Xiaomi Screen Recording with Sound: A Complete Guide to All Models (2026)

Recording video from the screen of Xiaomi smartphone is a challenge faced by gamers, bloggers, technicians and ordinary users who want to save an important moment from an application or game. However, the standard screen recording feature in MIUI often limits the possibilities: the sound is not recorded, the quality leaves much to be desired, the launch button is not at all. In this article, we will analyze all the current ways of recording the screen on Xiaomi – from built-in tools to professional applications, and also reveal the secrets of audio tuning, which the official documentation does not.

The feature of Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO smartphones is that the MIUI shell is regularly updated, and with each update, the ways of accessing recording functions change. For example, in MIUI 14, the screen recording button moved from the notification panel to Settings → Special features, and in MIUI 15 it was again returned back - but with advanced audio options. We took into account all these nuances and prepared universal instructions that will suit models from Xiaomi Mi 11 to Redmi Note 13 Pro+.

Importantly, if you've tried to record a screen before and you've had problems (no sound, recording is interrupted, low resolution), it's probably not the phone that's the wrong settings, and in this article, you'll find solutions to each of these situations -- explaining why they occur and how to avoid them in the future.

1.Integrated screen recording in MIUI: where to look and how to turn on

The easiest way to record a screen on Xiaomi is to use the built-in Screen Recorder feature, which is available on all devices with MIUI 12 and later, but many users can't find it because the location of the button depends on the firmware version and the phone model. Here are all the options:

• 📱 Notification Panel: Swipe down from the top edge of the screen and find the Screen Record icon (if not, click on the pencil to edit the panels).
• ⚙️ Settings: Go to Settings → Special facilities → Screen recording (relevant to the MIUI 14).
• 🎮 Game Turbo: If you want to record gameplay, open the game, call the Game Turbo panel (swipe sideways) and find the record button there.

If the record button is not in any of these places, it's disabled in the system settings.

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Turn on the system applications display (three dots in the upper right corner).
3. Find Screen Recorder and click Enable.

Important: on some models (for example, POCO F5 or Redmi K60), the default screen recording is disabled due to regional restrictions, in which case, resetting the notification panel settings or installing global firmware (we will discuss this below).

2.Why the sound is not recorded and how to fix it

The main problem with recording a screen on Xiaomi is the lack of sound, which is because by default MIUI blocks capture of system audio due to Android limitations.

• 🔊 Enable microphone recording: Before you start recording, tap the gear icon in the record panel and activate the microphone recording option, which will allow you to record your voice, but not the system sound.
• 🎵 Use an external microphone: connect headphones with a microphone – sometimes this helps trick the system and record sound from apps.
• 📱 Activate Developer Mode: Go to Settings → The phone. → Version. MIUI (Press 7 times, then in Settings. → Additionally. → For developers, turn on debugging by USB and sound capture.

Critical detail: on devices with MIUI 15 and later, system sound recording is only possible through third-party applications or ADB-If it is critical to you to record sound from a game or video, use the methods in the following section.

Another common mistake is that the sound recording is interrupted after a few seconds, and it's because of energy saving settings.

1. Open Settings → Battery and Performance → Battery Consumption Management.
2. Find the Screen Recorder app and select Without Limits.
3. Reboot the phone.

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If the audio is being recorded with a delay, try to reduce the video quality in the recording settings to 720p – this will reduce the load on the processor and synchronize the audio.

3.The best apps for recording screen with sound

If Xiaomi's built-in tools don't work (no sound, low quality, time limit), third-party apps will come to the rescue.-3, who are stable in their work MIUI 14/15 and support system audio recording:

To record system sound through AZ Screen Recorder or Mobizen, you will need to activate Audio Capture via ADB.

1. Install the application and enable USB Debugging (see previous section).
2. Connect your phone to your PC and execute the command: adb shell settings put global capture_audio_output 1
3. Restart the phone and start the recording.

⚠️ Attention: After activating sound capture through ADB Some applications (e.g., banking or instant messengers) may block the recording for security reasons, in which case temporarily disable the function with the command adb shell settings put global. capture_audio_output 0.

