How to record a screen on Shaomi Redmi 7

Smartphones are no longer just a means of communication, becoming powerful multimedia centers capable of creating high-quality content. Owners of budget but reliable devices often wonder how to capture what is happening on the display, then share it with friends or save it for personal archive. Recording the screen on Xiaomi Redmi 7 is not as obvious as on flagship models, but it is quite feasible with standard tools of the system.

Xiaomi has put a lot of useful features in the MIUI shell that are hidden from the eyes of the average user. You don't have to have programming skills or install dubious software from unverified sources to fix a game moment or an error in the application.

In this article, we will take a look at all the screencasting techniques available, from the Android operating system to third-party utilities for advanced users, and learn how to customize video quality, activate internal sound recording, and avoid common errors that can lead to data loss or poor quality of the final video.

MIUI built-in screencasting capabilities

The first thing a Redmi 7 owner needs to do is check for a standard recording app. Unlike pure Android, the MIUI shell often comes with a custom toolkit called Screenshots or Screen Recording, which can be found in the Tools folder on the home screen or in a general list of all installed apps.

If you find an application like this, run it. The interface is usually minimalistic and contains one big button to start the process. However, before you start recording, it is important to adjust the parameters to make the result meet your expectations. Clicking on the settings icon (cogs) allows you to select the video resolution, frame rate and source of the audio stream.

⚠️ Note: Some global versions of the firmware MIUI For Redmi 7, the built-in application may not be available or be blocked by regional restrictions, in which case the system will offer to download an analogue from the Google Play store.

To activate fast access to the recording function, you often need to add a corresponding button to the control panel. Swipe from top to bottom to open the curtain, and find a button with a camera or video camera. If it is not available, press three dots or a pencil to edit the panel and drag the desired element to the active area.

Using the built-in tool is the most energy efficient way, as it is optimized specifically for the hardware of your Redmi 7. The Snapdragon 625 processor installed in this model is quite capable of coping with real-time video coding without a significant drop in performance in games.

Set up recording parameters and video quality

The quality of the final video depends on the selected settings before the process begins. In the parameters menu, you may encounter a choice of resolution. For Redmi 7, which has a screen with a resolution of 1560×720, it does not make sense to choose higher values, as this will only increase the file size without visual improvement.

The critical parameter is bitrate and frame rate. The standard value is 30 FPS (frames per second), which provides a smooth picture. If you plan to record dynamic games, you can try setting 60 FPS, but be prepared for the fact that the device may start to heat up.

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To save memory on Redmi 7, it is recommended to set the bitrate in the range of 4-6 Mbit / s. This is enough for a clear picture, but the files will not take up gigabytes of free space.

Special attention should be paid to the sound settings. The system allows you to choose between recording sound through a microphone (external sounds, your voice) and system sound (what you hear in the headphones). To record gameplay with music from the game, choose an internal source, and for comments - a microphone.

Below is a table of recommended settings for different use cases:

Remember, you can't change your settings on the fly, when you're recording, and you can lock all the settings when you press the Start button, so always check the configuration beforehand so you don't have to re-write the important moment.

Use of third-party apps from Google Play

If MIUI is not a good fit or is not working well, you can always turn to third-party developers. Google Play offers dozens of apps that specialize in screen capture, and often provide more flexible settings, such as drawing on a screen in real time or adding a face from a front camera.

One of the most popular solutions is the AZ Screen Recorder app, which is stable on older versions of Android, which is true for Redmi 7, running on Android 9. Once installed, the application will request the necessary permissions to display over other windows and access the microphone.

• 🎥 Functionality: Allows you to pause while recording, which is critical when creating long tutorials.
• 🎨 Editor: Built-in video editor helps to immediately cut the excess and overlay music.
• ⚙️ Settings: Support for codecs H.264 and H.265 for better compression without loss of quality.

