I need to make a movie of me doing something on my computer. Can someone recommend some free screen capture software?


Thanks

4/22/2010 10:07:43 AM

i've used Fraps in the past, but other people might have better suggestions than that.

http://www.fraps.com/

[Edited on April 22, 2010 at 10:11 AM. Reason : link]

4/22/2010 10:11:02 AM

CamStudio

Free, Open Source. It's only caveat is that it uses software realtime compression - so if you go Xvid you'll need a 2.4Ghz+ C2D to pull off 720p or better. Other than that GREAT software.

4/22/2010 10:18:27 AM

A co-worker of mine uses http://www.jingproject.com/

4/22/2010 10:36:32 AM

webex. you can narrate over the phone, export to a ton of nice containers/codecs (including flash), they do the storage, and they do the deployment.

4/22/2010 10:41:20 AM

I used camstudio, it worked GREAT. Thanks wwwebsurfer

4/22/2010 10:42:04 AM

Snag-it Pro is pretty good.

It's "Free" if you know what I mean.

[Edited on April 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM. Reason : ]

4/22/2010 10:51:27 AM

camtasia is what everyone i know uses..

4/22/2010 10:51:41 AM

^camtasia

4/22/2010 11:51:55 AM

There have been far too many helpful comments, let me fix that:

4/22/2010 12:06:38 PM

Quote :

"It's "Free" if you know what I mean."

we don't. please enlighten us.

4/22/2010 12:08:39 PM

You can download a full version of the program off torrent sites. The full version comes with a text file that contains a serial number. You can use this serial number to register the full version of the program.

4/22/2010 12:12:13 PM

Is this legal?

4/22/2010 12:12:36 PM

Are you implying that God would do something illegal?

4/22/2010 12:18:38 PM

No, just wondering why I've been paying for software when I could have been getting it for free all along. I belong in the tales of the technically inept thread.

4/22/2010 12:20:25 PM

True.

4/22/2010 1:50:13 PM

can god copy protect a software so secure that even he cant pirate it?

4/22/2010 2:03:22 PM

You can also use Expression Encoder to do this. If you're recording low-delta video (like a tutorial of a piece of productivity software), you can go REALLY high resolution with a tiny file size.

I've been really impressed with it, enough to finally give up Windows Media Encoder and Camtasia.

4/22/2010 4:08:02 PM

hey wwwebsurfer, do you know if CamStudio records on-machine audio as well? i had a student in my office today, asking about recording something on his desktop, including some playing music.

[Edited on April 22, 2010 at 6:39 PM. Reason : eb]

4/22/2010 6:38:40 PM

we use Adobe Captivate and DebugMode Wink

4/22/2010 7:40:17 PM