Modern POCO smartphones have a powerful hardware that allows you not only to play heavy games, but also to create quality content. Owners of the Xiaomi POCO X3 model often face the need to capture what is happening on the display: whether it is passing a difficult level in the game, an in-app bug or an instruction for a friend. Fortunately, the MIUI shell already has a functional screencasting tool that does not require installing third-party software.
However, standard settings are not always obvious to the beginner. Many users search for a button in the Quick Access menu, forgetting to check the control panel settings. In this article, we will discuss in detail how to activate the function, adjust quality parameters and, most importantly, how to ensure that the internal sound of the system, not just the microphone, is recorded.
Let's start with the simplest and fastest activation method available immediately after unpacking the device, and you don't need to be an expert in Android to master this process in a few minutes, but the key is to follow the steps below carefully to avoid typical configuration errors.
Activation of the function through the control panel
The fastest way to start recording is to use the notification curtain. By default, the shortcut can be hidden in the second page of the menu, so you need to find it first and add it to your favorites. This is standard practice for all Android devices with a MIUI shell.
Swipe from the top edge of the screen down to open the control center. If you don't see the camera icon, click on a pencil or edit icon (usually in the upper right or left corner, depending on the firmware version). In the list of available buttons, find Screen Record and drag it to the active area.
⚠️ Warning: If you don't see it when you swipe it after adding a button, try restarting your smartphone. Sometimes interface system services require you to restart the new widgets.
Once you add a shortcut, the launch process becomes elementary. Just swipe down and click on the icon. The device will emit a characteristic shutter sound or vibration, signaling the start of image capture, at which point a floating menu or countdown timer may appear on the screen.
To stop the process, you can use the red button in the floating window or pull the notification curtain again and click Stop. The finished file will automatically be saved in the gallery in the Screenshots album or a separate ScreenRecorder folder, depending on the version of the system.
Customization of quality and sound source
The quality of the final video depends on the parameters you choose before you start recording, and if you just press a button, the system will apply default settings that may not be suitable for your particular case, for example, YouTube needs high resolution, and for the messenger it is low enough that the file weighs less.
To change the settings, run Screen Recording through the app menu or press and hold the icon in the curtain (on some versions of MIUI). In the interface that opens, click on the settings gear, and here you will see a few critical items.
- 🎥 Permission: select 1080p for maximum quality or 720p save space.
- 🔊 Sound: most important option. Select "Microphone" to record voice or "System Sound" (available on Android 10)+), to capture audio from a game or video.
- 🖼️ Frame rate: 30 fps is enough for the interface, 60 fps is necessary for smooth recording of gameplay.
The Xiaomi POCO X3 with an updated version of Android has the ability to write internal sound, but if you use a Bluetooth headset, the system can force you to switch to the microphone or even turn off audio recording due to data protocol limitations.
You can also turn on touching, which is useful when you create training videos, so that the viewer can see where you're clicking, and you'll see white circles on the screen where your finger is in contact with the display.
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If you’re recording videos for Instagram Stories or TikTok, choose vertical orientation and 720p resolution – that’s enough for social media, and the file will weigh a bit.
Use of the Screenshots app
In MIUI, the system application that captures images and videos is often hidden in the Tools folder, and it has more functionality than just a button in the curtain, and you can schedule recordings or create screenshots on a schedule, even though the POCO X3 is a video recording.
Find the Screenshots icon on the menu. When you first start, the app will ask for permissions to access files and microphones, you can't refuse them, otherwise the functionality will be limited. Inside the interface, you will see the Screenshots and Screen Record tabs.
If you go to the recording tab, you'll see a list of previously created videos and a setup button, and then you'll see the free space on the drive, and if there's not enough memory, the system will warn you about this and suggest that you clear the cache before you start a long session.
| Parameter | Recommendation for games | Recommendation for (Tutorals) | Recommendation for bug reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permission | 1080p | 720p | 1080p |
| Bitreit | High (12 Mbps) | Mean (6 Mbps) | Low (4 Mbps) |
| Sound. | Systemic | Microphone + System | Microphone |
| touching | Off | On | On |
Using a native application guarantees better optimization for the Snapdragon processor installed in the POCO X3. Third-party programs can cause overheating or lags, since they use GPU resources less efficiently.
☑️ Checking before recording a long video
Game recording and performance
The owners of POCO X3 are often gamers. Recording gameplay is a resource-intensive task. When you start a game and simultaneously start recording the screen, the load on the processor increases twice. The system must render the game graphics and encode the video stream in real time.
To avoid falling FPS (frames per second) and friezes, it is recommended to use Game Turbo mode. It automatically optimizes the allocation of resources. When you start a game from this mode, screen recording is more stable, and notifications from other applications are blocked so as not to interrupt the recording.
⚠️ Attention: When recording in 1080p 60 FPS If you plan a long session, remove your case or use a cooler to avoid trottling (decreased performance due to heating).
If you notice that the game started to slow down immediately after the recording was turned on, try lowering the graphics settings inside the game itself or reducing the recording quality to 720p. The Snapdragon 732G processor is powerful, but not infinite.
Also, some secure applications (bank clients, streaming services like Netflix) can block screen recording, in which case you will get video with or without a black screen and sound, which is protection against piracy, implemented at the operating system level, and it is impossible to bypass it with standard means.
Why is black screen in some applications?
Where to find ready-made videos and how to edit them
Once the record is complete, the file is stored in internal memory, and the path to it is usually: → DCIM → screen_recorder or MIUI → screen_recorder. In the gallery, they are often taken to a separate album, so as not to mix with photos.
The MIUI shell offers a basic video editor right in the gallery. When you open the video, click the Change button or the magic wand icon.
- ✂️ Cut: Remove the Excess Beginning and End of the Record.
- 🎵 Add music: overlay track from phone library.
- 📝 Overlay text: add explanatory or watermarks.
- 🎞️ Filters: change the color gamut of the video.
For more serious editing, it is better to use third-party applications such as CapCut or InShot. They work better with timeline and allow you to make more complex transitions. However, for quick trimming and sending built-in tools to a friend, POCO X3 is quite enough.
Remember to clean the record folder periodically. Video files take up a lot of space, and a crowded drive can slow down the entire system. Regularly dumping unnecessary things on your computer or into the cloud is a good habit.
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The built-in video editor in MIUI allows you to perform 90% of basic operations for processing screencasts without installing unnecessary programs.
Solutions (Frequent problems)
Despite the system's fine-tuning, users sometimes face problems, the most common being the lack of sound in the final file, check whether the phone is silent while recording, and if the sound source is correctly selected in the settings.
The second problem is interrupting the recording when an incoming call is made, and the standard behavior of the system is to suspend or terminate the recording, so to avoid this, turn on Do Not Disturb mode or set up a lockdown on incoming calls while you write important content.
If the recording button is gone from the curtain and not added, try clearing the Security or Screenshots app cache through the app settings. Sometimes resetting the control panel settings in the same Quick Button editing menu helps.
⚠️ Warning: Do not delete the Screenshots or Security system app even if they take up space.This can cause the screen recording feature to disappear completely and require the phone to be reset before factory settings.
In rare cases, recording can go without sound due to conflict with the launcher installed.If you use a third-party shell (Nova, Niagara), try returning to the standard launcher POCO Launcher to check the functionality.
Understanding these nuances will allow you to use the Xiaomi POCO X3 to its fullest, and the device does a great job with multimedia tasks if you set up the software environment correctly.