Pausing a Recording

Jlad92 wrote on 1/8/2021, 12:19 PM

With Movie Edit Pro (2021), I wish to record my computer screen as I create video lectures for my class.

I know how to screen capture, but the feature I'm searching for is the ability to pause a recording, without having to end the recording and restart it. In other words, I wish to use a hotkey to temporarily stop a recording, giving me time to think, and then use a hotkey to resume the recording.

OBS has such a feature and it improves the quality of my recordings remarkably. But, if there's a pause or a workaround for Movie Edit Pro, that would like my life SO much easier!

Thanks in advance.

Comments

johnebaker wrote on 1/8/2021, 12:47 PM

@Jlad92

There is no pause function, however if continue to record in sections without closing MEP you will have a sequence of files which you can then edit together.

Do be aware that OBS recordings can cause issues - see this rather long topic on the subject.

Personally I do not use either of the above programs for screen recording, this is mentioned here in the linked to topic and does offer pause/continue. The major difference to OBS and MEP its that it is a 2 step process which puts very little load on the encoders as encoding is done after finishing recording. I have had no issues with importing the resulting files into MEP.

HTH

John EB

Jlad92 wrote on 1/9/2021, 11:27 AM

Thank you for the speedy and detailed response!

It's good to know that a third-party recording program will likely be necessary to suit my purposes, and thanks for the warning regarding OBS! I haven't encountered issues, yet. But, I may transition over to Screencast-o-Matic after your recommendation, if OBS gives me difficulties.

johnebaker wrote on 1/9/2021, 3:44 PM

@Jlad92

Apologies I noticed in my comment I linked to that I did not mention that Screencast-o-Matic is the paid for desktop version - it was stated in the comment I was quoting.

John EB