Every Genshin Impact player has moments they want to show a friend right away: the golden wish animation, the last few seconds of a Spiral Abyss floor you barely cleared, or a vaporize and melt chain that shredded a boss health bar. Genshin Impact became a DOR full-session recording game in the October 2026 app update. This guide is about the Genshin Impact client you run on a Windows PC. DOR is a Windows desktop app, so it does not record Genshin played on a phone or console. When you launch the game on PC, DOR detects it and records everything from launch to exit as one video, and you trim out the part you want and send it as a dor.gg link. Since daily commissions, resin runs and exploration all end up in the same file, the steps below focus on landmarks that only Genshin gives you.
Wishes go vertical, Abyss and exploration stay wide
Genshin moments fall into two groups. A wish animation or a single elemental burst lasts around ten seconds, and most friends will watch it on a phone, so 9:16 vertical fits. A full Spiral Abyss floor or a walk through Mondstadt and Liyue scenery depends on what is happening at the edges of the screen, so 16:9 is better. If you want to turn a landscape recording into vertical without pushing your character out of frame, see how to make a vertical game video.
Finding and sending a Genshin moment
- 1Check that Genshin recording is onIn DOR settings, look in the full-session recording group and make sure Genshin Impact is enabled. When it is, recording starts the moment you launch Genshin on PC and continues until you close the game.
- 2Note the time before you wishThe recording has no content markers, so knowing roughly when you pulled makes searching faster. A note like wished about 40 minutes in lets you drag the playback bar straight to that area.
- 3Use the meteor and result screen as your boundsA wish is a short sequence of a falling meteor followed by result cards. Start just before the meteor appears and end when the 5-star character or weapon reveal finishes for a clip with no filler.
- 4Keep a Spiral Abyss floor in one pieceFor Abyss runs, cut from the entry screen where your party lineup is visible to the clear result screen. A friend asking how you cleared it will want to see both halves.
- 5Make a link with trim in the libraryOpen the recording in the app library, set the start and end with trim, and pick 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1. When it finishes you get a dor.gg link, and your friend opens it in a browser with no app needed.
- 6Match the clip to the friendSend just the wish animation to a friend chasing the same character, the full floor to someone working on the Abyss with you, and exploration scenery to a friend who has never played.
Genshin Impact moments: clip length and aspect ratio
| Moment | Landmark in the recording | Suggested length and ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 5-star wish animation | After you switch to the wish screen, when the meteor falls | 10 to 20 seconds, 9:16 |
| Spiral Abyss clear | Between the entry screen and the clear result screen | One full floor, 16:9 |
| Elemental reaction chain | Ten seconds before the boss health bar drops sharply | 15 to 30 seconds, 9:16 or 1:1 |
| Hidden chest exploration | Right after a teleport loading screen ends | 30 to 60 seconds, 16:9 |
| Co-op with friends | Right after another player joins your world | One boss fight, 16:9 |
| First run with a new character | When you close the party setup screen and enter combat | 20 to 40 seconds, 16:9 |
Before you send a Genshin clip
- The recording is of the Genshin Impact client running on a Windows PC.
- Genshin Impact is set the way you want in the full-session recording settings.
- The wish clip starts just before the meteor appears.
- The Spiral Abyss clip includes both the entry screen and the result screen.
- Short clips meant for phone viewers are exported in 9:16.
- You have comfortably more than 20GB of free disk space.
How DOR records the Genshin Impact PC client
DOR is a free Windows desktop app. When you launch Genshin Impact on PC, it detects the game and records until you close it as one mp4 video. There are no automatic highlights that cut out wishes or fights, so you find the moment yourself in the app library and cut it with trim. For tips on setting precise start and end points, see how to trim game clips. If you want to combine several wish clips or add text and background music, DOR Studio runs in your browser with no install, and the browser clip editor guide walks through it. Long sessions fill the disk quickly, and recording stops below 20GB of free space. On days you do not need it, you can turn recording off for Genshin alone in settings.
