Bandicam How-to & Tips
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How to record dual/multiple monitors
To record multiple monitors, select the 'All display' option, open multiple instances of Bandicam, or use the 'Select a recording area' function.
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How to take a screenshot (Screen capture)
You can capture your computer screen as an image and capture various images using the real-time drawing function, adding a logo (watermark), and continuous screenshots.
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How to Record a Lecture using PowerPoint
Record PowerPoint slideshow along with webcam(face) screen to create video lectures or video presentations.
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How to record a Zoom Meeting
Bandicam allows you to record your screen while the Zoom meeting is going on with or without the host's permission.
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How to Record a Microsoft Teams Meeting
Bandicam enables both the host and participants to record Teams meetings in high quality, all without triggering a recording notification.
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How to Blur a Screen Recording
You can blur out any part of your screen to hide personal or unnecessary information while recording your screen.
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How to Record your VTuber model
A VTuber is short for a Virtual YouTuber who uses a virtual avatar generated through computer graphics. You can easily make VTuber videos using Bandicam.
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Pause Recording When Your PC Is Inactive
The auto pause recording feature pauses your screen recording when no mouse or keyboard activity is detected for a set period and resumes once motion is detected.
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How to Zoom In and Out while Screen Recording
If you use Bandicam and the Windows Magnifier together, you can easily record while zooming in or out of your computer screen in real time.
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Mirror Android Screen to Windows 10/11
You can mirror your Android screen to a Windows PC for a better viewing experience or app testing, and record it using Bandicam.
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How to Draw on Your PC Screen
Bandicam users can simultaneously draw lines, boxes, or highlights while recording in the 'Screen Recording' mode.
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How to add your face on your gameplay or video tutorial
If you have a computer, webcam device and screen recording program, you can make your own video tutorial and add your face on one corner of your video.
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How to use Chroma Key - Green Screen Recorder
Chroma key is a visual effects technique for layering two video streams together. With Bandicam, you can simply make a Chroma Key video while recording your PC screen.
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How to Download or Create TikTok Videos on Windows PC
If you’re a TikToker, you will want to create fun videos for users to watch, and even find yourself wanting to download other TikTokers’ videos to watch them at a later time.
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How to record "computer sound" and "your voice"
To record computer sound and your voice at the same time, choose "(Default Sound Device)" and Microphone. Then, check the "Two Sound Mixing" option.
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How to Record WhatsApp Voice/Video Calls
Using Bandicam, you can record WhatsApp voice/video calls on your PC and save them as video or audio files.
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How to record specific sounds
Record audio from just one app with Bandicam. Capture clean sound from a game or web browser, free from unwanted background system noise.
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How to adjust the volume while recording
During recording, you can record or mute the microphone sound. Also, you can adjust the recording volume in the Windows Volume mixer.
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How to Increase or Decrease the Recording Audio Volume
Bandicam 7.0.1 or a higher version that allows users to adjust recording sounds, including speaker and microphone audio, and fine-tune volume levels from 0% to 200%.
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How to Record Your Voice without a Microphone
If you have a problem with your microphone, you can use a smartphone or mobile headset (earphones) as a microphone on your PC instead.
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Two Sound Mixing (Primary+Secondary into one track)
If you are a video specialist, you may need to edit the sound of the computer and the microphone separately. In such a case, uncheck the "Two Sound Mixing" option.
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How to record ASIO output from a DAW
You can record DAW sounds with Bandicam using a virtual audio mixer such as VoiceMeeter or the WASAPI driver that goes through Windows normal audio path.
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How to Record Discord Audio/Video
Bandicam, which allows you to record video or voice chats on Discord, is a perfect voice and screen recorder for Windows PC.
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How to Record Roblox on a PC
You can record Roblox on a PC using Bandicam’s Game Recording or Screen Recording mode.
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How to record mobile games in BlueStacks
Bandicam allows you to capture gameplay on BlueStacks, as well as record voice and facecam simultaneously without compromising performance.
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How to record Windows Games/Apps (UWP) in MS Store
Bandicam allows you to record the Windows Games/Apps (UWP) from the Microsoft Store that use the DirectX/OpenGL graphics technologies through the "Game Recording Mode."
