Export your video

Open the export sheet

In the editor, click Export.

1. Under Formats, check one or more: Landscape 16:9, Square 1:1, Vertical 9:16. They export one after the other, each with its own progress bar.
2. Under Format, pick MP4 or GIF.
3. Click Export.

There's never a watermark.

MP4

• Resolution: 1080p or 4K. 4K is available when the recording is larger than 1080p (if it isn't, Kamo tells you the recording's size).
• Frame rate: 30 or 60 fps. It starts at the rate you recorded at. Exporting 60 fps from a 30 fps recording makes zooms and the cursor move at 60 while the screen itself changes 30 times a second.
• Kamo uses your graphics card's H.264 encoder when it can. If it can't handle a setting, Kamo steps down (4K60 → 4K30 → 1080p) and tells you; the file name shows what was actually used.

GIF

• 10 or 15 fps (15 by default), at 1280 × 720, 720 × 720 or 720 × 1280. Loops, no sound.
• Kamo shows the estimated size before you export, and warns you above 10 MB. The estimate is a ballpark (screen content varies).
• To make it smaller: record a smaller area, keep it short, or use 10 fps. The README GIF guide has more tips.

Captions

If the recording has a transcript, a Captions option appears: None, Burned in (drawn into the video) or .srt file (saved next to each video, timed to your trim). A GIF can only have captions burned in.

Transcripts need the optional transcription pack, which isn't published yet.

Where the files go

To your Videos folder by default (usually C:\Users\<you>\Videos). Change picks another folder for this export; Settings → Folders → Export folder changes the default. When it's done, Show in folder opens it.

Files are named after the project, the format, the resolution and the frame rate, for example:

• Demo 16x9 1080p30.mp4
• Demo 9x16 4k60.mp4
• Demo 1x1 720p15.gif

If a file with that name exists, Kamo adds (2). An .srt takes the video's name.

If the export stops

Kamo always deletes the incomplete file and offers Try again. The usual causes:

• The disk is full: free some space and try again.
• No H.264 encoder Kamo can use: update your graphics driver. A fallback encoder pack is planned but not available yet.
• Could not read this recording's video: the raw video may be damaged; see Files and projects.

Closing the window mid-export asks first. Cancel export also deletes the incomplete file.