How to record video

Does anyone know if it is possible to make a video of any flight scene without having any recording device in this sim. Maybe I would need it to provide it as proof to Zendesk of the engine stall failure due to an uncontrolled fuel mixture device. The engine stalls because the mixture cuts out (reduces to 0%).

This is my hardwere:

  • Windows 10 Home
  • Cooler Master MasterBox MB520, RGB
  • AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, 6x 3.70 GHz
  • AMD Standard Kühler
  • Gigabyte B450 Gaming X, S. AM4 v2
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
  • 32GB DDR4-3200 | G.Skill RipJaws V
  • SSD 1TB | Crucial P1
  • 850 Watt 80 PLUS GOLD | Enermax Revolution D.F.
  1. Enable Microsoft Game Bar
  2. Press Win+Alt+R
  • Work with HDR screens
  • Only Full HD

Do you want a screenshot? Just a picture?
If so, use Windows 10 “Snip & Sketch”.

I want video scenes, NOT an image

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Hi @mixMugz

As you may have noticed I have a PC, this sequence of operations you have written, are they for a PC ?. If yes, I do not understand anything. Surely when you know the sequence of video recording, it is very well, but I do not know it completely, I will need a step by step description with much more text.

I did amateur filmmaking with camcorders, but as you surely know, this has nothing to do with camcorders.

Thanks for your effort.

Regards: Delfin

You need the Xbox Game Bar Installed.
Press the Win key and G key on your keyboard
Press the Win key and ALT key and G key
Press the Win key and Alt key and R key to start/stop recording.

Start your recording.

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Or install a free great software like OBS

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The instructions above from @mixMugz explain perfectly how to enable the XBox Game Bar on your Windows PC. Once you have toggled that setting to On, you can use the keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots or record video without installing any additional software. This functionality is built directly into Windows.

If you have a default installation of NVidia drivers, you can also record using Nvidia’s GeForce Experience - press ALT+F9 to start recording, and press again to end.

Forgive all these difficulties; my language is not English and all this creates a real problem of comprehension, identification of the concepts, and also of communication.

The Xbox game bar installed, isn’t it the icon bar at the top of the screen that contains the icons:

Flight assistant, ATC, Camera ; Checklist,etc.

If it is not the Xbox bar, what is this bar and how to install it?

Hi man! You can also record a video by pressing the shortcut “alt+z” it activate the Nvidia Shadow play menu. In the center you can see record a video. Press it and you are done :wink:
If you still need help dont be afraid to ask!

Sincerely,
Filippo

No, that is the default MS FLIGHT SIMULATOR toolbar. Move your mouse to the top of your screen in the simulator during flight and that toolbar will appear.

The Windows XBox GameBar is a Windows feature that can be used in any game. You can bring the GameBar up by pressing WIN+G and take screenshots or start/stop video recording from there.

If you have a nvidia card then you have a built in recorder

Read the short article here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/record-a-game-clip-on-your-pc-with-xbox-game-bar-2f477001-54d4-1276-9144-b0416a307f3c

And a video here:
https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/friends-social-activity/share-socialize/record-game-clips-game-bar-windows-10

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Press the Windows Key with the G key on your keyboard.
It displays on the top of your screen.

The circle dot in the left box is the record button.

If you don’t have the App, then get it.

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https://www.howtogeek.com/259573/how-to-record-your-pc-gameplay-with-nvidia-shadowplay/

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If you launch your flight sim with the XBox launcher, there is also the XBox screenshot and recording tool installed.
You can make screenshots by pressing Windows key, Alt key and print key, and record videos by pressing Windows key, Alt key and R.
Even with high resolutions the videos are not very oversized (when comparing to FRAPS I guess was this program called where a ten minute video had 20 gigabytes), 20 minutes of recording in 1920x1080 when using the XBox recording tool is sometimes creating only a 2 GB MPEG file. :slight_smile:

Hi @MSFSRonS , @mixMugz, @Pieter1982NL , @TenPatrol

First of all, I would like to apologize for not being able to respond to your many suggestions yesterday.

To all of you who have intervened in this topic of: How to record video. I think you all made an effort to help me achieve my goal. To tell the truth, it is quite cumbersome, especially the first time, and above all (which is my case), without having any idea how to do it. Besides, all of you apparently suggested somewhat different procedures. It is evident that you all know perfectly well how to record video, and this sometimes in the explanations for one who knows nothing, it is more confusing. One thing is to know how to record, and another to explain it in the simplest possible way; believe it or not, between one step and the other, many details escape that make the execution difficult (and also) confusing for the receiver (me).

For example: I liked how simply “MSFSRonS” explains it. , only in 4 lines, ( and this has surprised me that it was so simple) but it does not work, which proves that something has been omitted and those omissions are my difficulty.

Then intervened Pieter1982 NL with article and video, which are of great graphic help, (since what was exposed orally, I almost do not understand anything), also again “MSFSRonS” with more instructions, and also TenPattrol, with new video that I have to deduce what it says by the images, since I understand very little of the language.

From what I have observed, I had never downloaded the virtual Box bar, therefore, if it was not included in MSFS, I did not have it installed, in fact, I had never seen its icon (which now I do see on the desktop). I decided to download it, and I got this version: Virtual Box 6.1.4 Setup Wizard. I guess this is what you have suggested me, is it correct, is it really this “XBox Game Bar”…? Now I wonder, how to install this bar in this Sim.

Well colleagues, as I have already expressed, I find this succession of steps to record quite cumbersome especially the first time. If you have anything else to add to make this easier, go ahead, otherwise I have to fight and fight with trial/error until the video recording results.

However, I beg you again “MSFSRonS”, to perfect and add what you have added. that you perfect and add what was omitted, so that those 4 lines of your initial description can work for me; that instead of being 4, they can be 8, but that it works. You think that it has to be done by someone who has no idea, and that’s me.

To all participants, thank you very much and kind regards:

Delfin

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His 4 lines of instructions work fine for me. On your PC click on the Windows icon in the bottom left and then up to “Settings” and then “Gaming” and the X-Box Game Bar is there. Slide the slider over to enable it.

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N O
VirtualBox is VERY different software. Don’t install that. You don’t need it.

As explained above, the Windows Xbox Game bar is part of windows. You need to enable it.

NOT in MSFS:

  1. Click on the Start button:
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  2. Click on Settings:
  3. Click on Gaming:
  4. Click on button to enable:

Now you can START MSFS
5. When in game, on your keyboard click the windows key and G at the same time
This should open a menu on the top of the screen:


6. Click the capture icon:

Now you have a menu where you can start/stop recordings. To exit the menu, press anywhere on the screen. If you want the menu again to start/stop recording, simply press the windows button and G at the same time.

Your video are saved in the “Your Videos” section in your Windows Documents.

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