Video preferences

On the Video tab, you can choose how the videos are recorded and saved, change the preferred audio quality, including the sample rate, number of channels, and bits per second.

A video codec is the way the video stream is encoded or 'packed' into the video file. Decoding the video then requires a special codec to be supported in the player. The H.264 video codec is very good in terms of size to quality.

 

 

The better the quality of your video, the bigger the video file size. The smaller the file size, the worse the quality - but this can be useful for quick sharing. Depending on your priorities, you can set both quality and file size with this one slider. The value is average by default.

 

Here you can choose how fast your video will be converted when it's automatically saved after recording. The faster the conversion, the lower the video quality. The default option is Ultra Fast.

 

This option will make saving videos faster if your computer is equipped with a compatible Intel® graphics chip. Intel acceleration works when processing H.264 and MP4 videos.

 

This option can make saving videos faster by using the graphics card to process media files. This leaves the CPU free for other tasks and improves performance while saving videos. This option is only available if you have an NVIDIA® graphics card compatible with the NVENC® or CUDA® technologies.  

 

The first number is the audio sample rate, measured in Kilohertz (kHz). This is the number of digital samples taken each second to record sound. Higher sample rate usually means higher quality. 44.1 kHz is the recommended sample rate, which corresponds to the human hearing range.

 

Mono uses only one audio channel, which saves some disk space.

Stereo uses two audio channels, which allows distinguishing the direction a sound is coming from and usually sounds more natural.

 

Gecata will record audio at 16 bits, which is the standard bit depth for most audio recordings. This means that every sample contains 16 bits of information to encode sound.

 

When recording a video, the webcam, main onscreen video, external audio, etc. will be recorded as separate streams, like layers, into different files. This can be useful for editing later, so you can edit the files separately.

 

This option helps you reduce your CPU usage and therefore speed up capture performance.

 

Windows Aero themes that use transparency require more processing power. This may slow down your computer while recording video. With this option enabled, the program will disable the Aero theme while recording to improve performance. The theme will be restored after recording has finished.

 

Try this option if you are experiencing problems capturing some program windows. In Windows 8 and above, the capture method is chosen automatically and this option is unavailable.

 

If you get an error message  when you start or stop recording your screen, try this option. If the problem isn't solved, click here to read full troubleshooting instructions.