Gamebar not recording audio the intended way

Jorge Galicia Ruiz · Feb 22, 2025

Hello, I have a problem I can't seem to solve. I’ve tried several solutions, but nothing works. I want to capture clips of my gameplay, but I can’t get the Game Bar to record audio from all apps. Even though I have the Game Bar set to record audio from "All" in the settings, it still doesn’t work. I’ve already followed the steps outlined in this link: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/xbox-gamebar-does-not-record-audio-from-all-apps/01685165-b50b-49a7-8051-0c76933c344f, but nothing changed.

When I set the recording settings to "Game," it works fine and records the gameplay audio, but if I set it to "All," it only records my voice and nothing else, like the game audio or my friends' voices. I need it to record everything so I can capture my friends' voices too.

I’ve checked for updates and there are no pending updates for either Windows or Xbox/Game Bar.

Specs:

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core Processor

Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

Windows 11 Pro, Version 24H2

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Alvaro A-

Hi Jorge,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Xbox Community. I'm sorry to hear that you're having issues with your Game Bar where you can't record all your audio.

Please try the Microsoft Gaming Repair Tool for Xbox App, this tool detects and automatically repairs error found on your system. Please download and install it using this link then run it as administrator.

https://aka.ms/GamingRepairTool

For more information about this tool, please visit:

https://support.xbox.com/help/games-apps/troubl...

Regards,

Alvaro

JohnRamey

Gamebar on my pc will record steam gaming and youtube but will not record crave tv, netflix or tsn(audio with black screen).

Kathy A.

Hi Nuk3ularCha0s97,

Welcome to Xbox Community Forum. Thank you for sharing your concern with us today and we hope that all is well.

We understand that you are trying to record your game when you keep having issues with the audio of the recorded clip. Let us check on this together so you will get back to gaming.

We would like to ask for few questions to better isolate your issue.

Knowing that the issue is all about audio, may we ask for what headset or microphone you are using?
Do you have other/spare headset or microphone? Is it giving you same issue?
Is your headset or microphone connected to Xbox Console or PC directly?
Are you on Windows 10 or 11?
When did this issue happen? Was there a recent Windows update or new application installed on your device? Or was this working before?

Please, do not forget to check here for known issues and support articles that might be related to your concern.

Troubleshoot recording game clips on Xbox | Xbox Support

Troubleshoot game audio or video issues on Windows | Xbox Support

Troubleshoot sound on your Xbox console | Xbox Support

Troubleshoot gameplay, performance, and stability issues on a Windows device | Xbox Support

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Kathy A.

Hello Nuk3ularCha0s97,

Hope you are doing fine.

We would like to follow up your concern.

Kindly let us know if you are still having issue by posting a reply.

Kind regards,

L4c3rd4

Hello dear Gamer, first it's a pleasure to be able to help you today.

My name is Vinicius.

I am a gamer and independent advisor on the XBOX community platform.

Hey Ignaciohdi, how are you today? Hope you're well.

You can click on the microphone button to enable external audio recording so you can add commentary or do a voiceover. (You'll still record internal audio either way.)

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/21/21222533/rec...

Check out this link, there's a tutorial of all the options to record with voice with the gamebar.

Gamebar not recording audio the intended way