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Record the program

Record what goes out, into the show folder's Program Recordings.

Record the program, picture and sound, as a movie while you switch. See Recording.

Before you start

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  • Check the disk has room: at 20 Mb/s an hour is about 9 GB.
  • Save the show in a show folder so the recording lands beside it. File › Make a Show Folder… makes one for a show that has none.

Step 1: Check the settings

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Open Settings › This Show › Recording. Under Program Recording, set Bit Rate and check Save Recordings To. Without a show folder, click Choose… to pick the folder; the show gets a folder of its own inside it.

The Program Recording group of the Recording settings: Codec, Bit Rate and Save Recordings To

Step 2: Start recording

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Choose Switcher › Start Recording (⇧⌘R). Or click Record in the toolbar, then Record in the Program row. The toolbar button turns red and counts: “Recording 0:12”.

Step 3: Stop recording

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Click Record in the toolbar, then Stop in the Program row. Switcher › Stop Recording… (⇧⌘R) opens the same popover. Return never stops a recording.

Step 4: Find the file

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Choose File › Show the Show Folder in Finder and open Program Recordings. Without a show folder, the path is on the Recording settings page.

Verify

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Open the movie in QuickTime Player. It plays from the moment you started to the stop, with the program’s sound.

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Describes Live Producer 0.305 · 29 October 2026

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Studio

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Sources

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Audio

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Streaming and recording

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Captions

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Multiview and output

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Showrunner

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Platform

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Spelvin

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Video calls

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Remote

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Stream Deck

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Reference

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Release notes

Release notesLive Producer 0.305: the two ways to use Live ProducerLive Producer 0.304: new stand-in drawingsLive Producer 0.303: a new look for the documentationLive Producer 0.302: tooltips in one sentenceLive Producer 0.301: the inspector and the sheets get the ⓘLive Producer 0.300: a small ⓘ beside what it explainsLive Producer 0.299: quieter SettingsLive Producer 0.298: a Help menuLive Producer 0.297: sharper pictures of the inspectorLive Producer 0.296: the documentation, first versionLive Producer 0.295: the documentation site