How to record your gameplay and upload to YouTube

If you are a gamer, you may desire to share your victories with your friends and the world at large, or may even want to help others become better by creating video tutorials of the game you are playing.

Bandicam makes it possible to record various 2D/3D games such as Minecraft, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Roblox, World of Warcraft, and League of Legends, which use the DirectX/OpenGL/Vulkan graphics technologies. It also allows you to record the Windows Games/Apps (UWP) through the "Game Recording Mode" of Bandicam, so you can record the games/apps in high quality.

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To record your gameplay, please follow the steps below:

  1. Start Bandicam and choose the 'Game Recording' mode.

    It's better to use 'Game Recording' mode to get a high quality video file.

    best game recorder - directx mode

  2. Start the game you want to record.

    While running a game, you can see the green FPS number on the screen. If you can't see the green FPS number, visit No FPS on the recording target.

    ready to record - PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) gameplay

  3. Press the 'F12' function key to start/stop recording.

    f12 key to start/stop the recording gameplay

  4. During recording, the green FPS number will change to red.

    record PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) gameplay

  5. Click on the video icon to play, edit, or upload the captured videos.

    Bandicam, captured videos



Bandicam Tips for Advanced Users

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Bandicam offers the best online game recording experience.

When you record online games with Bandicam Game Recorder...

You can upload the recorded file to YouTube WITHOUT CONVERTING.

You can RECORD FOR OVER 7 DAYS without stopping (AVI 2.0 OpenDML).

​​Bandicam produces SMALLER FILE SIZES for recordings, compared to other capture programs.

Bandicam has LESS LAG than other screen capture software, since it uses fewer CPU/GPU/RAM resources.