Captioq guide
Local Screen Recorder Guide: Benefits, Limits, and Best Practices
Learn the privacy and reliability tradeoffs of recording locally in a browser and how to protect long sessions.
Quick answer
Captioq is a free, browser-based screen recorder that captures your screen, camera, microphone, and available system audio without requiring an account. Recording and editing happen locally on your device; Captioq does not upload recording media to its PHP server. For best results, use a recent Chromium browser over HTTPS or localhost.
- No account is required to start recording.
- Recording media is processed locally and is not uploaded to Captioq’s PHP server.
- Capture a tab, window, or display with optional camera and microphone.
- System-audio availability depends on the browser, operating system, and selected source.
- Recent Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera provide the best-supported workflow.
How does local recording work?
Captioq is a bilingual, browser-based recording studio. It uses browser media APIs to capture a tab, window, or display, optionally combines a camera overlay and microphone, then previews, annotates, trims, and exports the result on the user’s device.
Screen and camera
After Start recording is selected, the browser’s screen-sharing picker asks for a tab, window, or display. If camera capture is enabled, Captioq requests camera permission and composites the camera as a movable overlay on the captured screen before recording the combined canvas stream.
Microphone and system audio
Microphone audio is requested through the browser and mixed with system or tab audio when the selected share source provides it. Tab audio is usually the most reliable. The user must enable Share audio in the browser picker; availability varies by browser and operating system.
Privacy, accounts, and uploads
Is an account required?
No account is required by the current recorder. A user opens the page, grants browser permissions, chooses what to share, and records. The separate administrator login manages website configuration only and is not a recorder account.
Are recordings uploaded?
Captioq does not send screen, camera, microphone, or system-audio recording data to its PHP backend. Media remains in browser memory or, when supported and selected, is written directly to a local file. A file leaves the device only when the user chooses another service.
Compatibility and limitations
Captioq targets recent Chromium-based browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Opera. It requires a secure context (HTTPS) or localhost plus support for getDisplayMedia, getUserMedia, MediaRecorder, and canvas capture. Exact audio and file-writing capabilities vary by platform.
Compatibility lab status: baseline planned. Record browser version, operating system, device class, capture source, microphone, system audio, long-recording mode, output codec, and pass/fail result. Publish only completed, reproducible tests and update this section after each test cycle.
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FAQ and technical sources
Is Captioq free?
Yes. The current Captioq application contains no checkout, paid plan, or recording paywall. Hosting operators can change their commercial offering later, so this statement should be reviewed whenever pricing or access rules change.
Does Captioq require an account?
No account is required by the current recorder. A user opens the page, grants browser permissions, chooses what to share, and records. The separate administrator login manages website configuration only and is not a recorder account.
Does Captioq upload my recordings?
Captioq does not send screen, camera, microphone, or system-audio recording data to its PHP backend. Media remains in browser memory or, when supported and selected, is written directly to a local file. A file leaves the device only when the user chooses another service.
Can Captioq record screen and camera together?
After Start recording is selected, the browser’s screen-sharing picker asks for a tab, window, or display. If camera capture is enabled, Captioq requests camera permission and composites the camera as a movable overlay on the captured screen before recording the combined canvas stream.
Can Captioq record microphone and system audio?
Microphone audio is requested through the browser and mixed with system or tab audio when the selected share source provides it. Tab audio is usually the most reliable. The user must enable Share audio in the browser picker; availability varies by browser and operating system.
Which browsers support Captioq?
Captioq targets recent Chromium-based browsers: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, and Opera. It requires a secure context (HTTPS) or localhost plus support for getDisplayMedia, getUserMedia, MediaRecorder, and canvas capture. Exact audio and file-writing capabilities vary by platform.
Where is the final recording saved?
The preview stays local. The user can download a WebM file, export an edited copy, or use direct-to-disk mode where the File System Access API is available. Always verify an important file before closing the page.