Adding a screen recording to a page
Asked by Cathy:

Hi,

Can any one advise please how I can embed a screen recording into a confluence page? This would be great to be able to include in our how to and troubleshooting articles. I have upgraded our plan from standard to premium but still in the trial period for premium.

Many thanks,

Cathy


Answers:
author: Cathy
body: I have had this recommended, and it works a treat! So easy!!

[https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/help/games-apps/game-setup-and-play/get-to-know-game-bar-on-windows-10](https://support.xbox.com/en-GB/help/games-apps/game-setup-and-play/get-to-know-game-bar-on-windows-10 "https://support.xbox.com/en-gb/help/games-apps/game-setup-and-play/get-to-know-game-bar-on-windows-10")

Just open it with the Windows key and G when you have the program you want to record open, then tap record. By default it will save to the Videos folder in your profile.


author: Laurens Coppens
body: Hi Cathy,

Once in the edit mode of a page, you can just click the insert file or image button.

When you upload a video/screen recording there, it will embed the video on the confluence page.

Hope this helps.

Laurens

comments: author: Cathy
body: Thanks [@Laurens Coppens](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/689937)

What software would it be best to use to do the screen recording, I have tried adding a screen recording done in powerpoint but it doesn't seem to work. Do you have any suggestions? Would be great if we could do this in Confluence! :)

Many thanks,

Cathy


author: Laurens Coppens
body: [@Cathy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1689640) I'm not a screen recording expert but most video formats are supported in confluence.

You can find some more information on how to embed these: <https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/display-files-and-images/>

I mostly do screen recordings with quicktime as i'm an apple user.


author: Patrick O_Connell
body: Cathy,

If you're on Windows, I use a downloadable free utility called screen2webm to capture from the screen. It's a bit "fun" to find where it puts the videos. It also erases the last recording each time you create a new one.

I then use <https://convert-video-online.com>, also 100% free, to convert WEBM to MP4, which is the only kind of video Confluence allows you to embed.

I got into the habit of keeping all attachments no larger than at least what *was* the attachment limit of 10 Mb. We had a significant upgrade, recently.

The website I mentioned earlier actually has configurable settings such that you can say "Here's the size I need." Smaller file typically *does* mean lower video quality.

By hook or crook, once you have the MP4, you attach it to the page, and then you can just add it as you would a still image, or use the Multimedia macro.

Best,  
Pat O'Connell  
Technical Writer  
MindGeek Montreal

comments: author: Cathy
body: Thanks [@Patrick O_Connell](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2196063) do you have the url for that screen recording tool handy please? I can't seem to find it on the web.

I read in an article that the Google drive app could do video, does anyone have any thoughts on that?   

Thanks so much for your help


author: Sajit Nair _Trundl_
body: Hi Cathy,  
I would second Laurens suggestion. Please try it out and let us know if it doesnt work.  

Regards-

SN


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