Windows 11: how to take a video screenshot of your PC

Taking a video screenshot of your Windows 11 PC is probably a lot easier than you might imagine. Contrary to what you may think, you don’t necessarily need to download and install third-party software to record a video of what’s on your computer screen.

You may not know it, but Windows natively includes a tool capable of performing this operation: it is the Xbox Game Bar. This Xbox game bar is in principle intended for gamers to allow them to make a video screencast of their video game games.

Nevertheless, the Xbox Game Bar is not limited only to gaming. It is indeed quite possible to use it with other programs than games. The utility, which can be run outside of a game, can then be used to record a video screenshot for other applications.

1. Set up Xbox Game Bar

Open them Settings Windows using the keyboard shortcut Windows+i then click on the section Games in the left column.

Then enter the menu Xbox Game Bar and make sure the option is enabled on your machine.

Then go back to the root of the section settings Games from Settings and enter the menu catches to customize your settings.

Depending on your needs, you can change theLocation of capturesbut also customize the Recording preferences by modifying, for example, the Video quality or even the Video frame rate.
You can then close the Windows settings window. By default, the save location for video screenshots you take with Xbox Game Bar are automatically saved to the directory C:UsersYourUserNameVideosCaptures from your PC.

2. Enable Game Bar

To activate the Xbox Game Bar, use the keyboard shortcut Windows + G. You should then see the different Xbox Game Bar windows appear on your screen: Capture, Audio, Performance, Xbox Social, etc.

3. Record your screen on video

To start recording screen video, click the button Record represented by a white dot displayed in the window Capture or use the keyboard shortcut Windows+Alt+R.

The video capture of your screen is now started. A new window Capture status in which the recording time is displayed, should be opened.

It is from this same window that you can click on the button Stop to stop capturing video of your PC screen.

4. Access your captures

To access your video screenshots, open theFile Explorer of Windows, select the folder Videos in the side column and enter the directory catches.

You can also re-enable Game Bar using the keyboard shortcut Windows+G, then click on See my captures in the window Capture to access the gallery where you can view your video captures.
Clicking on the button appearing in a grafted folder at the top of the window will allow you to directly access the backup directory.

All your video screenshots are saved there in MP4 format.