Desktop Capture

XSplit Broadcaster’s Desktop capture enables you to share just about anything that’s displayed on your computer screen/s.

Go to Add Source > Desktop Capture

Desktop Capture - Monitor Capture is used to capture an entire display screen area

Smart Selection

Just hover your mouse over windows and areas of the screen and it will automatically select it for capturing.

Desktop Capture - Hovering over a window so Smart Capture can select it for capturing

Alternatively, holding the left-mouse button and dragging anywhere on your screen allows you to select a specific area to capture.

Desktop Capture - Left-click and dragging over to a specific section of the screen using Smart Capture

Captures the entire monitor display.

Desktop Capture - Monitor Capture is used to capture an entire display screen area

Select from the list of programs currently active on your computer to capture its entire window.

Right-click on the source to show the Desktop Source Properties Window.

The Desktop Capture Source Properties Window

For Monitor Capture, you can control which monitor the source will display

Capture Options

For Window Capture, the properties will allow you to change the application on display

Capture Options

Allows you to enable/disable showing mouse cursor/clicks, as well as Exclusive Window Capture which can be useful when running into trouble displaying the source correctly.

Updated on: 11/08/2022

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