# Screen recording in Safari

> Safari support for screen capture, the MP4 files it produces, and where it falls short.

Source: https://www.screen-recording-software.com/guides/screen-recording-in-safari
Category: Browsers

Safari supports screen capture, but with the narrowest feature set of the major browsers and a different output format.

## What Safari supports

Screen and window capture on macOS. Microphone audio. MP4 output using H.264 video and AAC audio, rather than the WebM every other browser produces.

## What it does not

No audio from the shared source, on any platform. Safari on iOS and iPadOS does not offer screen capture to web pages at all; recording on a phone explains what to use instead.

## The MP4 upside

Because Safari produces MP4, the file plays straight away in almost anything — no conversion needed for editors or phones that dislike WebM.

If you routinely send recordings to people on mixed devices, recording in Safari on a Mac saves you a conversion step every time. That can outweigh the missing features.