Below the switch is a drop-down menu to change the amount of time to save. It’s advisable only to enable this when necessary as it does have an impact on game performance and could make gameplay choppy if your machine doesn’t have enough spare processing power. Scroll down the list of options until you ‘Record in the background while I am playing a game’. One you might want to change immediately is the screenshot shortcut, especially if you own a Surface tablet which has no PrtScn button. When ready to stop press Windows Key + G and the. The item will record your audio and screen. You can also customise the shortcuts to your liking. When ready to start recording click the record button (red circle). There are lots of settings, but the first is an on/off toggle for Game DVR. Turn off the toggle below Enable Xbox Game Bar for things like recording game clips. Just type Xbox in Windows 10’s search box in the taskbar to launch the app. Press Windows key + I to launch Settings. To enable it, launch the Xbox app and click on the settings icon at the bottom of the left-hand menu. Name the source whatever you like and click OK.

Tapping it when it’s live automatically saves the last 30 seconds of gameplay, just as with the Xbox One. To record your entire displaythat is, everything that appears on your screenright-click inside the Sources box at the bottom of the window and select Add > Display Capture. Switch to Settings>Gaming>Game DVR Set up your audio and video quality settings When you’re ready to record, open the Game Bar with Win+G Click yes, this a game Record your screen. You’ll notice that one of the icons on the Game Bar is greyed out – the Game DVR icon.

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