How to record live video display stream on my PC?

ThisIsWeird

Hi all.

Need to record a live-streamed ceremony on my PC. What's the best and easiest method, please?

XBox games bar?

Video quality is important - HD required - and also sound.

Many thanks.

ThisIsWeird

Ok - just tried it. Looks successful. Phew

debitcardmayhem

ThisIsWeird said:

Ok - just tried it. Looks successful. Phew

It may help others if you tell us how

Neil_Jones

OBS Studio would have done the job...

ThisIsWeird

debitcardmayhem said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Ok - just tried it. Looks successful. Phew

It may help others if you tell us how

The Xbox GameBar should be included with Win 11. With my other Win10 PC, I had to first download it from the MS Shop - free, and took only seconds. Both worked the same.

'Win' key + G brings it up. A small horizontal menu should appear at the top of the screen, the LH icon being 'Widget'. Make sure 'audio' and 'capture' are selected. Then is should be simply a case of maximise your viewing screen, and click on the third icon - 'capture', and press 'record' on the next menu bar.

You may also need to do stuff like select "always record behind screen" - it was something like that, but I can't remember. But have a play :-)

ThisIsWeird

Neil_Jones said:

OBS Studio would have done the job...

Thanks.

Pleased with how it went, and also pleased it was software already on my PC. I also have VLC media player, but - lawdie - trying to follow the instructions for that was a 'mare.

Neil_Jones

Yeah I think the clue's in the name - VLC Player.  It'd work but its not really designed for screen recording.

facade

Bit late now, but you have to pull up the volume mixer and mute the system sounds unless you like random bingly bongs  in the soundtrack.

ThisIsWeird

facade said:

Bit late now, but you have to pull up the volume mixer and mute the system sounds unless you like random bingly bongs  in the soundtrack.

Thanks. It worked fine, thankfully - no unwanted noises