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Article Easy way of recording gameplay, with no additional paid applications (native WIN10+)

gnysek

Member
It's little hidden feature of Windows 10, but this OS allows to record gameplay of any game (and not only - you can even use it in lot of applications), for free, and with high performance.

Solution for this is named Xbox Game Bar.

It should be enabled by default after November 2019 Windows 10 update, but you can ensure and turn it On by going to Settings (either press Start and search for "Settings", or click notifications icon near clock on right-bottom corner of screen, and find Settings there), then "Gaming", and Xbox Game Bar will be first setting there. Under "Captures" you can adjust recording settings here, like FPS, quality, should cursor be visible, or if you want to record microphone too.

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Now, you can open Xbox Game Bar by pressing "Start+G" shortcut (yep, G for Game). Among many windows, you will notice this screen:
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Pressing white dot will allow you to start/stop recording. To hide whole interface, you just need to click anywhere, or press "Start+G" again. You can also start/stop recording (even without opening Xbox Game Bar first) by using shortcut "Start + Alt + R" (that shortcut can be changed too, in XGB settings). You can also capture screenshot of game/app using Start+Alt+PrintScreen (if normal PrintScreen, Alt+PrintScreen or Start+Shift+S doesn't meet your requirements).
This will always record only application on which you started recording (even if some app will overlap).

After video is recorded, you will get prompt about it, and it can be found (by default) in your personal folder, under Videos > Captured ( C:\Users\<USERNAME>\Videos ). You can also easily find this from Xbox Game Bar, by selecting "Show all captures" option.

This way you can easily record videos and capture screens from your projects. It also works on GMS2 IDE, so you can record your work this way, without streaming or using tools like Streamlabs OBS.

Example video:
 

otterZ

Member
I used this and it was great. Yeah, it seems a bit alien as in Xbox popping up even if we don't have an Xbox . . . but it is a great feature in Windows and a great plug for Xbox so all is good.
 
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