# Window Capture Source

Source: https://mimolive.com/user-manual/sources-input/screen-sources/window-capture/  
Last updated: 2023-03-10  
Section: Sources (Input) › Screen Sources  

#### Window Capture Source

The **Window Capture** source lets you grab certain windows from 3rd party apps or a part of them and provide what’s displayed there as video for use in any layer that supports a video source. [Web Browser Capture](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/web-browser-capture)

> **Important:** Use the Web Browser Source to capture web content
>
> For the special case of capturing a web page we implemented the [Web Browser Capture Source.](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/web-browser-capture)

#### Adding The Window Capture Source

To add the Window Capture source to your mimoLive document click on the “+” button on top of the [Sources Repository](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/sources-and-the-sources-repository) to show a list of available source types. Find the Window Capture source and drag it to the Source Repository.

![](https://mimolive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/443b3bbb-0da4-47f9-8ab7-4f10d7d560dc.png)

#### Selecting The Window To Capture

To select a certain window to capture click on the “Window to capture” popup. You will see a list of all the active windows on your Mac.

![](https://mimolive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/e8e11140-a4ba-46a5-92ef-aad11573e5ac.png)

#### Grabbing Only A Part of the Window

Sometimes it makes sense only to grab a certain area of a window. To do so you can set up crop marks from each edge. By clicking on the action gear button you will get a preview of the grabbed window. The red border shows the area to grab. You can drag the red handles to only get a certain area of the window. At the top there are three buttons to control the zoom stage of the preview. Zoom in to have pixel-accurate control.

![](https://mimolive.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/70eb3184-e36f-454d-addd-c46f2434c574.png)

**Capturing Computer Audio**
To learn about how to capture computer audio refer to [Sources (Input) / Computer Audio](https://mimolive.com/user-manual/computer-audio)