This wikiHow teaches you how to make a screencast on a computer or mobile device. A screen recording is a video of content on a monitor that is created to show or demonstrate a process or object on a screen.
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Method 1 of 4: On Windows Computer

Step 1. Download and install OBS Studio
Open Broadcast Software (OBS) Studio is a free program that can be used to record and save video content displayed on a computer screen.
- Visit https://obsproject.com/ through your computer's web browser.
- Click " Windows ” at the top of the page.
- Double-click the installation file.
- Click " Next ”.
- Click " I Agree ”.
- Click " Next ”.
- Click " Install ”.

Step 2. Open OBS Studio
After OBS Studio has finished installing, click “ Finish ” to close the installation window and open OBS Studio.
If at any time you need to open the OBS Studio program, just type obs into the "Start" menu, then click " OBS Studio ” in the search results.

Step 3. Run the auto configuration setup or tutorial
Click Yes ” when prompted to run the tutorial, then follow these steps:
- Check the box " Optimize just for recording… ", then click “ Next ”.
- Click " Next ”.
- Click " Apply Settings ”.

Step 4. Set OBS Studio to save the recording as an MP4 file
This way, other computers can open and play the final recording:
- Click " Settings ” in the lower right corner of the window.
- Click " Output ” on the left side of the pop-up window.
- Click the "Recording Format" drop-down box.
- Click " MP4 ”.
- Click " OK ”.

Step 5. Locate the "Sources" panel
It's in the lower-left corner of the window, just to the right of the "Scenes" panel.

Step 6. Click
This button is below the "Sources" panel. A pop-up window will appear after that.

Step 7. Click Display Capture
This option is in the pop-up window.

Step 8. Click OK
It's at the bottom of the window.
You can type a new name in the text field at the top of the window before clicking “ OK ” if you want to name the setting with a label other than "Display Capture".

Step 9. Click OK
It's at the bottom of the window.
If you don't want the cursor to appear in the recording, make sure you uncheck the " Capture Cursor " box before clicking " OK ”.

Step 10. Wait for the desktop to display
After clicking OK ”, the screen content will be displayed in the window in the center of the OBS Studio program window.
If the desktop doesn't appear and you only see a black box in the center of the OBS Studio window, read the common OBS Studio troubleshooting steps at the end of this method

Step 11. Click Start Recording
It's in the lower-right corner of the window. Recording will start.
If you see a " Failed to start recording " error message, refer to the common troubleshooting steps in OBS Studio at the end of this method

Step 12. Perform the steps you want to record
Hide the OBS Studio window, then execute the steps you want to record.

Step 13. Click Stop Recording when finished
It's in the lower-right corner of the OBS Studio window. The recording will be stopped and saved as a video file.

Step 14. Review the video file
Click the menu File ” in the upper left corner of the OBS Studio window, then click “ Show Recordings ” in the drop-down menu. The recording storage folder will be opened.

Step 15. Handle common errors in OBS Studio
If you experience one of the two errors mentioned in this method, you can work around it with the following steps:
- Blank black screen error - You may experience this error if you are using an NVIDIA graphics card. To handle it, close OBS Studio, right click the OBS Studio icon, select “ Run with graphics processor, and click " Integrated graphics ”.
- “Failed to start recording” error message - Click “ Settings ” in the lower right corner of the program window, click the tab “ Output ”, change both menu " Encoder " to " Software (x264), and click " OK ”.
Method 2 of 4: On Mac Computer

Step 1. Open QuickTime
Click or double-click the QuickTime icon, which looks like a blue “Q”.
If QuickTime doesn't appear in your computer's Dock, you can find it in your “Applications” folder

Step 2. Click File
It's in the top-left corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will open afterwards.

Step 3. Click New Screen Recording
This option is in the drop-down menu “ File The recording bar will be displayed.

Step 4. Click the "Record" button
This red and silver circle button is in the center of the recording bar.

Step 5. Click any part of the screen
Thus, the entire screen will be recorded and you can start the screen recording process.

Step 6. Perform the steps you want to record
Execute the procedure or steps you need to record.

Step 7. Click the "Stop" menu
It's a square icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. After that, the recording process will be stopped.

