Easiest Way to Record Screen Video on Windows 10

Good time!

If you have a modern Windows 10 operating system with all the current updates, then for a simple screen recording (without "bells and whistles"), you can use one of its standard functions. Not all users know about it yet, and it still works in experimental mode - however, I did not notice any problems in my tests ...

And so, for a start, I recommend that you find out your current OS version. To do this, press the combination Win + R , enter the command winver and press Enter. A window with information about the system should appear. The required minimum is version 1903.

OS version

If your version is younger, then there are two ways:

update OS - //ocomp.info/obnovlenie-windows-10.html
use the specials. screen recording programs - //ocomp.info/programmi-dlya-zapisi-video-s-ekrana.html

Well, now I'll go directly to the task at hand ... 👌

Screen Recording with Game Bar

Windows 10 has a special. gamer panel that allows you to record videos and take screenshots without leaving the games. Recently, it has become available not only in games, but also simply in any other program (including Explorer ...).

STEP 1: invoke the panel

To call the game panel, press the combination of buttons Win + G .

Win + G

Next, your screen should darken slightly and several small windows should appear (see example below):

one of them allows you to start / stop recording, turn on / off the microphone;
the second is for adjusting the sound volume (useful when you want not to hear, for example, background music in the recording);
the third is for monitoring the load of the CPU, RAM, GPU. If suddenly the brakes start during the recording process, you can at least understand "who is to blame" ...

Game bar

STEP 2: start recording

Here, in general, everything is simple, just click on the "with a circle" button. Ideally, the recording should start from the same second.

In some cases, Windows may start to slow down and freeze (in this case, pay attention to the CPU load. If the load grows too high, you may need to try an alternative software).

Start recording

By the way, you can use specials to start recording. keyboard shortcut: Win + Alt + R .

Alternative

STEP 3: stop and save the recording

When you write down everything that was required, just click on the button with the "square" (it will be on a special panel that appears only during the recording process). See screenshot below.

Stop recording

If the video is saved to disk, you will see a message from Windows that the game clip has been recorded. See example below.

Game clip recorded

STEP 4: where clips are saved by default

To find our recorded clip - open the explorer (any of the folders) and click on the link "Video" in the left menu. Next, go to the folder "Clips" : it should contain all the recorded videos.

Where is the default video stored - clips folder

As for the quality of video recording - by default, recording is 30 frames per second. with a bitrate of 8700 kbps. (this is approximately 70-80 MB for 1 minute of Full HD video recording).

video quality

STEP 5: how to process the resulting clip

As a rule, most of the recorded clips (clips) need video processing: crop something, correct, add titles, effects, transitions, etc. All this can be done with the help of specials. editors.

If you are not yet very familiar with this "craft", I recommend that you familiarize yourself with one of my past notes: it presents editors that even beginners can handle ... 👌

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