Yes, AMD is developing their own DVR recorder, the AMD DVR recorder.
Yes, AMD is developing their own DVR recorder, the AMD DVR recorder.
Aye, they're not exactly going to ditch it. And from what some streamers have told me, AMD's DVR is a bit more mature than Nvidia's Shadowplay. Don't quote me on that though.
AMD isn't the owner of Raptr; the team behind it has the chance to improve it. DVR isn't exclusive to AMD either—you can run it with GeForce 600/700 cards too. http://raptr.com
I rely on DVR whenever it works with the game I'm capturing, otherwise I switch to OBS.
Yes, OBS compresses files to reduce size and improve upload speed. This helps you transfer content more efficiently.