I wanted to send a copy of a replay video to a friend of mine but cannot find the StarCraft 2 video folder.
Are these stored locally or on Battle.net?
Regardless of where they are stored how can I share these replay videos?
Yes, they are in a directory such as:
C:\Documents\StarCraft II\Accounts\[number]\[other]\Replays
The cool thing is that the replay files themselves are quite small (11-15 KB on my computer) so it should be easy to email and share. Another cool thing is that SC2 registers the ".SC2Replay" file extension, so all you need to do is double click on the file to play it - you (or your friend) don't even need to copy it into their own "Replays" directory.
My Documents
/ Documents
directory will vary based on version of windows. Other than that great answer especially the bit about file size and extension!
C:\Users\\[User]\Documents
(Windows Vista/Windows 7) or C:\Documents and Settings\\[User]\My Documents
(Windows XP). In all versions of Windows XP or later, you can simply type %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\StarCraft II\Accounts
Commented
Sep 7, 2010 at 14:28
~\My Documents
is symlinked to ~\Documents
in those versions that have ~\Documents
.
On OS X as of patch 1.1:
/Users/[You]/Library/Application Support/Blizzard
/StarCraft II/Accounts/[Account]/[Profile]/Replays
.
Before patch 1.1 the StarCraft II
folder was located in /Users/[You]/Documents
instead of under Application Support.
Unfortunately, while opening a .sc2replay
file in OS X will launch the game, it won't auto-start the replay. You'll have to move it to your Replays
folder and use the in-game UI to start it.
Windows 7:
C:\Users\[USER]\Documents\StarCraft II\Accounts\[number]\[other]\Replays
To add to the other answers about where they are physically located on your hard drive. As for sharing there are a number of sites that let you upload your replay. SC2replayed is a good one.
You can upload your replay files there, the site will parse the replay data and provide helpful info about the replay and allow you to share it with friends.
If I remember it right it was: MyDocuments\Starcraft2\Profiles\[Something]\Replays (I'll check that later)
You can send replay file to anyone who has Starcraft 2 and after they put it in their Replays folder they can watch it in game.