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MP4, GIF And Other Screen Recording Formats
The current main recorder offers MP4 and animated GIF. Learn how that differs from older six-format guidance.
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Current 8.1.0 Recording Choices
- MP4: use for ordinary videos and longer walkthroughs. It can include the selected single audio source.
- Animated GIF: use for a short looping demonstration. GIF has no audio and its recording frame rate is capped at 30 fps.
About The Older Format List
This URL originally discussed MP4, MKV, WebM, MOV, WMV and AVI in an earlier application. The new ShareX-based 8.1.0 dashboard does not present those six output choices. Do not rename a file extension to convert its contents.
If a recipient requires another format, keep the original and use a suitable conversion workflow to create a separate copy. Check image quality and playback after conversion. Advanced tools may expose additional settings, but optional codecs or media-URL processing can require a compatible user-supplied FFmpeg build. The two choices described here are the supported simple recording workflow.
For most first recordings, start with MP4 at 30 fps and make a short test.