SOLUTION: I ended up going with Audials. Based on my quick testing it seems like this is the smoothest and best option to record edited content from Prime and other sources (I can have hardware acceleration turned on and it can still record just fine). This will be great for my home use recordings!
I edit the streams with Clear Play when streaming, so unless there is a way to get those files directly (that would be amazing) streaming is my only choice...
I like to watch edited movies, and I edit them via browser extensions (Clear Play) or through other sites (VidAngel) where they edit them while streaming them. So you're definitely right - that would be easier, but for what I am trying to accomplish unfortunately screen recording seems like the best option...
If anyone knows if it's easy to get around HDCP protected streams and record them on a Mac that would be awesome to know. I'm considering purchasing a mac mini and trying it on MacOS...
I actually only use the PC for recording content so no other tasks are active aside from Bandicam which is recording the stream.
If I enable Hardware Acceleration then Bandicam records a "black box" the content streaming from Prime Video is protected and I can't capture it. So that has to be turned off in order for this to work. Although it does seem to help the stuttering... I am using h.264 as well with NVENC from the GTX 1050 TI.
Do you know of another way to get around DRM and be able to screen record content from sites like Amazon Prime Video?
And from public internet perhaps?