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General preferences

 
The General tab allows you to change the basic behavior of the program. The settings are organized into two groups for your convenience.
 

Basic settings

Disable countdown
Every time before the recording starts, you will see a 3-second countdown. This gives you time to prepare for your recording. Select this option to turn the countdown off and start recording immediately.
 
Hide recording panel
The recording panel appears when you start recording. It's semi transparent and it will not be recorded on top of your finished video even if you record fullscreen, but you can hide it if necessary.
Disable frame blinking during capture
In case the blinking irritates you, check this box. The frame will stay still during recording.
 
Allow window panes selection
To record only the main window panes (no frames, menus or browser tabs), Movavi Screen Recorder needs access to your screen.
 
Capture separate streams
When recording a video, the webcam, main onscreen video, external audio, etc. will be recorded as separate streams, like layers.
This can be useful for editing the video later, so you can edit them separately.
 
Enable sound notifications
The program will notify you when a file export is finished or if an error occurs.
 

Other settings

 
Launch application at startup
With this option enabled, Movavi Academic will start when you log in and run in the background. This way you will always be ready to capture your screen.
 
Use software OpenGL implementation (advanced)
This option can troubleshoot OpenGL problems for some graphics cards.
 
OpenGL is a software interface that manages graphics output. Usually, OpenGL is handled by your graphics card driver. However, some graphics cards do not support the necessary version of OpenGL. For these graphics cards, you can use this option to download and install a software replacement. Installation will run automatically, but you will need an Internet connection to download the files.
 
Save extended logs for troubleshooting
In case you experience trouble using the program and contact our support team, they might ask you to collect logs. The logs contain the program's actions for some period of time, as well as important error reports and descriptions. Extended logs give the most amount of information which may be essential to solving your problem.
 
Automatically check for updates
The program will notify you if a new version is available. Minor updates are absolutely free (for example, from v.1.3 to v.1.4). For major updates users with purchased Movavi Academic license will get a considerable discount.
 
I give consent to send anonymous usage stats to Movavi
Enabling this box will allow Movavi Academic to send us anonymous data about how you use the program. This data does not contain any personally identifiable information and is only used for improving our software. You can find more information about how we use the statistics on our Movavi Improvement Program page.
 
Disable Aero theme during capture
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.
(For Windows 7)
 
Use DirectX for capturing
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.
(For Windows 7)
 
Use alternative capture mode
If you get an error message when you start or stop recording your screen, try this option.
(For Windows 8 and above)

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