How to Record Your Screen with VLC on Windows 7/8/10

In this tutorial, we are going to see how to record your screen with VLC on Windows 7/8/10. No matter how many Windows media players there are, VLC is one of the best. In fact, We don’t think there is another player that comes close to VLC in terms of file format support, ease of use, and a number of options and configurations. Most importantly, VLC is free and open-source.

If you use VLC for a long time, you may know that VLC does many other things besides playing your local media. These things include converting media files, recording videos during playback, ripping DVDs and Blu-rays, streaming videos online, etc.

Whatever the reason, knowing how to record a screen with VLC can be very useful in case you need it. So, here is how to use VLC to record your computer screen.
 

 

How to Record Your Screen with VLC on Windows

Step 1: Open the VLC media player by searching for it in the start menu.
 

 
Step 2: The first thing you should do is enable the advanced controls. To do this, select View > Advanced Controls You will see additional controls appear on top of the Play/Pause buttons.
 

 

 
Step 3: Select Media > Open Capture Device….
 

 
Step 4: Here, select Desktop from the drop-down menu next to Capture Mode, enter the desired frame rate (such as 24, 30 or 60 fps) and click on Convert option.
 

 
Step 5: In the Convert window, select the profile as Video – H.264 + MP3 (MP4) Now click on the Browse button.
 

 
 
Step 6: Choose a destination folder to save the recording file, name it and click the Save button.
 

 
Step 7: Now click on the Start button.
 

 
 
Step 8: The above action will start the recording process. If you look at the advanced controls in VLC, you can see the Record button.
 

 
Step 9: Once you finsh, you can save the registration process by clicking the Stop button.
 

 
The file will be saved automatically to the destination you chose earlier.
 
That’s All!