VRChat has no set goal; instead, who you were with and which world you were in becomes the story of the night. The moment a friend first showed off a new avatar, getting lost together in a strange world and laughing about it, or watching a live show inside a world as a group are the kind of moments you want to pull up again the next day. This guide covers one method only: record VRChat with DOR, find those moments in a hangout recording that runs for hours, trim them, and share them as a dor.gg link. Because other people's voices and appearances end up in the footage, it also covers the courtesy to keep in mind before you share.
The whole hangout is recorded, so you choose the moments and the audience
DOR saves VRChat as a whole-session recording. Waiting for friends in your home world after logging in, hopping through portals to other worlds, and talking in an instance all run together in one video. DOR does not pick out funny moments and make clips for you, so you find the scene you want to rewatch in the recording and pull it out with trimming. Most of the fun in a VRChat clip comes from voices, so it is worth checking how to record game sound and mic together first to make sure your mic and everyone else's in-game audio come through clearly. For a long hangout, also remember that recording stops automatically the moment free drive space drops below 20GB.
From a long hangout to sharing the moments worth rewatching
- 1Check disk space and the people joining before the hangoutA VRChat hangout often has a start time but no end time. Before you log in, make sure the drive where recordings are saved has plenty of room, and tell the friends joining you that you plan to record and share the funny parts. Saying so up front makes sharing much easier later.
- 2Log in to VRChat with DOR runningDOR is a free Windows app, and when you launch VRChat it detects the game and starts recording automatically. Game sound and your microphone are recorded together, so your voice and your friends' voices land in the same video.
- 3Use world-change loading as scene dividersA loading screen appears when you take a portal or move to another world. When scrubbing through the recording, these loading screens break a multi-hour hangout into chunks by world, so remembering which world something happened in is enough to find it quickly.
- 4Glance at the clock when everyone bursts out laughingThe best VRChat moments are often remembered by sound rather than picture. If you check the taskbar clock when everyone laughs hard or someone yells in surprise, later you only need to find the spot near that time where the volume jumps.
- 5Trim with a little context on each sideIn the app library's trim tool, set a start and an end. For a conversation, start about 10 seconds before the laugh so viewers know why everyone laughed. Use 16:9 for wide world views, and 9:16 or 1:1 for scenes where all eyes are on one person, like an avatar reveal. When trimming finishes, a dor.gg link is created.
- 6Send it to the people who were there firstSend the trimmed clip as a link to the friends who were at the hangout first, and only after they say it is fine, share it with friends who could not make it or with the group chat. Let any friend whose avatar appears know which scene you used.
What to keep from each kind of hangout, and what to check before sharing
| Kind of hangout | Moment to keep | Check before sharing |
|---|---|---|
| World tour | Everyone reacting to the view in a world you just entered | That other visitors are not front and center |
| Avatar reveal | A friend switching to a new avatar and showing it for the first time | Permission from the friend who owns the avatar |
| Instance chat | A conversation where one joke cracked everyone up | That nothing personal is said in the clip |
| In-world games | The deciding moment of a mini game or race inside a world | Agreement from the people who played |
| Live event | The stretch of a show or event where the energy peaked | That the organizers have not asked people not to film |
| Regular group meetup | A group photo moment with everyone in one place | Whether it stays in the group or goes outside it |
Before you share a VRChat clip
- I asked the friends in the clip whether it is okay to share.
- No strangers' voices or private conversations made it in.
- My laugh clips include what was said right before the laugh.
- For show or event footage, I checked that the organizers did not ask people not to film.
- I made sure I had well over 20GB of free drive space before a long hangout.
- I opened the link once to check that voices are easy to hear.
How DOR captures a VRChat hangout
DOR is a free Windows desktop app. Since an app update in October 2026, VRChat is a supported game: launch it and DOR detects it automatically and records the entire session as a single mp4 until you quit. There are no automatic highlights for VRChat, and on days you do not want it recorded you can switch it off per game under full-session recording in the settings; a confirmation prompt appears when you turn it off. On a PC with an NVIDIA graphics card, NVENC hardware encoding is the default. Where to start and stop a conversation clip so it feels natural is covered in more detail in how to trim game clips. If you are looking for new people to explore worlds with, the gaming friends finder guide can help. Send the trimmed section as one dor.gg link, and your friend can watch it in a phone browser without opening VRChat.
