Share a Cap
Share your recordings with a link
Every Cap recording gets a unique shareable link. This guide covers how sharing works, how to customize your share settings, and what viewers see when they open your link.
How Sharing Works
When you finish a recording in Instant Mode, Cap automatically generates a shareable link and copies it to your clipboard. In Studio Mode, the link is generated after you finish editing and upload the recording.
The link follows this format:
https://cap.so/s/[video-id]
If you are self-hosting Cap, the link uses your custom domain instead.
Anyone with the link can watch your recording in their browser. No account or download is required to view a shared Cap.
Copying the Link
After recording, the link is automatically copied to your clipboard. You can also find and copy the link from:
- Cap Desktop - Click the share icon on any recording in your library.
- Cap Dashboard - Navigate to Cap.so/dashboard, find your recording, and click the share button.
Customizing Share Settings
You can customize how your shared recordings appear and control who can access them.
Title and Description
Give your recording a descriptive title so viewers know what they are about to watch:
- Open your Cap dashboard.
- Click on the recording you want to update.
- Edit the title field at the top of the page.
A good title helps viewers find your recording later and sets expectations before they press play.
Password Protection
Restrict access to your recording by setting a password:
- Open the recording's settings on your dashboard.
- Enable Password Protection.
- Enter a password.
- Save your changes.
When viewers open the link, they will be prompted to enter the password before they can watch. This is useful for sensitive content, internal demos, or client recordings.
The Viewer Experience
When someone opens your shared link, they see a clean video player page with:
Video Player
- High-quality video playback
- Play, pause, and scrub controls
- Fullscreen mode
- Adjustable playback speed (0.5x, 0.75x, 1x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x, 2x)
- Volume control
AI Captions
Cap automatically generates captions for recordings that include audio. Viewers can:
- Toggle captions on and off
- Read along as the video plays
- Captions are synced to the audio timeline
Comments
Viewers can leave timestamped comments on your recording. See Comments for more details.
Download
Viewers can download the video file directly from the share page.
Sharing to Different Platforms
Slack and Teams
Paste your Cap link directly into a Slack or Microsoft Teams message. Most platforms will show a rich preview with the recording title and thumbnail.
Include the Cap link in any email. Recipients click the link to watch in their browser.
GitHub and GitLab
Paste the link in issues, pull requests, or comments. This is great for bug reports, feature demonstrations, and code review walkthroughs.
Documentation
Embed your recordings directly in documentation sites using an iframe. See Embeds for embed instructions.
Social Media
Share the link on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, or any social platform. The link will display a preview card with your recording's thumbnail and title.
Managing Shared Recordings
Viewing All Recordings
Your Cap dashboard shows all of your recordings with their share links, view counts, and creation dates. Use the dashboard to manage, organize, and review your content.
Deleting a Recording
To remove a shared recording:
- Open your Cap dashboard.
- Find the recording you want to delete.
- Click the menu icon and select Delete.
- Confirm the deletion.
Once deleted, the share link will no longer work and viewers will see a "not found" page.
Revoking Access
If you need to quickly restrict access to a recording without deleting it, enable password protection. Existing viewers without the password will no longer be able to watch it.