record your session

   Click Start Recording before your first match and Stop Recording when you’re done. Menus, lobbies and loading screens are fine; Nexus finds the matches itself. One file per session is ideal, but several files are fine too.

6. Upload to Nexus

   Your recordings are in the folder under Settings → Output → Recording Path. On Upload / Analyze, drop in one or several, then add your in-game username (and clan tag, if you use one) and the date you played.

File size and upload time

What a session weighs at our recommended bitrate compared with OBS’s high-quality preset, and how long it takes to upload on a 20 Mbps connection.

What can hurt your stats

• Overlays on the game. A webcam, chat box or alert covering the killfeed, score or scoreboard hides what Nexus needs to read.
• Leaving the game. Alt-tabbing, the desktop or other windows in the recording.
• Other people’s gameplay. Watching streams, replays or VODs while recording; Nexus can’t tell those matches from yours.
• Stretched or ultrawide video. Record at 16:9, ideally 1920×1080.
• Low quality. Below 1080p or under about 5,000 Kbps, small HUD text becomes hard to read.

Common questions