How to Rrecord Desktop Video and Audio in Windows 10

Eric Gilreath
5 min readFeb 24, 2021

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To take a screenshot with your Windows OS snipping tool is quite a deliberate attempt to capture something important, but recording the screen along with audio is a more prominent catch to nail down saving important things. You can create video tutorials, record live stream videos from sites like YouTube, record Webcam videos, and many more.

But mere reading of the possibilities will not let you take the leap of success; rather you have to do something about it. There are various easier and complicated methods, most of which involve Windows screen recorders to record desktop video and audio. We have listed few of them in the article below. Read them first and then make your choice as to what to select.

#1: Record Desktop Video using Free Screen Recorder

Free Screen Recorder is a freeware Windows recording tool which can record any activity in video and audio combination. It saves the recorded clips in AVI format, which can be played using any default media player. The steps to use this tool are elaborated below:

Step 1. Download and install the tool to your working computer.

Step 2. Launch the tool and go to its operational UI screen to begin the process.

Step 3. Do you see the circular icon here? Click on it and your recording will be started. This moment onwards, whatever you suppose to do or watch, will finely be recorded in video and audio format.

Step 4. When you are done, click on the “stop” button to halt the recording.

free video recorder

Step 5. Now if you wish to change Settings for better tool performance; click on “Options” from the menu bar and then “General Options”, or choose “Audio Options” and “Video Options” from the drop down menu.

CONS:

· The interface is too basic with no additional features.

· It is an outdated program and cannot record lengthy videos or audios.

#2: Record Desktop Video and Audio Windows 10 using TunesBro ScreenGeeker Tool

If anyhow the last one method was not up to the benchmark you expected they would be, then TunesBro ScreenGeeker can sincerely do the recording task with no scope for you to complain. Do you wonder how?

Well, it can record video screen along with audio pitch; webcam videos can too be recorded; HD screenshots can be taken and many more additional recording features which no pesky setup jobs. You can use the tool with any Windows OS versions, and do not require any special technical skills to pull it off. All that you need to do right now is to download the tool and follow the step instructions below:

Step 1. So as we told earlier, first you have to download and setup the tool later with proper installation standards.

screengeeker install

Step 2. Run the tool and there it comes, a little pop up rectangular screen with operational tool options in a row.

make settings on screengeeker

Step 3. Click on “Select A Area”, the first option, and then choose “Select a recording area” from the menu that drops down.

Step 4. In the next step, you simply have to select a portion of your Windows screen to restrict the borderline of your recording, and then click on “REC” button at the extreme right corner to start the recording.

Step 5. Do your usual stuff or play a video that you want to record, and once done, click on the “Stop” button and an immediate prompting to save the video emerges.

We can record the YouTube video.

record the YouTube video.

Step 6. Click “Ok” to save the video.

Step 7. The tool will start generating the video before it saves it to any particular directory in your computer.

#3: Record Desktop Video and Audio using IceCream Screen Recorder Tool

This is yet another freeware tool which can record desktop video and audio in Windows 10 screen in few simple steps. To record desktop video and audio, read the tutorial guideline here first to get a brief idea of the tool.

Step 1. Download from the page link and install it later with right guidelines:

Step 2. Run the tool as an admin, and go to the location of the screen where you are planning to start your recording from.

Step 3. Click on “Capture Video” option and then “Area auto detection” to let the tool select the adequate frame for your recording video.

Capture Video

Step 4. Hover the cursor to your required zone and start with your activity or any video that you wish to record and click on “Recording” button. Once your task is finished, click on “Stop” icon to stop the recording. It will automatically be saved to your computer.

Step 5. Click on the “Folder” icon to see the location where the video is saved.

CONS:

· You need to do a lot of changes in the control panel before you start recording your video and audio.

· The setup before the recording kills a lot of time.

Conclusion:

All the tools can potentially do the recording job, but when it comes to something classy, you need to shift your attention to something more reliable and easier to use, like ScreenGeeker, which can help you record desktop video and audio Windows 10 with high quality.

Use the step instructions given above to carry out your recording with ScreenGeeker but first give a trial with other tools also to realize the profitable differences.

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Eric Gilreath
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Eric Gilreath is a freelance writer working on some tech site and learning fast through Self Publishing tech’s blog and podcast. She loves running, climbing.