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# Video Capture (wdcapturesession.exe)

> Video Capture (wdcapturesession.exe)

`wdcapturesession` is a PC command-line tool that records live video during game tests. It encodes in H.264 or HEVC at 30 frames per second and outputs to `.mp4` format.

## Prerequisites

* Windows 10 or later with support for Windows Graphics Capture.

## Usage

The `wdcapturesession` tool supports the following command-line arguments:

| Command                                                 | Description                                               |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| [wdcapturesession start](#wdcapturesession-start)       | Starts a video capture session.                           |
| [wdcapturesession stop]()                               | Stops a video capture session.                            |
| [wdcapturesession status](#wdcapturesession-status)     | Shows the current video capture state.                    |
| [wdcapturesession list-displays]()                      | Lists all monitor indexes.                                |
| [wdcapturesession feedback](#wdcapturesession-feedback) | Opens the Feedback Hub app to report a bug or suggestion. |

## wdcapturesession start

Starts a video capture session.

`wdcapturesession start  [--filepath <filepath>] [--duration <max-duration>] [--monitor <monitor>]`

| Option                   | Description                                                                                                                              |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--filepath`, `-f`, `/f` | Path to the output `.mp4` file. If not specified, a timestamped filename is generated automatically.                                     |
| `--duration`, `-d`, `/d` | Maximum number of seconds to record. Minimum is 10 seconds. Default is 3600 seconds (1 hour).                                            |
| `--monitor`, `-m`, `/m`  | Monitor index to capture. Use `wdcapturesession list-displays` to see available monitors. If not specified, the primary monitor is used. |

## wdcapturesession stop

Stops the video capture session and finishes writing the output to the `.mp4` file. This operation fails if no capture session is in progress.

`wdcapturesession stop`

## wdcapturesession status

Shows the current video capture session state.

`wdcapturesession status`

## wdcapturesession list-displays

Lists all monitor indexes.

`wdcapturesession list-displays`

## wdcapturesession feedback

Opens the Feedback Hub app to report an XBOX game development bug or suggestion.

`wdcapturesession feedback`

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## Remarks

For more information about installing and launching PC Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK) titles, see [Using Microsoft Game Development Kit tools to install and launch your PC title](/tools/tools-pc/launching-on-pc).


## Related topics

- [Commandlinetools](/tools/tools-pc/commandlinetools/index.md)
- [Long duration game captures (wdcapturesession.exe)](/tools/tools-console/console_commandlinetools/wdcapturesession.md)
- [Command-line tools for PC development](/tools/tools-pc/commandlinetools/gr-commandlinetools-toc.md)
- [Console-based command-line tools](/tools/tools-console/console_commandlinetools/consolecommandlinetools.md)
- [Screen-capture tool (wdcapture.exe)](/tools/tools-console/console_commandlinetools/wdcapture.md)