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Please note that ACA Capture Pro is not intended for re-recording of other video clips from the screen (e.g. playing in Media Player, RealVideo, QuickTime, or other stream video etc.), but rather for creating regular software presentations, tutorial, demos etc.. If you still want to try it for recording video while playing, please read on for some tips, but do not complain if it won't work for you. We do not support this feature.

Sometime people want to record playing video with ACA Capture Pro other movies and games, that they see playing on the web or in Microsoft Media Player, RealMedia RealPlayer, Apple's Quick Time Player etc.. The problem they face is that often these players use video overlay for faster, smoother playback of the movie. A video overlay is invisible to Windows screen capture software like ACA Capture Pro, because it is handled by a special video hardware. ACA Capture Pro will then record only a solid color block (usually pink, blue or black, the so called 'overlay key color'), which is all Windows sees at the place where the movie is played. But all is not lost, the overlay use for playback may be sometimes turned off, at least temporarily for recording. Here is how to do this:

Method 1: Disable 'hardware acceleration' from your video player.

In some movie players (e.g. Windows Media Player, RealOne/RealPlayer, QuickTime) you may disable 'hardware acceleration' through their 'settings' or 'options' menu. This turns off the overlay use, the movie is played then normally, within Windows desktop and every screen capture program can get it. Example:

1. Record video from Apple's QuickTime Player:

• In Version 7.x
1. Select 'Edit/Preferences/Quick Time Preferences' from the menu.
2. In 'QuickTime Settings' window, select the 'Advanced' tab at the top.
3. Check the option 'Safe Mode (GDI Only)' in the Video section, it is shown as in the following figure:
4. Close 'QuickTime Settings', close completely and re-start QuickTime Player.
5. Launch ACA Capture Pro to record the screen.
• In Version 5.x, 6.x
1. Select 'Edit/Preferences/Quick Time Preferences' from the menu.
2. In 'QuickTime Settings' window, select 'Video Settings' in the selection box at the top.
3. Check the option 'Safe Mode (GDI Only)'.
4. Close 'QuickTime Settings', close completely and re-start QuickTime Player.
5. Launch ACA Capture Pro to record the screen.
• In Version 4.x
1. Launch QuickTime Player, and then select 'Control Panel' from the menu
2. Uncheck the option 'Enable QuickDraw Acceleration' in the Video Seetings.
3. Close the settings dialog, close completely and re-start QuickTime Player.
4. Launch ACA Capture Pro to record the screen.

2. Record video from Microsoft Media Player:

• In Version 11.x
1. Select Tools/Options menu, click the Performance tab.
2. Uncheck the option Turn on DirectX Video Acceleration for WMV files
3. Close the settings dialog, close completely and re-start QuickTime Player.
4. Launch ACA Capture Pro to record the screen.
• In Versiion 7.x, 8.x, 9.x, 10.x
1. Select Tools/Options menu, click the Performance tab.
2. Slide the Video Performance - Hardware Acceleration tab down, all the way to None.
3. Close the Option dialog, and re-start Windows Media Player.
4. Launch ACA Capture Pro to record the screen.

Note that this does not work for DVD playback in Windows Media Player - DVDs seem to be always played in a hardware overlay, not matter what you set for 'Hardware Acceleration' - probably to protect from from copying.

3. Record video from RealPlayer/RealOne Player:

• In version 6.x, 8.x, 10.x, 11.x:

Select 'Tools' menu, then 'Perferences'. In the left 'Category' panel, click 'Hardware'. Next, in the right panel under 'Video card compatibility', click to remove the checkmark from 'Best performance', drag the checkmark to 'Most reliable' to disable optimized video and overlays. Close completely and restart RealPlayer or RealOne Player.

• In version 5.x

Select 'Tools' menu, then 'Install/Configure Devices...'. In the left 'Category' panel, click 'Hardware'. Next, in the right panel under 'Video card compatibility', click to remove the checkmark from 'Use optimized video display' button. Close completely and restart RealOne Player.

• In older G2

If you are in 'compact view', switch first to 'normal view' (from 'View' menu). Then select Options/Preferences from the menu and click 'Performance' tab. Then, at the bottom of 'Preferences' window, turn off the 'Use optimized video display' option and click on OK. Now you can record screen with ACA Capture Pro whatever is playing inside RealPlayer window.

Method 2: Disable 'Hardware acceleration' from your display properties.

• Windows 95/98/Me/2000/2003/XP
1. Select Display from Control Panel, open 'Display Properties' dialog.
2. Click on Settings tab, and then click on Advanced button.
3. Click on Troubleshoot tab.
4. Drag the Hardware acceleration option to the left, disable all accelerations.
5. Click on OK button.
• Windows Vista
1. Select Personalization from Control Panel, open Display Settings dialog.
2. Click on Advanced Settings button on the Display Settings dialog.
3. Click on Troubleshoot tab.
4. Click on Change Settings button.
5. Drag the Hardware acceleration option to the left, disable all accelerations.
6. Close all settings dialog.

You can launch ACA Capture Pro to record the video from video player or game after disable 'Hardware acceleration' from your display properties.

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If you need to create instructions for performing a task, show an expert an error message on your Mac, or even prepare a college project, a screencast is the ideal way to show someone exactly what happens on your Mac screen. Thankfully, there are plenty of Mac screen capture tools available for recording screencasts.

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Step 1: Click 'Screen Recorder' button
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Step 2: Adjust capture settings

* Choose 'Keep Full Screen' or 'Crop Region' to customize the capture area.

* Select the audio device that used to add sound to your video, or disable audio recording completely.

* You can also adjust video frame rate or other parameters manually.

* Select if you want to record screen with system audio, or the sound from built-in microphone the same time.

* The recorded movies will be added to convert list by default.

Step 3: Choose the destination folder
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Tip: Once all the steps above are finished, you could close the window, and then the recorded videos will be shown on MacX Video Converter Pro automatically for you to further edit or convert.

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Author: Candice Liu | Updated on May 25, 2020

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