9 Stopping recording
During recording you should play your game or use your
apps as normal. When you are ready to stop recording, you can
either press [Win] + [Alt] + [R] again, or you can use the recording
pop-up that appeared when recording started. Click the Stop
button, and a notification will be displayed confirming that the
recording has been saved in the capture folder.
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Video recording quality
As well as configuring the audio quality, you can also
choose the video quality of your recordings. The first choice you
have is between 30 and 60 frames per second, which will affect
smoothness, and beneath this, you can choose between High and
Standard recording quality. The final option you have is to choose
whether or not your mouse cursor should be visible in recordings.
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Restrict recording length
When you start recording, it is easy to forget that you’re
capturing footage, and you may forget to stop the recording. To
help avoid this, and to help avoid completely filling up your PC’s
storage drive with recordings, you can place an upper limit on the
length of the capture. Use the drop-down menu to choose
anything from 30 minutes to four hours as the maximum length.
10 Accessing your recordings
Your recordings are automatically saved to the capture
folder, and you can access them immediately after you stop
recording by clicking the pop-up that appears. Another option
is to click ‘Show all captures’ within the Game Bar, or to fire up
the Xbox app, move to the Captures section, and browse
through the videos that are listed. Q8
Recording video footage
You’re ready to start recording. Either call up the Game Bar
using [Win] + [G], before pressing the Record button, or use a
keyboard shortcut to start recording directly – [Win] + [Alt] + [R]
by default. Recording will start according to the settings you’ve
chosen, but if you’re recording app footage rather than in a game,
tick the box to enable ‘gaming features’ for recording to continue.6 Audio recording options
When recording, it may well not just be video you are
interested in – there is also audio to consider. In the ‘Recorded
audio’ section you can choose between recording audio or not
using the toggle, and use the checkbox to indicate whether audio
from your microphone should be recorded as well. Beneath this,
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