# screen recording problem in unity app

**URL:** https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944
**Category:** Unity Development
**Tags:** unity
**Created:** [May 22, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944 "2023-05-22T15:01:02Z")
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### Author: ![mdtien.ict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mdtien.ict](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/mdtien.ict)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944/1 "2023-05-22T15:01:02Z")

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When I do screen record in ML with Unity build, I see an overlay like shadow, it reflects back to my MR objects. Does anyone have info on this or ever screen recording on ML?

**Unity Editor version** : 2022.2.5f1  
**ML2 OS version** :1.1.0  
**MLSDK version** :1.2.0  
**Host OS** : (Windows/MacOS)

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### Author: ![kvlasova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kvlasova](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/kvlasova)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944/2 "2023-05-22T15:18:24Z")

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Hi @mdtien.ict ,

Can you provide a device screenshot or video recording that demonstrates what you're seeing?

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### Author: ![javier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@javier](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/javier)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944/3 "2023-05-22T16:50:18Z")

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@mdtien.ict It's likely either one of these issues, plz fix it magic leap \<3

> [@Dark halo in footage that has semitransparent content](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/dark-halo-in-footage-that-has-semitransparent-content/1674):
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> Hi Magic Leap! I was hoping to get your opinion on some issue we are having when recording footage when we configure the camera to have an alpha override of 1. I suppose it's easiest to explain if you see it in a video, here you will see footage of ML2 followed by footage of Hololens 2 also recording at full opacity. [[ML2 video recording issue - Unlisted] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn9SVwJqaWg) As you can see, there is a dark halo around all the content that has transparency and I'm not sure how to fix it, in the foota…

> [@Occlusion shaders rendering black in video recordings](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/occlusion-shaders-rendering-black-in-video-recordings/1686):
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> Hi Magic Leap I have this occlusion shader that also can receive shadows from objects, it works alright in all platforms FIgmin XR supports but in Magic Leap 2 when I actually record footage it just shows everything black: [[video recording issue with occlusion + shadow shader - unlisted] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMKeINFcJqk) What you see in the video is a black plane, that is the floor, it should just occlude but it renders black. The same issue occurs in our other occlusion shader that doesn't use shadows at all. Ju…

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### Author: ![mdtien.ict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mdtien.ict](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/mdtien.ict)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944/4 "2023-05-23T02:00:20Z")

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![Screenshot 2023-05-18 172932](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/magicleap1/original/1X/f5fe9d2cc24d7507a48768537cc4f5978038ec1f.jpeg)  
this is what i'm seeing. Have you ever encountered this problem?

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### Author: ![mdtien.ict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b782af/32.png) [@mdtien.ict](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/mdtien.ict)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944/5 "2023-05-23T02:02:39Z")

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yeah, thank you for the info

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### Author: ![kbabilinski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.magicleap.cloud/kbabilinski/32/19_2.png) [@kbabilinski](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/u/kbabilinski)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://forum.magicleap.cloud/t/screen-recording-problem-in-unity-app/1944/6 "2023-06-08T05:17:14Z")

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Can you try updating to a newer Unity version and updating your SDK and your OS to the latest version?
