How to Record a Browser Tab and Its Audio

• Just the page. The video shows the tab’s content without the address bar, bookmarks or your other tabs.
• Its sound. Anything the page plays goes into the recording, and you keep hearing it as usual.
• No outside interruptions. A message from another app can arrive mid-take without appearing in the video.
• You, if you want. The mic records alongside the tab, and your webcam can sit in a bubble over the page or in a column beside it.

recorder.video leaves its own tab out of the picker, so you can’t end up recording the recorder by mistake.

The page is captured at the size it has on screen. Resize the browser window to the proportions you want first. With Fit to source picked under Size, the video frame then takes on the tab’s shape.

Chrome lets you move a running share from one tab to another without stopping. Open the tab you want to show next, and a bar at the top of the page offers Share this tab instead; click it, and the recording carries on with the new page and its sound.

That keeps a demo spanning several sites, such as a sign-up form followed by an email inbox, in one scene. The recorder.video tab keeps recording while it sits in the background, so you only need to return to it to stop.

Keyboard shortcuts such as R and P only respond while recorder.video is the tab in front. With the camera on, Chrome and Edge can float your camera in a picture-in-picture window whose buttons pause or end the take, so you don’t have to switch back.

Of the major browsers, Chrome and Edge are the ones that share a single tab along with its sound. The share pickers in Firefox and Safari list screens and windows, but no single tabs.

In those browsers, share the window that holds the page instead. You get the picture, browser toolbar and all, but none of the page’s sound.

Your microphone still works in every browser, so you can narrate a silent window capture. For the page’s own audio, open it in Chrome or Edge.

Web app demos

Show a product, a dashboard or a new feature without your desktop in view. Zoom the page in with Ctrl++ (Command++ on a Mac) so small labels stay readable, and keep the camera bubble small enough that it doesn’t hide buttons.

Video calls in the browser

A meeting held in a tab, such as Google Meet, can be recorded with everyone’s voices. Their voices are part of the tab’s sound, so ticking tab audio is what puts them in the video, while your own voice comes from the mic. Wear headphones so your mic doesn’t pick up the others a second time, and tell everyone before you press Record.

Online lessons and webinars

A class or webinar that plays in the browser can be saved for rewatching at your own pace. Check that the teacher or host allows it first, since many courses forbid recording. Some course players use copy protection, and their video comes out black.

Bug reports

A tab capture shows a developer exactly what happened on the page, sound included. For an issue tracker, cut it down and turn it into a GIF of your screen.

The picker has no tab section

You’re most likely in Firefox or Safari, which don’t offer tabs. Open the page in Chrome or Edge, or share its window.

The picture recorded but the sound didn’t

The audio box under the tab list was unticked when you clicked Share. A “No screen audio” notice from recorder.video confirms it, so share the tab a second time with the box ticked.

The share stopped by itself

Closing the shared tab, or clicking Stop sharing in the browser’s bar, ends the share. Keep the tab open until you’ve stopped the recording.

My voice is too quiet next to the tab

Raise Microphone or lower Screen audio in the Audio mix, and try another take. Balancing the two is covered in more depth in the guide to screen recording with audio.