Windows 10 Will Have Screen Recording Tool

Mark Wilson writes: Windows 10 has not even been released yet, but that's a perfect reason to start unearthing a few secrets. Over the coming weeks and months there will undoubtedly be an endless stream of tips, tricks, and tweaks to try out, but how's this for starters? Windows 10 has a secret screen recording tool that can be used to capture on-screen activity as a video file. Taking a static screenshot is very simple. You can either hit the Print Screen key, use the Snipping Tool, or turn to one of the countless screen capture tools out there — many of which are free. When it comes to capturing video, however, it's something of a different story. Before you splash out on a dedicated tool such as Camtasia, you might want to try out Windows 10's hidden tool. It's designed for gamers really, but anyone can use it. The Game bar is a toolbar which Microsoft meant for gamers to use to capture screenshots of their high scores, as well as video footage of their gaming skills. Despite the name, it is not limited to use within games

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I hope it's a standard API

[PhrostyMcByte]

Both NVIDIA and AMD have methods of capturing directly on the GPU, making for a blissfully lag-free experience compared to, say, FRAPS.

Hopefully Windows has created a standard interface for these, and not just reimplemented FRAPS.

Netflix and Movie Library

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah crystal clear recordings of my favorite movies and shows. Soon I can just drop my subscription.

Not really, but I did just run it with Netflix and it makes a perfect copy. I'm sure the copyright police are going to mash it with a banhammer soon enough.

Re:Netflix and Movie Library

[Blue Stone]

It's OK, there'll be a fix for that.

The Windows 10 mandatory updates that you won't be able to deny permission for, will take care of it.

Re:Windows 10 has Secret Screen Recording Tool

[QuietLagoon]

and which OS platform doesn't have a list of exploits and vulnerabilities as long as an elephants trunk over the last decade?

The current thread is about Windows, and that is why I mentioned Windows. You can call it "born for prejudice or ignorance". I prefer to call it "staying on topic".

Re:Windows 10 has Secret Screen Recording Tool

[rtb61]

So your saying the built in screen recording tool is not the perfect app for use with the NSA back door. It really does make a lot more sense to build in the tools to be exploited than to try to sneak past the larger download to add in the required privacy invasive software. So how much were M$ paid to bundle it or did they do if for free, keeping in mind how greedy they are, I could not see them doing it for free. So can on can not the tool be completely uninstalled, actually deleted and not present at all and can upgrade be set to manual.