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Open Broadcaster Software | OBS

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.

obsproject.com

 

Thanks, Peter
I actually tried that one on my Chromebook. I enabled Linux apps on my Chromebook and entered all the sudo commands in a terminal, but I got an error message. I'll give it another go, and if it doesn't work, I'll install it on my Windows machine.

 

Use the built-in tool

How to Screen Record on a Chromebook

Chromebooks have native screen recording. too.

www.howtogeek.com

Make sure the video icon is selected for screen recording.

otherwise you'll just get a screenshot.

 

Thanks plodr,

The built-in recorder doesn't record system audio. Only mic. Shame. Because otherwise, it would be perfect.

 

I think Chromebook won't let you install other programs which are not included in the microsoft store.

 

The builtin recorder DOES record audio.

Before we start recording, click the gear icon. Here you have a number of options, including recording audio from your microphone, video from the webcam, and where to save the recording.

@ Ramon

I think Chromebook won't let you install other programs which are not included in the microsoft store.

That is not correct. I have never been to the Microsoft store because I don't run Win 10 nor 11.
I install apps through googlplay on my chromebook.

 

On Chrome OS, you must distinguish between Chrome browser extensions from the Chrome Web Store and apps from the Play Store. The latter are Android apps. But on most Chrome OS devices, you can also run Linux apps. That's what I'm going to try with OBS. Note in the attached photo that there's no option for system audio recording in the native screen recorder on the Galaxy Chromebook.

 

Since my chromebook is not a Galaxy, I can't help with what you see versus what it says you should see.

The audio is off. There should be a way to turn it on, I'd think but I see no toggle for on/off.

Sorry but I haven't dome linux in years so I won't use any linux apps on my chromebook.
Good luck with OBS. If you need help, ask in the linux section not Windows nor android.

 

Thanks, poldr,
Unfortunately, "off" is not a toggle. You can either input sound from the device microphone or turn all audio input "off." Since most people will pay for Screencastify, etc., it's a way, obviously, of tossing a few sovereigns to the developers for the platform.

 

FYI OBS doesn't work on Chromebook. The developers have intentionally disabled using it because of issues they don't want to fix. You can manage to bypass the conditional check for Chromebook but it doesn't help because it doesn't work.

 

Open your apps on your Chromebook and click on Screencast.
I just opened it and a wizard pops up to help. I cancelled becaue I have no need to record the screen.

 

Screencast doesn't record the system audio which is why I was looking here. I commented because I know that OBS doesn't work at all on Chrome OS.

 

You may also want to turn on microphone access using the settings cog on the right. This will record audio with your screen recording.

Source: How to record the screen on a Chromebook in two easy ways