Live Recording
BugShot's live recording starts from a single record button on the capture screen. Whether it captures just the tab you're looking at or the full screen and other windows too is something you pick ahead of time in settings — and you can change it anytime, so don't sweat it.
Choosing the recording mode
Record button and mode setting
The record button in the Debug tab follows the mode you picked in settings (Record tab / Record screen). Choose it under Settings > Issue settings > Recording settings > Recording mode. Your choice shows up immediately in the record button's icon and label.
Tab recording
With Record tab selected, one click on the record button starts recording the tab you're looking at — fast, with no share picker.
That said, if you opened the side panel on one site and then navigated to another, tapping Record tab can't capture that tab directly (a browser permission rule), so it automatically falls back to the screen-share picker. Just pick the tab you're on from the list.
Screen recording
Screen share picker
Need to show something outside the tab — another app window, the full screen, a payment or login window that pops up on its own? Set the mode to Record screen. When you click the record button, your browser opens a "what do you want to share?" picker where you choose the full screen, a specific window, or a tab, then hit share to start.
Screen recording goes through the browser's own permission picker, so there's one selection step. Just so you know.
While recording
Recording timer
A timer shows the elapsed time and the maximum length while you record. Just perform the steps that reproduce the bug as you normally would.
- Stop recording — Stop recording and wrap it up as a video.
- Cancel — Discard the recording and go back to the start.
For screen recording, you can also click the browser's Stop sharing bar at the top to finish. The video has a maximum length and stops on its own once it's reached, so there's no need to watch the clock.
Processing and output
When you stop, the video is processed to MP4 and a thumbnail is generated. Once processing finishes, you move on to the issue draft naturally.
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