ShareX is an open-source lightweight software for recording screen, capturing screenshots with many amazing features. It is only available for Windows operating systems. ShareX provides an easy workflow and simple shortcuts to start recording your screen anytime. Here are the steps to record screen on windows 10, 11, or 7.
Step.1) Download ShareX on your windows pc.
Its Download size is just 8mb.
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ShareX - an open source screen recording software |
Step.2) Go to Task Settings. It will pop up a new window.
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Step.3) In this new window select the screen recorder and then click on Screen recording option.. Button.
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Step.4) To record both mic + pc sound and screen.
- Download ffmpeg.exe by pressing the download button. Set all the settings shown in the image above.
- Select Video Source as Screen-capture-recorder And Audio source as Microphone. If you have not these options hit the Install recorder devices Button by selecting the option shown in image.
- In the last step just paste this cmd to record pc audio and mic audio simultaneously
-f dshow -i audio="virtual-audio-capturer" -filter_complex amix=inputs=2:duration=longest
After all these settings, close this window.
Now press the SHIFT+PrintScreen button on the keyboard to start recording screen with pc audio and microphone simultaneously.
You can also take screenshots by pressing the printScreen button.
If you got the mouse pointer offset problem you should check out this post to fix it.
Still have any problem with shareX, please let me know in the comment section below.
Thanks : )