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"Game Recording" mode and UAC settings
"Game Recording" mode requires administrator privileges to hook recording target processes without any issues.
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How to record webcam view and microphone
If you use a laptop or desktop PC that has a webcam device, you will be able to capture the real-time webcam view by using the 'Device Recording' mode of Bandicam.
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How to record capture card video and audio
To record external video devices, start Bandicam and choose 'Device Recording Mode' by clicking the Webcam/HDMI icon.
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How to use your Android or iOS device as a webcam
You can use your smartphone or iPhone camera as an external webcam device using the DroidCam or Iriun application.
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How to Record Multiple Webcams/Cameras
Bandicam allows you to record more than one webcam or capture devices from one computer. You can capture multiple views using more than one camera.
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How To Convert VHS to MP4 / Transfer VHS tapes to your computer
If you have a capture card or IEEE1394 card, Bandicam can easily convert videotapes / VHS tapes to MP4 files.
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How to record your smartphone with Bandicam
If you have a capture card device, an MHL cable and Bandicam, you can record the smartphone screen or Tablet on your PC.
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How to Mirror, Flip, and Rotate Webcam
Are you wondering how to mirror or rotate your webcam? Bandicam is a decent webcam recorder that allows you to flip, mirror, and rotate your webcam stream.
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How to hide the recording controls or interface
Bandicam provides various methods to hide the recording controls such as the screen recording area, Bandicam main window, drawing tools, and control bar.
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Bandicam Shortcuts List
Check out the shortcuts list used in Bandicam. You can also change the default shortcuts to other shortcuts.
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How to edit the recorded video with editing programs
To edit the recorded video with editing programs such as Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, Camtasia, and Pinnacle Studio, you should change the codec settings of Bandicam.
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How to choose the best video codec for recording software
What is the best video codec for game recording, video recording, and screen recording? We recommend choosing the video codec that best suits your recording needs.
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How To Record a Video with Better Quality
The good news is that Bandicam, our screen recording software, allows you to take high-quality videos of your screen without producing large files.
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How to record a video with smaller file size
You can reduce the recorded file size by changing the video resolution, FPS, video codec, and video quality value in the Bandicam format settings
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How to save and export Bandicam settings
To export the Bandicam’s settings, please save the Bandicam’s settings as a registry file (bandicam.reg), and then copy the file to another PC where Bandicam is installed.
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Hardware-accelerated H.264/HEVC (NVIDIA/Intel/AMD) codec
Bandicam optimizes recording performance by using a hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC encoder. You can record the target with a high compression ratio and excellent quality.
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How to start Recording Automatically - Scheduled Recording
If you use the scheduled recording function of Bandicam, you can automatically start recording "at a specific time on a daily/weekly schedule."
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How to record 24 hours & 365 days - Computer Blackbox
Bandicam is able to record your desktop screen and sound for 24 hours & 365 days. It can be good for PC Monitoring/Surveillance Software.
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How to upload videos to YouTube/Google Drive
Download Bandicam, record your PC screen, click the Upload button to upload recorded videos to YouTube or YouTube Shorts.
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How to Back Up Files to an External Drive
If you use the Robocopy command with Windows Task Scheduler, you can automatically copy or move large files to an external hard drive every time you log in to your computer
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Change Bandicam Folder Location and Disable OneDrive
If there is not enough storage space in the Bandicam output folder, or if the Bandicam folder is syncing to OneDrive, it is recommended to change the Bandicam folder location.
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How to Play AV1 Videos
If your PC is equipped with the latest graphics card that supports AV1, you can select the AV1 codec in Bandicam’s Format settings and record in AV1.
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How to prevent users from deleting recorded videos
To prevent standard users from deleting videos, such as while recording company computers, you should enable [Recording] and disable [Deleting].
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How to safely store recorded videos on a network computer
Security-critical institutions such as banks or insurance companies may want to record and store each employee's computer screen on a central computer over a network.
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How to Record Remote Desktop Computer
Do you use Remote Desktop Connection in Windows to connect to a remote computer? To record a remote computer, use Anydesk or TeamViewer.
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How to Use Command-Line Parameters with Bandicam
A command-line interface is a way for users to interact with a computer program and issue commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text.