How do I change my Captures folder to use on another, external drive ?

I was using an external HDD as well, the thing is for some reason the file path changed (I think the drive letter was F: then it changed to G so since the path to my capture folder didn't exist anymore, the OS automatically changed the location to ..\User\appdata\Temp
but no folder was created inside, thus creating my problem. I tried to see if my problem could be resolved by changing the location of the capture folder to another place than Temp, but since there's no folder of which to change the location, I'm stuck. It'd
be great to have a "reset to default" easy to use button to reset it in cases like these.

This is a complete CF (in military terms). I moved the capture folder to an external drive, and now that it's no longer connected there is no Capture folder (defaulting to C:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Temp) as a random file.

There is NO WAY to change the folder....

I see that they keep locking threads when they don't have a clue how to answer or address the problem...

Hello Kursaalflyer,

Thank you for your quick response.

It appears that the capture location for your external drive is saved to GameDVR folder and XboxCapture copies folder. When copying multiple copies it goes directly to Xbox Capture Copies folder while captures clip is directly saved to GameDVR folder.

The GameDVR folder in external storage is a folder that contains the game clips and screenshots that you have recorded using the Xbox Game DVR feature on your console. The Game DVR feature allows you to capture your gameplay moments and share them with your friends or on social media. After recording clips, your external drive can now be plugged into a PC, where the traditional video files can be extracted. This essentially turns your console into a simple capture card, allowing recordings to be locally transferred for use in PC-based editing software. All files created by Game DVR can be found under the "Game DVR" folder automatically created on your drive.

The Xbox capture copies folder in external drive is a folder that contains the copies of the game clips and screenshots that you have recorded using the Xbox Game DVR feature on your console and then transferred to your external drive. The Xbox Game DVR feature allows you to capture your gameplay moments and share them with your friends or on social media. By transferring your game captures to an external drive, you can save space on your internal drive, backup your captures, and access them on other devices.

You can edit both the files saved on the GameDVR folder and the Xbox capture copies folder using PC editing tools. The difference is that the files on the GameDVR folder are the ones that you have recorded directly to your external drive by setting it as your capture location, while the files on the Xbox capture copies folder are the ones that you have copied or moved from your internal drive to your external drive. Both folders contain the same type of files, which are MP4 video files for game clips and PNG image files for screenshots.

For your reference, see: Capture Xbox game clips to external storage | Xbox Support

We look forward to your response. Kindly let us know, if there is any misunderstanding or clarifications of our description by sending us a reply.



Sincerely,

Hi,

I have some results to questions.

1. I only recently used an external drive to copy clips following a recent XBox notification that older clips would start to be deleted.

2. I now copied 20 clips to the external drive connected to the XBox rear USB (previously I used the front USB). Only 10 copied to the newly created XBoxCaptureCopies.

3. I set the XBox to save clips to the external drive as you described and created one. The system responded saying copy made to external drive. When I checked no clip was copied to the XBoxCaptureCopies folder BUT I noticed a GameDVR folder and that is where the clips had been stored. When I tried to play via Window Media Player it failed saying I needed to purchase the correct Codex, thats another issue.

4. As mentioned the external 1TB drive is my laptop back up with 865MB free. I have a seperate games backup drive but I was reluctant to use that as I was not sure if the backup app would format the drive before use.

Did some further testing

Made a clip after setting external drive as capture. The Clip was saved to the GameDVR folder. It appears when you select multiple files to copy they all try and go to the XBoxCaptureCopies folder whereas captures made at the time go to the GameDVR folder. Very confusing.

Hope this is helpful.

yep, create a folder called captures on your external hdd then right click on the capture folder where it is now (usually under video) and click properties, then click the tab that states location, then click find a target and select that new folder on the external drive. job done.