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General preferences
The General tab allows you to change the basic behavior of the program.
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.
Show capture control panel during recording
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.
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 screenshot has been taken, a file export is finished, or if an error occurs.
Launch application at startup
With this option enabled, Movavi Screen Recorder 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.
Learn more: How to collect logs
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 Screen Recorder license will get a considerable discount.
Send anonymous usage stats to Movavi
Enabling this box will allow Movavi Screen Recorder 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.