Another good option is Screen Recorder, XRecorder, which is known for its lightweight interface and lack of intrusive advertising on the free version, and automatically adapts bitrate settings based on the CPU load, preventing the device from overheating.

⚠️ Note: When installing third-party recorders, carefully read the permissions requested. SMS — This is a warning sign, it is better to abandon such a program.

Installing third-party software may require additional power adjustments. MIUI is known for its aggressive battery saving and can kill background processes. To prevent recording from interrupting by itself, find the application in the installed program list, go to Battery and select No Limits mode.

Recording via computer with ADB

For users who want the highest quality and minimum load on a smartphone, the ideal solution is to record through a computer, which requires a USB cable, an ADB (Android Debug Bridge) driver installed on a PC, and an enabled USB debugging mode on the Redmi 7 itself.

First, activate the hidden developer menu. Go to Settings → About Phone and quickly click on MIUI Version seven times. Once you have become a developer, go back to the main settings menu, select "Advanced" and find "Developers".

adb shell screenrecord --verbose /sdcard/demo.mp4

By typing a command in the computer's command line, you start a recording process that will stream the image from the phone screen directly to the PC's hard drive or store it in high quality memory, a method that completely eliminates the impact of the recorder interface on game performance.

The advantage of the method is that it can record at 1080p resolution even on lower resolution screens using interpolation, or vice versa, recording in native resolution without compression artifacts. However, this method requires the presence of a computer nearby, which limits mobility.

If you plan to use this method often, you can create a simple bat file on your computer desktop with a written command, eliminating the need to enter long text manually each time and reducing the time you prepare for writing.

Optimizing Redmi 7 performance while recording

Recording real-time video is a resource-intensive task. The Snapdragon 625 processor, while proven to be "unkillable," may not be able to handle the heavy-playing and video encoding process at the same time, resulting in a drop in frames per second (FPS) and jerks.

To minimize lags, close all background applications before recording. In MIUI, this is done by swiping from the bottom up with retention or through the menu button, then press "Clean." Freeing RAM will give the system the necessary margin to process the video stream.

• 🌡️ Temperature: Remove the case from the phone if it is dense to improve heat sink. overheating leads to trottling (reduced processor frequency).
• ✈️ Flight mode: Turn on air mode to turn off radio modules. This will prevent interruptions from incoming calls and reduce heating.
• 🔋 Energy saving: Turn off the energy saving mode as it limits performance CPU.

You should also disable the interface animations. In the Developer menu, find the "Scale of Windows Animation," "Scale of Transition Animation," and set them to "No Animation" or "0.5x." This will make the interface more responsive.

⚠️ Warning: Long-term high-resolution video recording can cause the battery to become critically hot.If the phone gets hot to the touch, immediately stop recording to avoid battery bloating.

Use the Game Turbo feature if available in your firmware version, which optimizes the allocation of system resources in favor of the active application, prioritizing it over the background processes, which can positively affect the smoothness of the recording.

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The main secret to smooth recording on Redmi 7 is to reduce the load on the system: closing background apps, disconnecting the network and removing the protective case for better cooling.

Where to find and how to edit saved videos

Once the record is complete, the file is automatically stored in the device's memory. The standard path to the directory is usually like Internal Memory. → DCIM → screen_recorder or MIUI → screen_recorder. You can also find the video through the standard "Gallery" application in the album "Screen Records".

The built-in MIUI gallery editor allows you to perform basic operations: cropping the beginning and end of the video, overlaying filters or changing the playback speed. For more complex editing, such as adding text plaques or transitions, you better use specialized applications like CapCut or InShot.

If you plan to upload videos to social media, pay attention to file size: Vertical videos (portrait orientation) take up less space and are better perceived on Instagram or TikTok feeds, whereas horizontal ones are suitable for YouTube.

Remember to clean the record folder periodically. High-quality video files can quickly fill up an internal drive of 32 or 64 GB, which will slow down the entire system, and regularly migrating archives to your computer or to the cloud is a good habit.