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by mmozeiko 1729 days ago
The reason I wrote wcap to use for myself is because Game Bar recording is super unreliable for me. I have 144Hz monitor but it records with some weird framerate, typically 36, sometimes some crazy fraction like 36.86 fps. I often want to get every single 144Hz frame out to analyze/see differences. It used to be that it also abruptly stops recording without any indication why, maybe that's improved now, but that is what I remember when I used it.

I think it also does not allow recording desktop or windows explorer. Sometimes I want to record a video of "here's how to do thing X in Windows itself" and send to somebody.

Additionally I wanted automatic resize to smaller (1080p) video when recording higher resolutions. Sure you can do that in post-processing, but that's extra tools & time.

Also every time I press Win+G after not using a while, it is a bit overwhelming and confusing to see all those buttons and signing into your "xbox social" - all I want is local video not some friends list.