In this guide, we'll be explaining how you can record high quality PS4 gameplay, upload it to your PC in the highest quality possible, and so edit it for gratuitous, making it set for YouTube, Instagram, or anywhere else.

To begin with, nosotros volition take a look at the software and hardware you will need to become this all to work. If y'all already have a PS4, the investment is very small-scale, and the software will be completely free.

Once we accept explained what is needed, we'll accept you through each process step past step.

What You Need to Start

You will need the post-obit things to complete this guide:

  • A PS4 and controller
  • A USB stick
  • A PC, preferably a modern one – y'all must apply video editing software
  • Hitfilm Express

Yous can download Hitfilm Express for gratis. All you must practice is visit the Hitfilm website, share it on Facebook or Twitter, and so create a new account and download the software. Because it'south free, Hitfilm asks for a simple social media share earlier letting you lot download.

You can only have one licence, but if you sign into Hitfilm on some other computer, you can transfer your licence and then actually there are no limitations whatsoever. For the next step, it's time to record your gameplay on PS4.

How to Tape Hard disk drive Gameplay on Your PS4

It'due south very unproblematic to record gameplay on your PS4. Firstly, tap the 'Share' button once to open the sharing carte du jour, and then press 'X' on the 'Sharing and Broadcast Settings' option.

Next, press X on the 'Video Clip Settings' pick. Make certain the 'Length of Video clip' is fix  to threescore minutes and the 'Dimensions' are set to 1920×1080. Afterward that, y'all can dorsum out and load the game you'd like to play.

In one case you are playing, you lot tin get-go recording at any time by double borer the share button. One time y'all want to cease your recording, simply double tap the share push button again.

One time you lot are set up to move your recordings over to your PC, plug your USB stick into one of the front USB ports of the PS4. After, return to the home screen and select the 'Capture Gallery' selection. Recordings will be sorted into different folders, and then you can either select the binder for the game you played or simply select 'all'.

One time you've found the recording y'all'd like to salvage, press the 'Options' button when the recording is highlighted. On the new window that appears, ringlet upward and select the 'Copy to USB storage device' option. The video file y'all had highlighted before will at present be ticked.

If you lot have other video files, they can also be selected now. After that, navigate to the 'copy' push button on the lesser right and printing 'Ten' in one case it is highlighted.

Finally, printing 'OK' and the file or files will be copied over to your USB stick. Once the copying has completed, you can disconnect your USB stick and connect it to your PC.

How to Edit PS4 Recordings on Your PC

Nosotros'll take you through the basics of taking your PS4 recording, placing it in Hitfilm, adding overlays, intros, and music, and then exporting it. Start, you need to motion your PS4 recording from your USB stick to your PC.

  • Open Windows Explorer.
  • Navigate to PC, then double click the USB storage device.
  • Open up the PS4 folder > SHARE > Video Clips > Name of game.
  • Click and elevate the video file onto your desktop.

At this point, you lot should have already downloaded Hitfilm. Once Hitfilm is downloaded and installed, open up it. Once open, click File, then click 'New'.

On the pop-up window that appears, click the dropdown box and select 1080p Total HD @ 60fps. Once you accept loaded into Hitfilm, speedily minimize to desktop and click and drag your video clip into Hitfilm. Drag it into the small 'media' box in the lesser left.

Next, drag that clip from your media box into the timeline slightly to the right of it.

To add music, only correct click 'Audio one' and click Add together new runway.

Next, elevate the sound file into your media box and and so drag it into the timeline, but like you did with the PS4 video clip. Make sure to drag it into the recently created 'audio 2' track.

If y'all desire to add overlays, such every bit watermarks or text, simply follow the aforementioned steps as to a higher place, only right click 'Video 1', add new track, and drag the image into the new video 2 rail.

If yous want to cut portions of your prune, utilise the slice tool. Printing the 'C' push button on your keyboard to select information technology.

If you want to cutting a specific portion, you can cutting both sides of it, then press the 'V' key to get the select tool to select it, then press the delete push button to delete it. Later, you can click and elevate one clip to bring information technology next to the other one.

You lot can click and drag any element, including the footage, the music, or overlays to whatsoever position and that will modify when they will play. Click and drag the edge of static pictures to increase how long they play for.

Once you lot are finished, you tin can click the 'Export' button, and so click 'Contents'. The consign process volition brainstorm. This can have some fourth dimension. If you lot just relieve your file, it volition only exist a project file.

You must consign it to turn your project into an MP4 file, which can be uploaded and shared online. Click 'Go to Export' once prompted.

Finally, click the 'Offset Exporting' button at the very lesser. Once information technology is finished, Hitfilm volition wink orange. You tin open upwardly Hitfilm again to click the link to be taken to your exported file.

Summary

That wraps up our guide on how to record PS4 gameplay, upload information technology to your PC, and edit it for free. Hopefully this tutorial has been useful. If you take any questions nigh any steps in this guide, go out a annotate and I'll try to reply equally soon as I can.