You can remove the countdown shown at the beginning of screen recording in My Screen Recorder Pro. Go to Settings and uncheck the ‘Display the countdown when starting a screen recording’ option. Make a test recording and note that the countdown is no longer shown. [image: MSRPpost5284.jpg]

This can be done using My Screen Recorder Pro. Click on the ‘Settings’ icon on the toolbar, go to ‘Display Options’ tab. [image: MSRpost5267.png] Select the checkbox for ‘Hide desktop icons’ under ‘Change Windows appearance during recording’ section. When you start screen recording, then the desktop icons will be hidden.

You can use My Screen Recorder for recording audio only. To record audio, go to the ‘Tools’ menu, select ‘Audio Recorder’ option. [image: AudioRecorderFormat.png] Select Audio Format and audio profile or create a Custom profile. Click on the 'Save' button and start audio recording by clicking on the red colored button.

You can increase the screen recording quality by selecting one of My Screen Recorder Pro's higher quality video profiles. Click on the ‘Settings’ icon on the toolbar. Go to the ‘Recording Format’ tab and select ‘Video Profile:’ from the drop down. [image: SettingsFormatTab.png] You can also create a custom profile and choose settings for the video profile.

You can adjust the size, transparency and color for the mouse highlighter in My Screen Recorder Pro from Effects section. To configure settings, go to the ‘Effects’ menu and select the ‘Mouse Movement Effects’ option. If you reduce the transparency, then the highlighter will be much sharper. Change the color for the highlighter, and choose a darker color. Also, you can choose to highlight the left and right mouse clicks. [image: MouseEffects.png]

You can create a schedule in My Screen Recorder Pro to record your internet TV show. When the schedule is triggered, the screen recording will begin at the URL for your show. You do not need to be in front of the computer for the recording to work. For more details please see this article: https://www.deskshare.com/resources/articles/msrpro_Record_Internet_Radio.aspx

My Screen Recorder Pro supports screen recording when motion is detected. Click on Settings and then go to 'Recording Options' tab. [image: MSRPpost5305.jpg] Check the option ‘Advanced Screen Recording Options’. Then select ‘Record when screen motion is detected’ option. Please note that audio is not recorded with motion detection.

You can use the screen draw in My Screen Recorder Pro using keyboard shortcuts. By default, the F6 key is used to enable and disable screen draw. You can change this key from the settings. [image: MSRPpost5199.jpg]

To record only half of the screen, you can use the Custom region recording in My Screen Recorder. Click on the ‘Record’ icon on the toolbar. Select the ‘Custom Region’ option from the ‘Record Screen’ drop down and click OK. [image: MSRpost5182.png] You will see a crosshair mouse pointer. Select the half part of the screen you want to record by clicking and dragging the crosshair.

My Screen Recorder Pro allows you to add a watermark image on your screen recordings. Click on the Effects menu and select the ‘Image Overlay…’ option. [image: ImageOverlayOptions.png] Select your image using the Browse button. Choose the ‘Show image for’ option under Duration section and enter time. You can also adjust size, position and image transparency.

You can combine your screen recordings in My Screen Recorder Pro. Click on the ‘Join Files’ icon in the tool bar. Add your files using the ‘Add’ button. [image: msrpro-join-files.gif] Arrange the order using the ‘Move Up’ and ‘Move Down’ buttons and click to continue. See the following article for step by step details: https://www.deskshare.com/resources/articles/msrpro-join-screen-recordings.aspx

You can use My Screen Recorder Pro's command line parameters. The command line parameters allow you to start, stop, and pause screen recording. With these parameters you can trigger screen recording action from other applications. For more details on command line parameters please see this link: https://www.deskshare.com/resources/articles/msrpro_commandlineparameters.aspx

I suggest using the effects in My Screen Recorder Pro to enhance your recordings. Some options are to: add effects for the mouse pointer and mouse movements. You can also use the image overlay and time and text annotations. Using screen draw will help you make recording more effective.

My Screen Recorder Pro can start another program before beginning screen recording. You can do this through the Scheduler. While adding a schedule, click on the ‘New’ button under ‘Optional actions to be performed at the start of recording’ section. Select ‘Start a program’ option from the Action drop down. [image: msrp_internet_tv_Schedule.gif] Select the ‘Other program:’ option and browse for your program to run before starting the screen recording. Click OK and then Finish. When the schedule runs, the program you have selected will be launched and then screen recording will start.

You can add a title to WMV format screen recordings in My Screen Recorder Pro. Go to 'Settings' and select the ‘Recording Format’ tab. Select the WMV video format. Click on the ‘Metadata…’ button and you will see the following window: [image: Metadata.png] Add the title in the respective field. When you playback the file in Windows Media Player the title will be shown.

You can use the upload option in My Screen Recorder Pro to share your screen recordings. Create your screen recordings and click on the Upload icon on the toolbar. Select the type of upload and add your files to share. Next, create an FTP connection profile to connect to an FTP server. Once you set up the connection with the FTP server you can upload your screen recordings. Your friends can easily get the files from there.

With My Screen Recorder Pro it is very easy to put a time stamp on your screen recordings. Click on the ‘Effects’ menu and select ‘Time and Text Anotations’ option. Check the ‘Display system date and time’ option and select the format you want. Finally, select ‘Display elapsed time’ check box. You can adjust the Font, Size, Text alignment, text color by clicking on ‘Edit’ button on ‘Time and Text Anotations’ dialog. Also the duration to display the text and background color can be set. [image: Annotations.png]

This can be done in My Screen Recorder Pro by creating a video executable for the screen recordings. Create all your screen recordings, click on the ‘Video Executable’ icon on the toolbar. Add your recordings and create a video executable. The executable will have all the video recordings and your users can easily watch the video chapters in any order.

You can create a schedule in My Screen Recorder Pro to run on ‘log on’. You can choose to perform the screen recording for a specified time or until the computer logs off. To add a schedule, click the ‘Schedule’ icon on the toolbar. Choose the folder location to save the recording and click Next. Then select the schedule type as ‘On log on’. Set the time in minutes to run the schedule. The schedule will run from the time you log on to the PC for the specified time. [image: MSRpost5055.jpg] Every time you log on to the PC, the schedule will run and a screen recording will be performed. The filename for the video recording will contain the creation date and time.

Yes, My Screen Recorder Pro has a screen draw feature. You can select a pen or highlighter for drawing on the screen or highlighting your points. There is also an option to change the size and color for both. Follow this link to learn more about Screen Draw. Refer to this link for keyboard shortcuts for Screen draw: https://www.deskshare.com/help/msrpro/ScreendrawKeyboardShortcuts.aspx