How to Run Medal.tv Only While Gaming

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This guide will help you set up Medal.tv to run automatically only when you're playing games, saving system resources when you're not gaming.

Step 1: Create a Directory

Create a new directory in a location you won't accidentally delete. For example:

Documents\MedalOnlyWhileGame

Step 2: Create VBScript File

Open Notepad and paste the following code:

Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set args = Wscript.Arguments

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

For Each arg In args

Dim RunCommand

Dim PsPath

If LCase(fso.GetExtensionName(arg)) = "ps1" Then

If fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe") Then

PsPath = """C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\pwsh.exe"""

ElseIf fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7-preview\pwsh.exe") Then

PsPath = """C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7-preview\pwsh.exe"""

ElseIf fso.FileExists("C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6\pwsh.exe") Then

PsPath = """C:\Program Files\PowerShell\6\pwsh.exe"""

Else

PsPath = """C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"""

End If

RunCommand = PsPath & " -WindowStyle hidden -ExecutionPolicy bypass -NonInteractive -File " & arg

objShell.Run RunCommand, 0, False

End If

Next

Save this file as "MedalOnlyWhileGame.vbs" in the directory you created.

Step 3: Create PowerShell Script

Open Notepad and paste the following code:

$gamePaths = @(

'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\*',

'!!! PATH 2 !!!',

'!!! PATH 3 !!!',

'!!! PATH 4 !!!'

)

$gameRunning = Get-Process | Where-Object {

$process = $_

$gamePaths | Where-Object { $process.Path -like $_ }

}

if ($gameRunning) {

if (-not (Get-Process "Medal" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {

Start-Process "!!! PATH TO MEDAL.EXE !!!" -WindowStyle Hidden

}

} else {

Stop-Process -Name "Medal" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

}

Replace the placeholders:

Replace !!! PATH 2 !!!, !!! PATH 3 !!!, and !!! PATH 4 !!! with additional game installation paths if needed.

Replace !!! PATH TO MEDAL.EXE !!! with the actual path to Medal.exe on your system.

Save this file as "MedalOnlyWhileGame.ps1" in the same directory.

Step 4: Create a Scheduled Task

For arguments you just need to paste the full path to the vbs and ps1 script for example: "C:\Users\!!! YOUR USER !!!\Documents\MedalOnlyWhileGame\MedalOnlyWhileGame.vbs" "C:\Users\!!! YOUR USER !!!\Documents\MedalOnlyWhileGame\MedalOnlyWhileGame.ps1"

Step 5: Disable Autostart in Medal Settings

Step 6: Restart Your Computer

After completing all steps, restart your computer. Medal.tv will now only run when you're playing games, conserving system resources when you're not gaming.

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Washington Neto posted 27 days ago Admin Best Answer

Just to add on this. Medal's Recorder does not run unless you have a Game running or if you are using Screen Recording.

Also, you can close the app and it will stay running in the background, using less resources than if you have the window open all times.

While in the background, by default the app should use a total of approximately 600MB of RAM.

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Washington Neto posted 27 days ago Admin Answer

Just to add on this. Medal's Recorder does not run unless you have a Game running or if you are using Screen Recording.

Also, you can close the app and it will stay running in the background, using less resources than if you have the window open all times.

While in the background, by default the app should use a total of approximately 600MB of RAM.

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