Recording your screen or camera
Record your screen, your camera, or both straight from the browser — the recording goes into your ESTAGE Video library with no extra software.
The Screen recorder records your screen, your webcam, or your screen with your camera in a corner, right in the browser. When you stop, the recording uploads into your library and opens on its settings page, ready to rename, caption and share.
Open it from Add Video → Record Video in the top bar.
For recording outside the browser — one window even when it's covered, a fixed area, a pen on screen, a link on your clipboard the moment you stop — use the Estage Recorder app for Mac and Windows.
Recording a video
- Click Add Video → Record Video. Allow camera and microphone access when the browser asks. If the preview stays dark, click Enable camera & mic.
- Open the settings panel (the sliders icon, bottom right) and choose:
- a Layout (see the table below),
- a Camera position for layouts with a camera in the corner,
- the recording's Title and the Folder it goes into,
- which Camera and Microphone to use.
- For a screen layout, click Click to choose your screen and pick a screen, window or tab in the browser's dialog.
- Click Start recording. A 3-2-1 countdown runs, then the timer starts.
- Use Pause / Resume as needed, and Stop when you're done.
- The recording uploads and its settings page opens. Processing then runs like any other upload — see Uploading and processing.
The bar at the bottom shows the recording's title and a live Mic level, so you can check your microphone is picking you up before you start.
Layouts
| Layout | What's recorded |
|---|---|
| Screen | Your screen only |
| Screen · window | Your screen inside a browser-window frame |
| Camera | Your webcam only |
| Screen + Camera | Your screen with your camera in a rounded box in a corner |
| Screen + Cam · circle | Your screen with your camera in a circle in a corner |
| Screen + Cam · window | Your screen in a window frame, with your camera in a corner |
Camera position offers Bottom right, Bottom left, Top right and Top left.
Controls in a floating window
In browsers that support it, the Pop out controls button (next to Start recording) opens the start, pause and stop buttons in a small always-on-top window. Use it when you're recording another window and don't want to switch back to the recorder tab to stop.
Things worth knowing
- Your microphone and the screen's sound are mixed into one track. Some browsers can't capture system sound; the recording then has your microphone only.
- Keep the tab open until the upload finishes. The recording is uploaded from your browser after you press Stop.
- Recordings use your storage like any other upload.