Video recording system and method

A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program comprising computer executable instructions adapted to cause a computer system to perform a method of recording a seamless customised video recording of a video game, the method comprising the steps of:

• video recording a first run-through of at least a part of the video game;
• saving a saved-game state of a first game state of the video game part-way through the first run-through, the saved-game state enabling a game state of the video game to be reset to the saved-game state that is at least visually identical to the first game state;
• detecting, in response to the saving of the saved-game state, a time within the video recording of the first run-through corresponding to the time the saved-game state is saved;
• video recording, when the game state is reset to the saved-game state, another run-through from the saved-game state;
• and
• editing the video recording of the first run-through by replacing some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through recorded from the detected time with the video recording of the other run-through when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion, such that the edited video recording of the first run-through comprises some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through and the video recording of the other run-through.

A recording system for recording a seamless customised video recording of a video game, the recording system comprising:

• a video recording section configured to record a video recording of a first run-through of at least a part of the video game;
• a saving section configured to save a first game state of the video game part-way through the first run-through as a saved-game state, the saved-game state enabling a game state to be reset to the saved-game state that is at least visually identical to the first game state;
• a time detecting section configured to detect, in response to the saving section saving the saved-game state, a time within the video recording of the first run-through corresponding to the time the saved-game state is saved;
• the video recording section configured to record, when the game state is reset to the saved-game state, a video recording of another run-through from the saved-game state;
• and
• a video editing section configured to edit the video recording of the first run-through by replacing some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through recorded from the detected time with the video recording of the other run-through when the other run-through meets a predetermined preference criterion, such that the edited video recording of the first run-through comprises some, but not all, of the video recording of the first run-through and the video recording of the other run-through.