The application, however, is not entirely flawless. Most NVIDIA GeForce Experience users have reported that the ShadowPlay does not record gameplay when pressing the recordbutton. This can happen due to a lot of reasons. It could be due to the incorrect ShadowPlay settings or the PC not giving particular permission to the application. Besides this, not setting a specific in-game setting could also cause ShadowPlay to face issues when recording gameplay. This article explains a few solutions that might fix the recording issue with NVIDIA’s ShadowPlay.
What Causes Recording Issue in NVIDIA ShadowPlay?
Before we get into the solution, let us look at a few reasons that might be causing the recording issue. One reason is running NVIDIA GeForce Experience on a lower-end PC. Recording/Streaming screens usually require a certain CPU usage, physical memory, and graphical memory. However, recording graphics-intensive games may require intensive graphic memory to run the game and record them. This can be a problem if the PC has low system specifications.
Fix NVIDIA ShadowPlay Not Recording Problem
First, make sure that your system meets the minimum NVIDIA GeForce Experience requirement. ShadowPlay may not record or even run if it does not meet the system requirement. In this case, you will need to upgrade your hardware first before using ShadowPlay. If your PC meets the system requirement and you still cannot record your screen, you can follow the solutions explained below to fix the recording issue with ShadowPlay.
Restart NVIDIA Streamer Service
Several services need to be running when running GeForce Experience. These services include NVIDIA Streamer Service, NVIDIA Backend, NVIDIA Capture Server, and many more. Recording and streaming also require a particular service named streamer service that needs to function. To check if NVIDIA Streamer Service is running,
Update GeForce Experience
In older versions of GeForce Experience, you need to enable multiple settings in GeForce for it to record your screen. These settings include Desktop Capture, Share options, Privacy control, and many more. However, these settings are not available in newer versions as these settings should always be enabled by default for ShadowPlay to record videos. Therefore, try updating GeForce Experience to the latest version to see if it fixes the issue with ShadowPlay. If you do not want to update GeForce Experience, make sure that you keep Desktop Capture, Share options, and Privacy control to Enabled.
Enable In-Game Overlay
Enabling in-game overlay allows you to run ShadowPlay even when GeForce Experience runs in the background. ShadowPlay will not run if you have disabled the in-game overlay, and hence ShadowPlay will not record.
Run the Game in Fullscreen Mode
GeForce Experience will automatically detect games once you open them. If GeForce Experience does not detect a game, ShadowPlay may run into an error when recording gameplay. You need to ensure that the game runs full screen.
Logout of Twitch
If you have connected GeForce Experience with your Twitch account, you can easily broadcast your gameplay all around the world. However, users in many Q/A forums have reported that connecting GeForce with Twitch interferes with ShadowPlay when recording the screen. To fix this, you can try disconnecting your GeForce Experience from your Twitch Account.
Check Keyboard Shortcuts
By default, Alt + F10 saves the last 5 minutes of the record, and Alt + F9 toggles manual recording. ShadowPlay will not record if you have changed these default shortcut keys. To set your keyboard shortcuts,
