General preferences

The General tab allows you to change the basic behavior of the program.

 

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.

 

The capture control panel will appear on top of the capture frame while recording a video. You can use it to pause or stop capture, take a snapshot, or see how much space the recording has taken up. If you are recording a full screen video, the panel will not be visible.

To record only the main window panes (no frames, menus or browser tabs), Movavi Screen Capture Pro needs access to your screen.

 

The program will notify you when a screenshot has been taken, a file export is finished, or if an error occurs.

 

With this option enabled, Movavi Screen Capture Pro will start when you log in and run in the background. This way you will always be ready to capture your screen.

 

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.

 

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 Screen Capture Pro license will get a considerable discount.

 

The program will automatically download an update if available and ask you to install the new version afterwards.

 

Enabling this box will allow Movavi Screen Capture Pro 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.