Nowadays, users would like to cast or record their Android device to computer (Mac or Windows) for some reasons such as gameplay strategy and skills guide, business presentation etc. In this way, a good Android recorder is extremely important for the job. Now, this guide would show you how to mirror and record screen with the Apowersoft Android Recorder program. 
Not suitable for recording gameplay: Since ShareX doesn’t support capturing screenshots or recordings from games that are running in full-screen mode, it’s not ideal if you’re looking to make gaming videos. You can capture game recordings by running the game in borderless or windowed modes, or use other software and then upload through.
- ApowerREC is a free screen recorder for iOS users. You can use it to capture games, streaming videos, video chats and other screen activities on your iPhone/iPad, and you can also do app training or make tutorials with it. ApowerREC Features:. Record iOS full screen without any limitations or watermarks.
- To fix iOS 12 screen recording not working issue, simply go to Control Center long press the Screen Recording icon hit the Microphone icon to enable audio then tap Start recording. If the microphone is turned on and the screen recording still does not have sound, restart your iDevice.
Full Guide to Record Android Screen
Step 1Preparation for Recording AndroidBefore you start to record your Android screen, you should firstly prepare for the following items:
1. Confirm that your Android has connected the same Wi-Fi with Windows PC or Mac
2. Require Android 5 or later versions
3. Download the Apowersoft Android Recorder program on your Windows PC or Mac by clicking the correct button below.
Step 2Launch the Apowersoft Android Recorder
After you download and install the Apowersoft Android Recorder program on your computer, please launch it! For some of the users who may set up a firewall for PC, you can see a pop-up window to ask for the privilege of accessing. Please select the two items on the interface and then click on the 'Allow access' button.
Step 3Connect Your Android to Computer and Start to Mirror
To connect your Android to computer, you can choose one of the following three ways:1. Connect via built-in Chromecast
2. Use Google Home for Connection
3. Download Apowersoft Screen Recorder App for Connection
Actually, when talking about the connection between smartphone and computer, you may come up with the way by using USB cable. However, it doesn't work with this case here and you need to select one the three methods for the connection. Now, let's see how they work in details.
1. Connect via built-in Chromecast
To connect your device to computer via the Google's Chromecast, your Android device needs to be equipped with built-in Chromecast. Normally, not all the Android devices would get the built-in cast screen feature. But the Nexus phone would always equips with it.
On the Android, please slide down your phone screen and tap on the 'Cast' icon on the interface. Now, you can see 'Apowersoft[your computer name]' icon on the screen. Please continue to tap on it and your Android screen would be connected on computer.
2. Use Google Home for Connection
To connect your Android to computer, please firstly download Google Home app on your device from Google Play. Then run it and tap on the more icon on upper left corner of the interface. After that, choose the 'Cast screen/audio' option and tap on the icon with your computer name (available device). Then you can see your Android has been mirrored on computer successfully.
3. Download Apowersoft Screen Recorder App for Connection
If you fail to use the above two ways to connect your Android to computer, using the third-party recording tool - Apowersoft Screen Recorder can be a good choice.
Now, please download and install Apowersoft Screen Recorder app from Google Play Store on your Android. Launch the app and tap on the menu button on the top left corner. On the interface, please choose 'Cast to PC' option and then 'Cast' button to start connection. After that, all the activities on mobile screen can be streamed to your computer.
Step 4Record Your Android Phone Easily
If your Android is successfully connected to computer, you can see your Android screen would be mirrored or displayed on your Windows/Mac via the Android recorder app. Please click on the red record button on the upper left corner to start recording. When you would like to stop or finish it, all you need to do is to click on the stop button and the recording video would be exported to your computer.
Tips:
1. With the screen recorder for Android, you can also capture a screen shot of your Android by simply clicking on the camera-like icon, which would be saved as PNG file on computer.
2. Every time you record your Android or take a screen shot with the app, the exported files would be automatically saved on your computer. And you don't even have to navigate to the location manually as the folder with your exported files would pop up itself.
3. You can also try to record your Android by utilizing the Apowersoft Screen Recorder app and the recording video would be directly saved on your Android. Apowersoft Screen Recorder For Windows 10
Step 5Disconnect Android
After your finish recording, please simply click on the power-like button on the top pane to disconnect Android to computer.
If you have any question about this guide or get any idea to share, please let us know by leaving a message on the comment area below.
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Hi, I have a problem with Video Download Capture. I tried to download videos from YouTube, but I cannot use the video detector. It is turned on but it isn’t doing anything. I can only download videos manually. It has been working well until last week but now it isn’t. It is a big problem for me because I have to download playlists and it is hard to work manually. I tried it on Win7 and Win8. Results were same. I use the latest version.
Thanks for your feedback. First, I want to make sure whether you have login YouTube. If yes, the videos that you are being played will be automatically with https, you need to do some settings to decrypt https traffic. Simply click on “Tools” -> “Options”, and then please check the box “Decrypt HTTPS traffic”. And then the videos you want to download will be automatically captured.
And after configuring this, if you still failed to download video automatically, please try these ways out:
- Please make sure the Video Detector is activated or “On”.
- Please make sure you are using the web browser Google Chrome, Firefox or IE.
- Is there any firewall on your computer? If there is, please add the Video Download Capture into whilelist.
If it still doesn’t work while trying all the ways above, you are suggested to reinstall the program and try it again.
Extra tips: according to your feedback, we just found that you download videos from YouTube playlist one by one. It is a bit tricky to get this done. The program supports downloading the whole playlist by entering the specific channel or playlist. Simply enter the URL into the address bar and click “Add to download”, the pop-up window will direct you to check part or all of them for downloading. Please note that you can carry on 20 simultaneous downloads during one session.
Video Detector not working on some non-YouTube sites
Since we are using different browser running mode to stream video, this may lead to the failure of detecting videos automatically. Given this, you are still able to download videos automatically with Video Download Capture as long as you choose the right browser running Kernel mode:
- Please make sure the web browser you are using is Google Chrome.
- Install the User-Agent Switcher extension.
- Open the page and then right click on any blank space, change the User Agent to Android (for example Nexus 7).
Now, please restart the Video Download Capture, your videos being played will be auto-captured and added into the download list.
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Tips for Mac: If you are using the video downloader for Mac, you do not need to change browser Kernel manually, you can switch the best browser running mode from one to another on the program.
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Note: The method introduced above can be applied to the other sites that Video Download Capture failed to detect from automatically. It may guarantee the smooth downloading to the best.