Install the application (AZ Screen Recorder/DU Recorder)

Enable debugging over USB

Activate sound capture via ADB

Disable energy saving for the application

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4. Screen recording via Game Turbo (for gamers)

If you want to record gameplay on Xiaomi, you don’t have to use third-party apps — the Game Turbo mode has a built-in recorder with advanced settings. This method works on all devices with MIUI 12.5 and later, including Black Shark, POCO F and Redmi K series.

To record the screen through Game Turbo:

1. Open the game you want to record.
2. Swipe from the side (left or right) to call the Game Turbo panel.
3. Click on the Record icon (or Broadcast if you need a streaming record).
4. Set up the parameters: 🎤 Microphone: Turn on if you need a voice comment. 🎮 Quality: choose 1080p@60FPS smooth-video. 🔕 No sound: Turn off if you want to record the game sound.

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The advantage of this method is minimal latency and optimization for games, but there are limitations:

• Recording works only in games (not in regular applications).
• On some models (Redmi Note 11) sound can be recorded with distortions.
• The maximum recording time is 3 hours (the file is automatically saved).

5. Hidden MIUI settings for professional recording

Few people know, but MIUI has hidden settings that allow you to fine-tune the screen recording: change the bitrate, enable touch recording, remove the time limit, and even record video from an external webcam. These settings are not documented, but work on most devices.

To access them:

1. Enable Developer Mode (see Sound section).
2. Open the settings → Additional → for developers.
3. Find and activate the following options: Do not stop recording when you lock it will allow you to record the screen even when the phone is locked; Show touch will display circles at the pressing points (good for tutorials); Allow high bitrate will improve the video quality (not available on all models).

For Xiaomi models 13/14 Redmi Note 12/13 And there's another hidden feature that's available, which is recording from an external video source. USB-or use the phone as a webcam for the PC while recording the screen:

1. Connect the camera via USB-C (you need a USB-C → USB-A adapter).
2. In the Developer Settings, turn on USB-debugging (camera setup).
3. Start recording the screen - in the upper right corner will appear the option Add the source of the video.

⚠️ Attention: POCO F4/F5 redmi K60 If you activate a high bitrate, the recording may be interrupted due to overheating. If the phone gets hot, lower the resolution to 1080p or use a cooling stand.

6. Problem Solving: Recording is broken, lagging or not saved

Even with the right settings, screen recording on Xiaomi can be unstable, and here are the most common problems and solutions:

If the recording still doesn’t work, try resetting the screen recording settings:

1. Open Settings → Applications → Application Management.
2. Find Screen Recorder, click Storage and select Clear Data.
3. Reboot the phone.

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If none of these methods worked, check if the phone has custom firmware (like Pixel Experience or LineageOS) installed. Some builds turn off screen recording at the kernel level, in which case only flashing to official MIUI will help.

7.Alternative methods: recording via PC or other device

If you can not record the screen directly on the phone, you can use external devices:

• 💻 Recording via PC: connect Xiaomi to your computer USB, Turn on the debugging. USB And you can use software like Vysor or scrcpy to mirror and record the screen, and the advantage is that there are no time or quality restrictions.
• 📹 Using a capture card: If you want to record gameplay without lags, connect your phone to a capture card (like Elgato Cam Link) and record video on your PC via a PC. OBS Studio.
• 📱 Second device: If you have a second phone, you can record the screen of the first device on the camera of the second (for example, through the Camera Fi application for macro photography).

For writing via scrcpy (the most stable method):

1. Download scrcpy and install it on PC.
2. Connect Xiaomi to USB and allow debugging.
3. Run the command: scrcpy --record file.mp4 --bit-rate 8M (where 8M — bitrate, can be increased to 20M better quality).
4. To record the sound, add the --audio=mic flag or use a virtual audio cable.

⚠️ Note: when writing via scrcpy on Xiaomi with MIUI 15 You can see an artifact appearing as a black screen. To fix it, add a parameter to the command. --prefer-text or update the drivers ADB.

FAQ: Frequent questions about screen recording on Xiaomi