So this has been one of the most frustrating aspects of the Xbox One line of consoles since launch. The most you've ever been able to record on Xbox One has been the last 5 minutes at 720p. With the One X that got bumped to 2 minutes at 1080p and a paltry 30 seconds at 4K. If you connected external storage, it has been possible to record up to an hour at any resolution, but you would have to start the recording yourself. Compare this to the PS4, which has always been able to record up to the last 15 minutes of footage. Not exactly storage efficient but good enough to ensure that you definitely didn't miss anything.
Now, with the launch of the Series X|S, things have somehow gotten worse? Currently, the longest a clip can be is 3 minutes at 720p. If you want 1080p, you get just a minute. My assumption as to why this might be the case is that the same basic amount of system resources is being devoted to storing footage but with the increase of framerate to 60fps, perhaps that could explain the halved recording times. But you can still record 30 second 4K clips. You can still do up to an hour of whatever resolution you choose, but again those have to be started by the users, as well as requiring a separate device to clip and edit.
This is of course all the more frustrating give than the PS5 can now record up to an hour of previous footage at 60fps. Now, I don't personally need all that. But I want to at least be able to record clips as long as a Call of Duty match. I sincerely hope this is an area where Microsoft works to improve.
(As proof, I took pictures of the capture settings page on my One X and new Series X.
Now, with the launch of the Series X|S, things have somehow gotten worse? Currently, the longest a clip can be is 3 minutes at 720p. If you want 1080p, you get just a minute. My assumption as to why this might be the case is that the same basic amount of system resources is being devoted to storing footage but with the increase of framerate to 60fps, perhaps that could explain the halved recording times. But you can still record 30 second 4K clips. You can still do up to an hour of whatever resolution you choose, but again those have to be started by the users, as well as requiring a separate device to clip and edit.
This is of course all the more frustrating give than the PS5 can now record up to an hour of previous footage at 60fps. Now, I don't personally need all that. But I want to at least be able to record clips as long as a Call of Duty match. I sincerely hope this is an area where Microsoft works to improve.
(As proof, I took pictures of the capture settings page on my One X and new Series X.
