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title: "Kaltura Capture Desktop Recorder"
canonical: "https://kb.uconn.edu/space/TL/10758194690/Kaltura%20Capture%20Desktop%20Recorder"
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Students, faculty, and staff can record videos with Kaltura Capture. This tool is used to create recordings from your desktop and later upload them to Kaltura.

> ℹ️ **My Media** can be found in HuskyCT or on the [Kaltura MediaSpace](http://kaltura.uconn.edu) page.

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## Instructions

1. Navigate to [kaltura.uconn.edu](http://kaltura.uconn.edu)
2. Click **Guest** to log in with your NetID.
3. Click on your name and then **My Media**.
4. Click **Add New** in the top-right of your window.
5. Select **Kaltura Capture**.
6. Kaltura Capture will now open.
7. Click on the **Settings** (gear) icon to toggle features on and off. If you do this once, you do not need to do it again unless you want to change a setting.
  1. Set "Autominimze when recording" to **Yes**.
    1. You must hit **CTRL + S **(Windows) or **CMD + S** (Mac) on your keyboard to pause the recording when Kaltura Capture is auto-minimized.
  2. If you are going to record a video with audio (i.e. TedTalk), set "Record system audio" to **Yes**.
  3. Click **Save**. A menu will appear, as shown in the image below.
  4. If you do not wish to record both your computer screen and yourself (webcam) or if you do not wish to record the content from two computer monitors, turn off the second source such that the icon has a slash through it.
8. If you select **Screen** for the recording, it will automatically record the entire screen. Click on the drop-down menu for the recording.
  1. Click **Select Area** to record selected parts of the screen only.
9. Click **Record**.
  1. For Windows OS, press** Control + Shift + R **to record. There will be a 3-second countdown, and then your recording will start.
  2. For Mac OS, press **Command + Shift + R** to record. There will be a 3-second countdown, and then your recording will start.  
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10. When the recording begins, the duration of your recording will display in the **Recording Menu**.
  1. If you do not minimize the **Recording Menu**, it will appear in your recording. To minimize it, you can either:
    1. Click the **small horizontal line** in the top right-hand corner of the **Recording Menu **widget.
    2. Turn on **Autominimize when recording** in the settings from **Step 7a**.
11. To stop recording, press the **stop button** (the white square in the **Recording Menu**).
  1. Alternatively, you can:
    1. Press **Control + Shift + S **for Windows OS.
    2. Press **Command + Shift + S** for Mac OS.
12. You will then be prompted with a confirmation box.
  1. Click **Yes, Stop it** to stop the recording.
  2. Click **No **to continue recording.
13. To pause or resume your recording, click the **pause/resume recording** button (the red circle in the **Recording Menu**).
14. To cancel the recording, click on the **cancel recording** button (the grey **X **in the **Recording Menu**).
  1. Alternatively, you can either:
    1. Press **Control + Shift + C** for Windows OS.
    2. Press **Command + Shift + C** for Mac OS.
15. You will be prompted with a confirmation box. Press **Yes, Discard **to discard the recording.
16. After you stop your recording, you will be directed to the entry page. Enter a title, description, and tags.
17. Click **Save & Upload. **You will then be able to find your recording in **My Media**.
18. If there is an issue with processing the video, the features included in the latest version of Kaltura Capture will allow you to re-upload the recording. Click **Manage. **You will be directed to the library of recordings you have created on your computer.
19. To the right of the video, you will see a **Re-upload** button. Click it to re-upload the recording.

> ℹ️ For more information about accessing **My Media**, see [Editing Media in Kaltura](https://uconn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/TL/pages/10770830354).

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