How to screen record Disney Plus for free

Disney+ offers its users a variety of movies, series, and animated movies, for example Avatar: The Way of Water, The Mandalorian, Turning Red, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Secret Invasion, and many more. However, someday the streaming service will remove them because new movies and TV shows will be shooted. How can you make sure that you will be able to watch your favorite videos again and again? You need a good tool to record the video while it is played back on your PC. Then you can save the video as an MP4 file and watch it offline. On this page you will learn how to screen record Disney Plus in various manners.

Easy and Fast Disney Plus Screen Recorder

Audials Movie has a combination of features that makes screen recording convenient:

• Screen record Disney+ streaming video at 2x speed
• Audials Movie automatically detects when the video ends and creates a video file
• Record from Chrome, Firefox or Edge
• An alternative is to record directly in Audials Movie with the integrated web browser
• Use the batch recorder to record several movies or an entire series season automatically, for example overnight
• Movies and series are automatically tagged, so that you will get the title, director, year, genre, summary and the cover art automatically
• Cut and crop your videos with the editor and remove ads
   

How to record a Disney+ video on Windows 11 or 10 PC without black screen

Audials Movie is the most powerful high-quality Disney screen recorder available. Learn in the following 3 steps how to record Disney Plus on your computer.

Step 1: Download and install Audials Movie

Download the Windows software "Audials Movie" and install it. It is free and a registration is not necessary. It´s easy to uninstall if not wanted. 

Start the Audials Movie Windows software.

Step 2: Play back the Disney+ video

Step 3: Audials Movie automatically records the video

When the recording of the video stream is completed the video will be transferred to the Audials playlist on the right side of your screen. 

You're able to screen record Disney Plus in video file formats like MP4, WMV, AVI, 3GP or others. The Audials Windows software will tag the file afterward. You can now play the video with Audials or drag and drop it into another application or open it in the Windows explorer to export it.

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Best free and paid tools for Windows to screen record Disney+

Here you can see at a glance which tools are most suitable for recording Disney+:

How to Record Disney+ with a Screen Recorder

In the table above, some screen recorders are listed that you can use to screen record Disney Plus movies and series. You can easily identify them because often "screen" and/or "recorder" is part of their names. Most of the software of that kind does not support high speed recording, that is why it can be time-consuming for movie lovers to record entire series seasons or several movies at 1x normal speed. But on the other hand, using screen recorders of that kind is simple. Let us show you how to use a screen recorder.

Step 1: Install and launch the screen recorder. 

Step 2: Select the recording settings, for example the output format, activate the system sound and deactivate the microphone. Select the area of the screen that you will record or choose full screen. The bigger the recording area, the higher the resolution of your video file.

Step 3: Play back the video and click the recording button in the Disney+ screen recorder software. Stop manually as soon as the video ends.

How to Screen Record Disney Plus on Windows Computer with Xbox Game Bar

As an alternative, you can screen record video streaming using the Xbox Game Bar that is available on your Windows PC. Though it is a less convenient method. Please note that this only works with the Firefox web browser. It will not work with the Disney+ app or other web browsers, you will just see a black screen.

Step 1: Open Xbox Game Bar
Press the Windows key + G on your keyboard at the same time to open the Xbox Game Bar. This will work if you're playing a game or not.

Step 2: Access the Capture Widget
You'll see a series of widgets, but the one you're interested in for screen recording is the "Capture" widget. If it's not visible, you will find it in the top menu.

Step 3: Start Recording
Click on the round, red "Start Recording" button, or use the shortcut Windows key + Alt + R.

Step 4: Record Your Video
Play the video that you want to record. The Game Bar will display a small timer on your screen showing you the length of your current recording.

Step 5: Stop Recording
When the video has finished, you can press the stop button on the Capture widget, or use the same shortcut, Windows key + Alt + R, to stop the recording.

All your clips will be saved in the "Captures" folder in your Videos library by default. You can access this by opening your File Explorer. Then select "Videos" on the left menu, and then open the "Captures" folder.

How to Screen Record Disney Plus on Mac

Audials Movie can be used on Mac devices if you use Parallels and the Google Chrome browser. You find more details here.

Once you have installed the Disney+ screen recorder Audials Movie on your Mac device, follow the steps described above to start recording.

How to record a Disney+ video on mobile phone and tablet

If you want to watch a Disney+ movie while you are on the move, you can download a movie or a TV show directly to your mobile device with the download function of Disney+ itself.

How to save Disney+ as MP4 file with an online tool

Last but not least, there is also a website called Onvico, or onlinevideoconverter.party. The only thing you have to do is copying and pasting the URL of your video and clicking "Go". Then you will also get an MP4 file.

However, it is better to keep away from such websites because you do not know how such websites work and whether the file you will obtain will be legal.

Conclusion

If you want to record Disney Plus videos at the highest possible quality, we will recommend you Audials Movie. It offers you bonus features like the highspeed 2x recording, episode splitting and automatic tagging which are very practical if you want to get a video collection as fast as possible. If necessary, cut and crop your videos. You will not be forced to enter your Disney+ credentials into the Disney+ screen recorder software. As you can see in the table above, Audials Movie is the best Disney+ screen recorder because it has the best price-performance ratio and a unique set of features that movie lovers will not want to miss.

Disney Plus is a subscription-based video streaming service owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company. Disney Plus launched in November 2019. It offers an impressive content library that includes Disney classics, Pixar films, Marvel superheroes, Star Wars saga, and National Geographic documentaries. Examples of videos available on Disney+ are The Mandalorian, Spider-Man, Finding Nemo, Toy Story, Star Wars, Avatar, and many more.

One major advantage of Disney Plus is its wide array of high-quality, family-friendly content. Subscribers have access to exclusive shows and movies. Additionally, Disney Plus allows high-definition streaming, 4K resolution, and up to four concurrent streams without additional fees.

However, there is also a disadvantage to consider. Disney Plus may not appeal to viewers who prefer more adult-oriented content as its offerings largely target families and younger audiences. 

Disney Plus content is available for $7.99 monthly with the Disney Plus Basic subscription. Users who do not want to see ads will need Disney Plus Premium for $10.99 per month.

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