Recording
NOTE: This is a Windows only feature. Mobile devices do not support recording due to processor and disk limitations. If you want to record a session, please be sure to do so on a desktop device.
Using the "REC" button on the bottom of the sub-sidebar you can record all of your chats using Bedrock Voice Chat for export later! This is useful if you want to manually remix player audio and don't want to use OBS as your primary recorder.
Simply press the REC button to start a recording - after which the recording light will turn red.
Recorded sessions capture both position data and group data. Once your session is done, simply stop the recording, then head to the settings / recordings page to manage the recording itself, including exporting the individual audio tracks out to dedicated audio files.
The recordings page enables you view all recent recordings, view all participants, delete recordings, and export them to disk. By default, exporting a recording will export all participants as separate files. Expanding the dropdown to view all participants will let you select which participants you want to export as part of the recording session.
Recordings can easily be deleted from this menu as well.
Once a recording is exported, it will open the folder where your records are stored for use in your editor. By default this is located at the following path:
%localappdata%/com.alaydriem.bvc.client/recordings/<session_uuid>/renders
| Format | Notes |
|---|---|
BWAV (.wav) |
Broadcast WAV with timecode. Effectively raw PCM — large, but lossless and accepted by every editor. |
| MP4 / Opus | Opus audio in an MP4 container, with timecode. Dramatically smaller than BWAV. Prefer this unless your editor specifically needs PCM. |
BWAV files can be particularly large since the data is effectively raw PCM. A 30s wav file can easily take up between 5-15 Mb of data, per player — meaning a 2 hour session with 6 participants can render 7-21 GB. Be sure to clean up old files, break recordings into smaller sessions, or export to MP4/Opus instead.