Step 8. Save the screen recording
Click the menu " File ", click " Save… ”, enter the name of the recorded file, select a location to save the file, and click “ Save " The screen recording will be saved as a video file in the selected directory.
Method 3 of 4: On iPhone

Step 1. Open iPhone settings menu
(“Settings”).
Touch the settings menu icon or “Settings” which looks like a series of gears in a gray box.

Step 2. Touch
"Control Center".
This option is at the bottom of the screen.
You may need to scroll far enough to see this option

Step 3. Touch Customize Controls
This option is at the bottom of the “Control Center” page.

Step 4. Swipe to options
"Screen Recording".
This option is at the bottom of the page.

Step 5. Touch "Add" button
icon “ + ” in green and white is to the left of the “Screen Recording” option. Once touched, a “Screen Recording” feature shortcut will be added to the “Control Center” panel.

Step 6. Press the “Home” button
This circle button is at the bottom of the device screen. The settings menu window will close.
On iPhone X, simply swipe up from the bottom of the screen

Step 7. Swipe the bottom of the screen up
The “Control Center” panel will be displayed. You may need to swipe the screen a few times before the panel opens clearly.
On iPhone X, swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen

Step 8. Touch the “Screen Recording” icon
This icon is in the “Control Center” panel. iPhone will start recording content on the screen after three seconds.

Step 9. Perform the steps you want to record
Execute the procedure or steps you need to record on iPhone, then move on to the next step when you're done.
You have 3 seconds after touching the “Screen Recording” icon to hide the “Control Center” panel if you don't want to show it in the screen recording

Step 10. Touch the red recording bar
This bar is at the top of the screen.

Step 11. Touch Stop when prompted
The recording will be stopped and saved as a video file in the Photos app.

Step 12. Review the screen recording that has been created
Open the app

Photos, touch the tab “ Albums ”, then find and touch the album “ Videos The screen recording will be displayed as the most recent video in the album.
Method 4 of 4: On Android Device

Step 1. Install DU Recorder
DU Recorder is a free screen recording program that can record videos at a maximum resolution of 1440p. To download it, follow these steps:
-
open
Google Play Store.
- Touch the search bar.
- Type du recorder.
- Touch " DU Recorder - Screen Recorder, Video Editor, Live ” on the search results bar.
- Touch the button “ INSTALL ”.

Step 2. Open DU Recorder
Touch the button “ OPEN ” in the Google Play Store window or touch the DU Recorder app icon on the device's page/app drawer.

Step 3. Touch ALLOW when prompted
This way, DU Recorder can save files to your device's photos folder.

Step 4. Tap Use notification to record
It's at the bottom of the screen. After that, the settings will be saved and you will be taken to the recording window.

Step 5. Skip the tutorial
Swipe the page from right to left, let the animation play, then wait for the bar at the top of the window to disappear. At the end, you will see an orange bar with five tabs at the top of the screen.

Step 6. Change the video resolution if necessary
You can increase (or decrease) the recording quality of the main option “720p” with the following steps:
-
Touch the gear icon "Settings"
at the top of the screen.
- Choose " Video resolution ”.
- Select the desired video resolution from the menu.
- Touch the far left tab at the top of the screen to return to the recording window.

Step 7. Swipe down the top of the screen
After that, a drop-down menu will be displayed.

Step 8. Touch the “Record” icon
It's a red circle icon in the "DU Recorder" section of the drop-down menu.

Step 9. Touch ALLOW when prompted
With this option, DU Recorder can record audio.
you can touch" DENY ” if DU Recorder is not allowed to record audio from the device microphone.

Step 10. Touch OK when prompted, then select START NOW.
DU Recorder will start recording the screen.
You can check the box " Don't show again " before touching " START NOW so as not to have to see warnings in the future.

Step 11. Perform the steps you want to record
Execute the procedure or steps you need to record on your Android device, then move on to the next step when you're done.

Step 12. Swipe down from the top of the screen
The drop-down menu will be displayed again.

Step 13. Touch the “Stop” button
This red square button is in the " DU Recorder " section. A pop-up window with a screen recording preview icon will be displayed.

Step 14. Touch the “X” icon
It's in the upper-right corner of the pop-up window. The screen recording will be saved to the Photos app or the device's main gallery.