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General Settings

Output Folder

Recorded videos are saved in Screenbits folder under the Videos folder by default.

To change the output folder:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. Click the Browse... button from the General tab under the Output section.
3. Select the folder you want to save videos into.
4. Click OK to close Settings view.

Note: Make sure your user account has write access to the selected folder and also the folder is in a storage device/drive with enough free space.

Output File

You can enter file name for the output file that is created by Screenbits. The file name may include one or more of the following placeholders:

The default file name is $Y-$M-$D_$H$N$S. When a recording process starts, Screenbits will replace the placeholders in the file name with their actual values so using the default file name, output file name for a recording process that started at 14/05/2017 00:48:49 will be 2017-05-14_004849.mp4. If a file with the same name already exist, an underscore followed by a number will be added to the end of the name to make it unique. (e.g. 2017-05-14_004849_0001.mp4)

To use a different name for output files:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. Enter the desired name in front of the File Name field. Optionally you can use one or more placeholders in the file name.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

Shortcuts

Shortcut keys allow you to control recording process using keyboard shortcuts. By default, shortcut keys work only when the Screenbits is in foreground, however you can choose to register these keys to Windows and use them even when Screenbits is minimized or not in foreground. This helps you use Screenbits without having its user interface included in the recorded video.

Default hot keys for recording actions are defined in the following table:

Custom shortcuts

In order to choose a different shortcut for an action:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. Under the Shortcut section in General tab, click one of the boxes to change its shortcut.
3. Hold the desired keys so it appears in the box.
4. Click OK to close Settings view.

Note: you need to enter a valid key combination for each action to work. Not all key combinations are valid; for example the shortcut needs to contain at least of the Alt, Ctrl or Shift modifier keys.

Register shortcuts to Windows

Shortcuts need to be registered to Windows before you can use them when Screenbits is not the foreground app:

1. Select Settings from Recording menu to open Settings view.
2. Under the Shortcut section in General tab, check Register as hotkeys to make it work in background check box.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

Task Bar

To make Screenbits hidden from the Task Bar:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. Check the Hide From Taskbar check box.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

To make Screenbits minimize automatically when recording starts:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. Check the Minimize when recording starts check box.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

Note: While Screenbits is minimized, you can still interact with it through the Notification Area icon.

Display Settings

Screenbits can add mouse cursor and watermark text to the output video.

Cursor

To render cursor over the output video:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. From the Cursor section under the Display tab, check the Render cursor check box.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

Note: Cursor can also be highlighted by selecting the Highlight check box.

Watermark

To add a watermark text to the output video:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. From the Watermark section under the Display tab, check the Render watermark check box.
3. Enter the desired text in the text box under the Render watermark check box.
4. Click Preview to see a preview of the watermark.
5. Click OK to close Settings view.

Note: You can also customize the font, color, outline color, alignment and direction from the Watermark section.

Audio & Video Settings

Screenbits allows you to customize the output.

Audio

To change format of the output audio:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. From the Output section under the Audio tab, select the desired bit-rate, sample-rate and number of channels.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

Video

To change frame-rate of the output video:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. From the Output section under the Video tab, select the desired frame-rate from the Framerate selector.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

Note: You can also enter a custom frame-rate in the selector.

To change resolution of the output video:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. From the Output section under the Video tab, select output resolution from the Resolution selector.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.

To change quality of the output video:

1. Select Settings from the Recording menu to open the Settings view.
2. From the Output section under the Video tab, move the Quality slider to increase or decrease quality.
3. Click OK to close Settings view.