
Important note: After you start recording, you need to bring the window/application you want to record to foreground so that it is visible on your PC screen. Share your display: Select the display you want to record. Share your window: Select the window/application you want to record. A new window will pop up to choose what will be shown in the recordings. After start recording, the session will run for maximum time of the set duration. If you enable this option you will need to set duration for the recording session.

game music, system notification sound, etc.)īesides that, you also have the option for Unattended screen recording: Enable this if you want to record a long video and you will not monitor the recording session. Sound from Speaker:The sound from the system will be recorded (e.g. Sound from Microphone: The sound from your microphone will be captured. Here you can choose the option for the recording session: Select Record Screen in the Quick Tools section to open the tool.Ī setting window will be shown next. If you don't plan to stream, choose "Optimize just for recording.Record Screen is used to capture screen content and save as a video. When you launch OBS for the first time, if you haven't already, you will be asked whether you want to optimize it for streaming or recording only.

However, you can also use OBS to record the entire screen in Windows 10 or Windows 11 and save it as an MP4 file, without ever streaming what you do.ġ. OBS Studio is very popular in the game streaming community because it's free and great at broadcasting games out to Twitch and other sites. To capture your entire desktop and all the windows on it with a full suite of options, you need a third-party app and, while there are many, we like OBS Studio for this purpose. Snipping Tool can capture more but it doesn't support audio and it is rather feature-limited. The biggest drawback to using the Xbox Gamebar to screen record Windows is that it can only work with one app at a time and will not show the desktop or File Explorer. (Image credit: Tom's Hardware) Recording the Whole Screen with OBS Studio
