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Recording Clips On PC That Doesn't Meet The Hardware Requirements

This document summarizes solutions for resolving the "Sorry, this PC doesn’t meet the hardware requirements for recording clips" error when using the Game DVR feature in Windows 10. It explains that the error typically occurs when the graphics card does not meet the minimum specifications. It provides two solutions: 1) downloading and running a Game DVR Config utility to force lower-quality software encoding; and 2) editing the Windows registry and stopping a service process to disable hardware acceleration requirements. Trying one of these solutions may resolve the error and allow game recording.

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Recording Clips On PC That Doesn't Meet The Hardware Requirements

This document summarizes solutions for resolving the "Sorry, this PC doesn’t meet the hardware requirements for recording clips" error when using the Game DVR feature in Windows 10. It explains that the error typically occurs when the graphics card does not meet the minimum specifications. It provides two solutions: 1) downloading and running a Game DVR Config utility to force lower-quality software encoding; and 2) editing the Windows registry and stopping a service process to disable hardware acceleration requirements. Trying one of these solutions may resolve the error and allow game recording.

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Game DVR: This PC doesn’t meet the hardware

requirements for recording clips


thewindowsclub.com/game-dvr-pc-doesnt-meet-the-hardware-requirements

By HemantS@TWC February 5,
2019

Windows 10 supports a nifty built-in feature that enables recording of video games and
other apps. The Game DVR as it is called is readily accessible via a keyboard shortcut –
Windows key + G. However when attempting to record a game or app, user sometime
experiences trouble. They see the following message appearing out of nowhere – ‘Sorry,
this PC doesn’t meet the hardware requirements for recording clips’. Although
annoying, it can be easily fixed. Let’s take a look.

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This PC doesn’t meet the hardware requirements for recording clips,
says Game DVR
It’s been observed that the error shows up mainly when your PC’s graphics card does not
meet the minimum specification required to record games using Game DVR. If your
machine runs a powerful Graphics card, but you still experience this problem then, try the
following solutions.

1] Download Game DVR Config.exe file

Visit this Github page and download the file named Game DVR Config.exe.

Go to your Desktop screen, right-click the file and choose ‘ Run as administrator’ option.
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Next, when the main window of the utility opens, select the option that reads as ‘ Force
Software MFT (16 FPS + VBR)

Close the app, open ‘Task Manager’ and locate the following option – ‘Broadcast DVR
server’.

When found, select it, and hit the ‘End Task’ button.

That’s it!

2] Edit the Registry

Press Win+R to launch the ‘Run’ dialog box. Type ‘regedit.exe’ and hit the ‘Enter’ key.

Navigate to the following path address – HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Expand the sub-folder,


and navigate to the sub-location:
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HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control

Now, switch to its right side-pane, double click on the entry PortableOperatingSystem to
open its properties, change its value data from 1 to 0, and click OK button.

When done exit.

Now right click on the Taskbar, select Task Manager from the menu. Under the Process tab,
click on the Broadcast DVR server process, and click End task button.

Finally, open the Xbox app, press Windows Key + G to bring the Game Bar while playing a
game, and then click the red color button to get start recording.

Hope this works for you!

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