How to use "Bandicam": instruction for beginners

However much you like, but often, when we get acquainted with something new, we have difficulties in mastering it. So with the program "Bandicam". If you suddenly want to shoot a video from your monitor, then, most likely, you will download this utility. On the Internet, she enjoys incredible popularity. But, no doubt, all at once you will not understand it, and you will have difficulties in mastering it. This article will discuss how to use the "Bandicam". You will be told how to set up all the possible parameters so that the result of the video you shot is what you imagined it to be.

Where to download the program

Before the story of how to use "Bandicam", it's worth telling where to download it. Entering into any search engine the corresponding query, you will see hundreds of pages on which you can download. However, do not go to the first link that appears, since it can contain a virus that you can easily bring to your computer after installing the program.

"Bandicam" you need to download exclusively from the official developer site. Thus, you guarantee yourself that malicious software will not get on your computer and will not be able to significantly harm it.

Why does infection occur? Since every person can download the program, the attacker can do it. Only unlike a good user, he will change the code by placing a virus in it, after which he will put the already changed program to another source, respectively, unreliable. After we figured out where to download the utility, you can go on to how to use "Bandicam".

Setting up the program for recording video and audio

To ensure that your videos captured in the program are of high quality, before using the "Bandicam", you need to configure the video recording. The blessing of parameters is not so much to disappear in them for the whole day. Using our instructions, you can make all the settings in minutes.

Since the program is most often used to record video games, the configuration shown below will be guided by this parameter. So, in order to properly configure the video, you need:

1. On the main page, go to the FPS tab.
2. First of all, check the box next to "Set Restriction".
3. Fill in the field next to "30-60" FPS.
4. In the "FPS Overlay" box, tick the "Position on the screen" check box.
5. Select the place where the FPS indicator will be displayed.

On the FPS tab we are done, now go to "Video". There you need:

1. Enter the settings by clicking the corresponding button in the "Record" field.
2. In the "Sound" tab, check the box next to "Record sound."
3. In the "Main Device" field, select Win * Sound (WASAPI) (instead of asterisk there will be a 7 or 8 digit, depending on the version of Windows).
4. Click "OK."

These manipulations allow you to record in parallel with video and sound. In general, all settings relating to video recording are made, but not all is told how to use "Bandicam" in the game.

Setting up the program to improve video and audio quality

This item can immediately be missed by those people who have weak computers, as improving the quality of sound and video directly affect the consumed resources. If the PC parameters are low, the recording will only get worse. In general, the setting is very simple, as it is easy to guess. You only need to unscrew the corresponding parameters to the maximum.

So, you need:

1. On the "Videos" tab enter the settings in the "Format" column.
2. In the "File format" field, select AVI.
3. In the "Video" field, set: size, full size, quality - 100, FPS - 60.
4. In the "Sound" field, set the maximum bit rate and frequency settings.

That's all, it remains only to tell how to start recording to start shooting.

Start shooting

To start recording the game, on the main page of the program in the "Videos" tab, check the box next to "Start / Stop - Hot Key" and define a key for this parameter. Now you need to enter the game and press the button you selected, after which the recording will begin. You can determine this by changing the color of the FPS indicator - it will turn red. To stop recording, press the same key.

Now you know how to properly use "Bandicam". We hope that this article helped you understand the program.