# The recording stopped on its own

> Why a recording ends before you press stop, and how to prevent it.

Source: https://www.screen-recording-software.com/guides/recording-stopped-unexpectedly
Category: Problems

A recording that ends by itself has usually lost the thing it was recording. The good news is that whatever was captured up to that point is kept.

## The window or tab closed

Capture ends when the source disappears. Closing the tab you were recording, or quitting the app whose window you shared, stops it immediately.

## You pressed Stop sharing

The browser’s own sharing bar has a Stop button, separate from the recorder’s. Pressing it ends the capture. The recording is saved rather than lost.

## The machine ran out of memory

The file is held in RAM until you download it, so file size and duration are the same problem. A very long or very high-resolution recording can exhaust available memory. Record in segments and save each one.

## The computer slept

Sleep suspends capture and it does not resume. For long unattended recordings, disable sleep first.