How to record videos on Chrome browser

Screen capture is very simple, but shooting Chrome videos or another application in use may be more complicated. This is what to do instead of pointing the phone at the computer screen to record.

PC Windows: Use Game Bar

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The Windows Game Bar is designed to record PC games but will work in any application. Make sure the Game Bar is activated by searching for it in the Windows Settings app and making sure the 'Record game clips, screenshots, and broadcast using Game bar' option is in the On state .

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Now, from within Google Chrome or any application you want to record, you can open Game Bar by pressing Windows + G. Click the red button to start recording the application.

By default, the logs will be saved in the Video section of the 'Captures' section.

Mac: Use the screen capture tool

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This is even easier on a Mac, because macOS has an integrated screen capture tool with options for video recording. This tool will work in Chrome or any other web browser, including Safari. In fact, this integrated screen capture tool will work in every application on a Mac.

Press Command + Shift + 5 , select the area or application you want to record and switch to recording mode by clicking 'Record Selected Portion' on the right of the menu.

Click the record button to start recording the video screen. When finished, reopen the menu with Command + Shift + 5 and click 'Stop Recording' . The video will be saved to the desktop in the 'Movies' folder .

Use Chrome: Loom extension

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Normally, you should not install many Chrome extensions because they are easy to become spyware, but in case you want to record videos on chrome browser, Loom is a name not to be missed.

Loom added himself to the Chrome toolbar. Users click on it to display the recording window. There is an option to record webcams and microphones, and even record entire desktops from Chrome. Just click 'Start Recording' and then press the green button on the bottom left to complete the recording.

The most useful part of Loom is that after the recording is done, the clip will automatically be uploaded to the Loom hosting service, then you have a link to share with everyone. If you are looking for this type of function, but do not want to use Loom, you can try using Streamable.com, a video hosting and drag-and-drop video server.

Third-party tools: OBS

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If you want to add some functionality to your logs, you can take some time to consider Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). OBS is often used to stream live on websites like Twitch and YouTube but also works well when burning to disc. Open Broadcaster Software is cross-platform software, works on Windows, macOS and Linux.

OBS is very powerful and quite complicated. You can have many 'Scenes' with different settings, useful if you need to switch between them during live streaming, but not quite useful for offline records. In each shot, the 'Sources' tool will record audio and video, then 'mix' them together.

By default, OBS should be set to use the default microphone and screen capture, but you can add new sources by right-clicking on a blank window:

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When you're happy with the configuration and layout, click on 'Start Recording', and then 'Stop Recording' when you're done.

Check the Settings section in the 'Output', where OBS saves the logs.

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You can also adjust the video resolution and frame rate from here, as well as set up hotkeys for all tasks.

Hope you are succesful.