How to Record Live TV, Shows on JioTV

JioTV is one of the most complete platforms for those who want to watch live TV shows, movies, and sports. It embraces thousands of channels worldwide across 13 genres.  But what if you missed your favorite live programs for study, work, content removal, or other reasons? Well, you can record JioTV for later viewing or other future use. In this post, everything that you need to know about how to screen record JioTV is covered. 

Disclaimer: We do not encourage any unauthorized screen recording of copyrighted content on JioTV for any commercial or illegal purposes. 

What is JioTV and the Best Live Channels on JioTV

JioTV is a popular live TV streaming service in India, offering 1000+ TV channels in 16 languages. JioTV is available on mobiles, PCs, and connected TVs for enjoying live TV shows, movies, sports, music, games, and more. Games and Music channels were added in December 2022, with multi-audio and subtitle support across sports. JioTV contains numerous contents due to the cooperation with Warner Bros, Zee, NDTV, and ABP Group, to name a few.   

You can live stream popular TV channels across India without delay or interruptions. Check out the most popular JioTV channels and TV shows you won't miss 

• Colors TV-If you want to watch serials and reality TV programs, Colors TV is a go-to channel. 
• StarPlus-StarPlus is a leading Hindi movie channel that focuses on Hindi TV shows, dramas, reality shows, etc. Similar channels include StarGold, StarMaa, and StarJalsa. 
• Sun TV-Sun TV is a channel for watching shows and movies in Tamil language.
• Star Sports-Star Sports targets sports enthusiasts with its dedicated sports broadcasting. 
• Cartoon Network-Cartoon Network is known for its numerous animated shows. 
• Succession-The most popular TV series produced by HBO. The Season 4 was premiered in 2023. 
• The Office-The Office full seasons and episodes are available on JioTV in HD Quality. 
• Bigg Boss-Bigg Boss is a Hindi TV reality show hit that airs on Colors TV channel in India. 
• Kaun Banega Crorepati-A Hindi adaption of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. 
• Indian Idol-An Indian version of Pop Idol. It’s the most classic singing reality show on Sony TV. 

How to Record JioTV Shows on iOS/Android

JioTV rolls out the app for iOS and Android devices, which has a built-in feature to record live TV, shows, sports events and any other content for watching later. Here's how to screen record JioTV with the app.

Step 1. On JioTV, open the content you want to record. You should see the Record button if the content is allowed to be recorded. 

Step 2. Play the title and click the Record icon to begin to record JioTV screen. 

Step 3. The recordings will be saved under “My Recordings” in the “Menu” tab. 

The whole recording process is straightforward. However, you'd better know the limitations of the native recording feature provided by JioTV. You can only record a selection of JioTV programs that are also available to download. The record feature is limited to work within the JioTV app. A black screen error may occur when you use third-party apps to record JioTV. 

How to Screen Record JioTV on Windows [no Black Screen]

JioTV app only works on phones and tablets. Is it possible to watch and record JioTV on a PC? The trick is using an Android emulator and a solid screen recorder iTop Screen Recorder, which is a powerful screen recording tool for Windows, allowing you to record live TV, shows, sports events etc. on JioTV.

• Record live TV on JioTV with original quality: iTop Screen Recorder captures JioTV 1080p HD/4K  live streaming, movies, series, sports, etc. with top-notch video and audio quality. The output quality is the same as the source content.
• Record JioTV videos with no lagging: Taking advantage of hardware acceleration, the free screen recorder can record JioTV videos in 1080p HD 60fps or even 4K UHD without lag on PC. The high-quality recording is smooth and takes low CPU usage.
• Record programs from JioTV without black screen: It uses an Enhance Mode to bypass DRM on protected streaming content and record live shows and other videos on JioTV with no black screen issue.
• Editing features: iTop Screen Recorder has a versatile video editor with capabilities in terms of cutting, merging, and adding texts/transitions/filters, to name a few. All the editing features are incredibly simple and useful.

The clean interface makes JioTV recording super easy for beginners. Follow the steps below to learn how to screen record JioTV on your PC.

Step 1. Free download and install iTop Screen Recorder on your Windows PC if you haven't.

Step 2. Launch the tool. Open and play the JioTV video you’d like to record.

• Go to Record > Screen.
• Select recording area. You can record part of screen, full screen, only JioTV window etc. Turn on Speaker to record JioTV with audio.
• Press Ctrl and click REC button at the same time to enter the Enhanced Mode and record JioTV shows without black screen.

Step 3. Stop the recording by pressing F9 or hitting the Done button once the recording completes.

Step 4. You can find JioTV recordings in the Video tab under the Files section. Click More icon to get more options. Select the Edit option to further edit your JioTV recordings as you wish. 

Conclusion

You can use JioTV's built-in screen recording functionality to record JioTV live for later viewing. The downside is various limits on the content on JioTV due to copyright issues. Alternatively, iTop Screen Recorder is a great tool to experiment with. The screen recorder offers everything you need to record JioTV in terms of quality, format, editing features, ease of use, and more.