# Vido

> Vido is a free, open-source replay-buffer clipper for Windows 10 and 11. It keeps the last moments of your screen and audio in memory, and one hotkey saves them as a clip instantly, with no re-encoding. No account, no cloud, no ads, no watermark and no telemetry: clips stay on your PC.

- Website: https://vido.rip
- Source code and downloads: https://github.com/LegendNed/Vido
- Latest release: https://github.com/LegendNed/Vido/releases/latest
- License: GPL-3.0-or-later
- Platform: Windows 10 and 11 (x64); GPU capture and encoding on NVIDIA, AMD or Intel

## Saving clips

- Always buffering: the last 5 seconds to 10 minutes (30 s by default) are kept in memory; a hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+F6 by default) saves them in milliseconds by copying the encoded video (no re-encode).
- Clips are copied to the clipboard as a real video file, so they can be pasted (Ctrl+V) into chat apps or folders, or dragged out of Vido.
- "Make it longer" (unique to Vido): saving again within 15 seconds merges both saves into one longer clip.
- Re-encode on save (optional): saves instantly, compresses in the background (e.g. to 20 MB for Discord without Nitro), and notifies you when the small file is ready.
- Clips are sorted into a folder per game, detected through Windows Game Bar and installed launchers (Steam, Epic, GOG, EA app, Ubisoft Connect).
- Optional: only buffer while a game runs. With less than 10 GB free disk space the buffer stops to protect saves.

## Editing

- Timeline editor: trim, crop, take a PNG of any frame, undo/redo.
- Multi-track audio: every speaker/headphone and microphone is recorded on its own track plus a mix; mute or change the volume of each track afterwards, heard live. Tracks can be exported as WAV.
- Privacy blur: blur boxes over names, chat or anything private, burned into the export.
- Quick formats: Phone (9:16 crop or fit on a blurred background) for Shorts/TikTok/Reels, or an animated GIF. Speed 0.25x–4x, fade in/out.
- Export presets: Discord (no Nitro) 20 MB, 10/25/50 MB, High quality, Small (HEVC), or custom codec/bitrate settings.

## Library and storage

- Clip library with search, favorites, rename, multi-select, and grouping by date or game.
- Storage page: space per game, biggest clips, and "shrink old clips" (re-encode older clips in place to HEVC or H.264).

## Lightweight and private

- About 30 MB of RAM idling in the tray (the UI is fully unloaded when closed), plus the buffer itself.
- The only network request is an update check against GitHub, which can be turned off; automatic installs are opt-in.
- Portable version (unzip and run) or a per-user installer that needs no admin rights.

## Limitations

- Exclusive fullscreen games can't be captured by Windows' capture API; borderless and windowed games work.
- HDR screens are recorded as SDR.