Is there anyway to change the file type of Game DVR recordings to save space?

I use Game DVR because my laptop can't run OBS Studio. And OBS has an option to change the file type of the recordings. Game DVR doesn't, and recently I had recorded for about 1.5 hours with my friends. I knew the file was going to be big, but the 3 recordings totaled in 50GB of space and took the remaining space on my computer. Is there anyway to change the type of file or make the recorded file smaller?

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The differences in video size are actually quite startling. On my PC with an RTX 2080, standard @ 30 used about 100MB per minute of video, double that if 60 fps recording. Normal uses a compression of around 12-13000kb/s (kilobits per second).

High @60 came it at about 350 MB per minute and had a compression of about 40,000kb/s

lower bit rates = smaller files sizes but higher compression.

It takes a fair bit of computing power to record real-time in high quality with a lower bit rate, even if you used a different video encoding container file. The only real advantage of a different container such as MKV for example, would be the fact that they don’t need to be ‘finalised’. That is, if your PC crashed during a recording session the MP4 will not complete and you won’t be able play it back – that’s if you can even find it again. This doesn't generally happen with MKV.

What are your laptop specs if you don't mind me asking? Did you know you can change Game DVR to record to a different drive?

Game recording will produce really big files, not much can be done about that. If you want to make them smaller you'll need to put them through a third video editor where you can then create new file with a smaller file footprint.

export your game dvr recordings to onedrive then clear them off the live account, you cant have unlimited space for dvr and saves, so reduce the amount of dvr files.

Has the clip finished uploading completely before you are trying to edit? Also do you still have adequate space on your DVR for more clips to be recorded (as it will need to save a new file)?

What had most likely happened is that you have recorded so much then due to low space for the game dvr it won't record sound to make the files smaller to fit in. to delete them all you have to do is, go to games and apps and select Game dvr then select show
my captures then select manage and then highlight the clips you want to delete or select clear all. now you should be able to record with sound.