Help & FAQ

Choose This Tab, then Start Recording. In Chrome’s source picker, select the tab you want to capture. Avoid selecting the FAKT Video Recorder tab unless you want a mirror effect.

Choose Full Screen, then Start Recording. In Chrome’s picker, select a screen, window or tab.

Choose Webcam Only, then Start Recording. The screen-sharing window is not used. Camera is required; microphone is optional.

Select a microphone and leave microphone audio enabled. Grant permission when the browser asks.

Enable System / tab audio, then also turn on Share audio in Chrome’s picker when you start a tab or screen recording.

Chrome only includes tab or system audio if you enable Share audio in the picker. Some sources (certain windows) may not provide audio.

That is Chrome’s own control for including tab or system sound in the capture. FAKT Video Recorder cannot enable it for you.

Turn on Webcam overlay before you start a This Tab or Full Screen recording. You can drag the bubble in the preview.

Overlay stays off until you enable it, so a tab or screen recording does not unexpectedly include your camera.

FAKT Video Recorder is designed for 60+ minute recording sessions, subject to available local storage and browser/device limits. There is no artificial 60-minute cutoff.

Selecting the FAKT Video Recorder tab itself records the recorder page, which creates a recursion/mirror effect. Choose a different tab in Chrome’s picker.

Use Pause during a recording, then Resume to continue. The timer does not count paused time.

Press Stop and wait until the recording is finalized locally. Then preview and Save to Computer.

Finished recordings stay in this browser using technologies such as OPFS or IndexedDB until you save or delete them. They are not uploaded to FAKT.

Open the recording from My Recordings or the completion dialog and choose Save to Computer to download the local file.

No. Recording files remain local. FAKT does not receive your screen, webcam, microphone or recorded video content.

The recorder monitors available browser storage and will stop a recording if space is nearly gone, to reduce the risk of a damaged file. Free space or delete old local recordings, then save important files to your computer.

Yes. Current desktop Google Chrome over HTTPS is the primary supported browser, including Chrome’s native source picker.

Current desktop Microsoft Edge over HTTPS is also supported for tab, screen and webcam recording.

Tab or screen capture, and optionally camera and microphone, depending on the mode you choose. Deny a permission and that source cannot be recorded.

Yes. Browsers require a secure context (HTTPS) for camera, microphone and screen capture APIs.

Yes. Free recording includes 720p and 1080p with no watermark and no account. Pro is optional at $10/month.

No. FAKT Video Recorder does not add a watermark to Free or Pro recordings.

No account is required for Free recording. An account is required only to subscribe to Pro.

Yes. 1080p is included in Free when your capture source can provide it.

Yes. Choose This Tab, enable System / tab audio, then also turn on Share audio in Chrome’s picker.

No. Recording files, tracks, editor output and exports stay in this browser until you save or delete them.

Pro can export a real MP4 locally using WebCodecs where the browser supports it. This is not a renamed WebM file. Long conversions use CPU and storage; the original recording is kept.

Pro can export WAV and MP3 locally in the browser. Audio is not sent to FAKT servers.

Pro can optionally record separate local tracks for screen, webcam, microphone and system/tab audio, plus the combined recording. This uses more storage and is off by default.

For tab or screen recording, enable System / tab audio and Share audio in Chrome’s picker. Some windows may not provide audio.

Some sites and apps block capture of protected media. That is a browser or content-protection limit, not a FAKT upload.

No. 2K and 4K require Pro and a capture source, display, browser and device that can provide that resolution.

Yes. Open the same website on a phone or tablet. Available features depend on what your mobile browser actually provides, not on a generic “mobile” block.

If the browser provides camera access, choose Webcam Only and allow camera permission when asked. FAKT does not turn the camera on until you start that mode or enable overlay.

If the browser provides microphone access, allow permission when you enable or test the microphone, or when a recording needs it. You can continue without a microphone for modes that do not require it.

Many mobile browsers do not provide web screen capture. FAKT detects whether screen capture exists. If it does not, This Tab and Full Screen stay visible but unavailable. Granting permission cannot enable an API the browser does not provide.

Desktop Chrome and Edge typically provide tab and screen capture. Most phone browsers currently do not. If a future mobile browser adds screen capture, FAKT will allow it automatically.

Microphone and camera only when you enable those sources. Screen capture uses the browser’s own picker and is requested only when you press Start Recording for This Tab or Full Screen. Permission does not upload media.

No. Recordings stay in this browser until you save or delete them. Camera, microphone and screen content are not uploaded to FAKT.

Mobile browsers may suspend the page when the screen locks or you switch apps, which can interrupt recording. Keep this browser open and the screen awake. Wake Lock is used only where the browser supports it.