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| − | == General ==
| + | Configure the application from ''Settings'' window. To open ''Settings'', select '''Settings''' from '''Menu''' on the top-left side of [[Getting_started#Application_window|application window]]. |
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| | === Startup === | | === Startup === |
| | To make Screenbits launch on Windows startup: | | To make Screenbits launch on Windows startup: |
| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog. | + | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Menu''' to open ''Settings''. |
| | #Click '''General''' from the side bar to open ''General'' settings. | | #Click '''General''' from the side bar to open ''General'' settings. |
| | #Turn '''Launch on startup''' switch on. | | #Turn '''Launch on startup''' switch on. |
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| | + | Note: This option is only available in Microsoft Store version of the application. |
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| | === Task Bar === | | === Task Bar === |
| | To make Screenbits minimize automatically when recording starts: | | To make Screenbits minimize automatically when recording starts: |
| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open Settings dialog. | + | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Menu''' to open ''Settings''. |
| | #Click '''General''' from the side bar to open ''General'' settings. | | #Click '''General''' from the side bar to open ''General'' settings. |
| | #Turn '''Minimize when recording starts''' switch on. | | #Turn '''Minimize when recording starts''' switch on. |
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| − | Note: While Screenbits is minimized, you can still interact with it through ''Notification Area'' icon.
| + | To hide Screenbits icon from taskbar when it minimizes: |
| − | | + | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Menu''' to open ''Settings''. |
| − | To make Screenbits minimize to notification area:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open Settings dialog. | |
| | #Click '''General''' from the side bar to open ''General'' settings. | | #Click '''General''' from the side bar to open ''General'' settings. |
| − | #Turn '''Minimize to notification area''' switch on. | + | #Turn '''Hide from taskbar when minimized''' switch on. |
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| − | == Recorder ==
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| − | === Output Folder ===
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| − | Recorded videos are saved in ''Screenbits'' folder under the ''Videos'' folder by default.
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| − | To change the output folder:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open Settings dialog.
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| − | #Click '''Recorder''' from the side bar to open ''Recorder'' settings.
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| − | #Click '''Browse...''' button under ''Output'' section to open ''Browse for folder'' dialog.
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| − | #Select the folder you want to save videos into.
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| − | Note: Make sure your user account has write access to the selected folder and also the folder is in a storage device/drive with enough free space. Your security software might also prevent the application to access the output folder.
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| − | === Output File ===
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| − | You can enter file name for the output file that is created by ''Screenbits''. File name may include one or more of the following placeholders:
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| − | {|class="wikitable"
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;"| Symbol
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| − | ! Meaning
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| − | ! Example
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| − | |$Y
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| − | |Year
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| − | |2017
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| − | |-
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| − | |$M
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| − | |Month
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| − | |05
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| − | |-
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| − | |$D
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| − | |Day
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| − | |10
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| − | |-
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| − | |$H
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| − | |Hour
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| − | |03
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| − | |-
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| − | |$N
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| − | |Minute
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| − | |55
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| − | |-
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| − | |$S
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| − | |Second
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| − | |20
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| − | |}
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| − | Default file name is '''$Y-$M-$D_$H$N$S'''. When a recording process starts, Screenbits will replace the placeholders in the file name with their actual values so using the default file name, output file name for a recording process that started at 14/05/2017 00:48:49 will be '''2017-05-14_004849.mp4'''. If a file with the same name already exist, an underscore followed by a number will be added to the end of the name to make it unique. (e.g. 2017-05-14_004849_0001.mp4)
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| − | To use a different name for output files:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open Settings dialog.
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| − | #Click '''Recorder''' from the side bar to open ''Recorder'' settings.
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| − | #Enter the desired template under ''Enter a template for file name''. Optionally you can use one or more placeholders in the file name.
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| − | == Hotkeys ==
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| − | Hotkeys allow you to control recording process using keyboard shortcuts when Screenbits is minimized or not in foreground. This helps you use Screenbits without having its user interface included in the recorded video.
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| − | Default hot keys for recording actions are defined in the following table:
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| − | {|class="wikitable"
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| − | ! style="text-align:left;"| Action
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| − | ! Default Shortcut
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| − | |-
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| − | |Record/Stop
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| − | |F10
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| − | |-
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| − | |Pause/Resume
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| − | |Shift+F10
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| − | |-
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| − | |Selector
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| − | |(none)
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| − | |}
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| − | === Custom hotkeys ===
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| − | In order to choose a different shortcut for an action:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #Click '''Hotkeys''' from the side bar to open ''Hotkeys'' settings.
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| − | #Click on one of of the boxes to enter a shortcut.
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| − | #Hold the desired keys so the combination appear in the box.
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| − | Note: you need to enter a valid key combination for each action to work.
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| − | == Desktop and Pointer ==
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| − | You can add mouse pointer to the recorded video and also configure highlight options and click effects.
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| − | === Mouse Pointer ===
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| − | To render pointer over the output video:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Pointer'' section under the ''Overlay'' tab, turn ''Show mouse pointer''' switch on.
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| − | Note: To show a highlight for the pointer, turn '''Highlight''' switch on.
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| − | == Watermark ==
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| − | To add a watermark image to the output video:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Watermark'' section under the ''Overlay'' tab, check '''Show watermark''' check box.
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| − | #Click '''Image''' radio button to enable image overlay.
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| − | #Click '''Browse...''' button and select the image file for the watermark.
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| − | To add a watermark text to the output video:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Watermark'' section under the ''Overlay'' tab, check '''Show watermark''' check box.
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| − | #Click '''Text''' radio button to enable text overlay.
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| − | #Enter the desired text in the text box under the '''Show watermark''' check box.
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| − | Note: You can also customize opacity, margins, font, color, outline color, alignment and direction from ''Watermark'' section.
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| − | == Audio ==
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| − | To change format of the output audio:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Output'' section under the '''Audio''' tab, select desired bit-rate, sample-rate and number of channels.
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| − | == Video ==
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| − | To change frame-rate of the output video:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, select desired frame-rate from '''Framerate''' selector.
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| − | Note: You can also enter a custom frame-rate up to 120 in the selector.
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| − | To change resolution of the output video:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, select output resolution from '''Resolution''' selector.
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| − | To change quality of the output video:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, move '''Quality''' slider to increase or decrease quality.
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| − | To force recording in variable frame-rate:
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| − | #Select '''Settings''' from '''Record''' menu to open ''Settings'' dialog.
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| − | #From ''Output'' section under the '''Video''' tab, check '''Prefer variable frame-rate''' check box.
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| − | Note: Not preferring variable frame-rate does not mean that the video will be recorded in constant frame-rate. Depending on your system performance, recorder may fall back to variable frame-rate to be able to work properly. | + | Note: While Screenbits is minimized, you can still interact with it through [[Notification Area|Notification_area] icon. |
Note: This option is only available in Microsoft Store version of the application.
Note: While Screenbits is minimized, you can still interact with it through [[Notification Area|Notification_area] icon.