CamStudio
CamStudio
License: freeware
Author: RenderSoft
Install: yes
Size: 8 MB (1.3 MB install), 33 KB codec
Requirement: Windows 95 or later, comctl32.dll
CamStudio is a free screen and audio recording tool and comes with a swf flash converter and a lossless codec.
Some brief info just to start recording screen activity and audio:
- select the region of the screen to record or full screen (Region menu)
- set the video compression (Options | Video Options) - I used DivX ;-) MPEG-4 Fast-Motion with quality at 70, crispness at 100, one keyframe every 10 seconds and a datarate of 910 kilobits per second
- set if the cursor must be captured or hidden (Options | Cursor Options)
- set if audio must be captured and from where (Options | Don't record audio or record from microphone or record from speakers), then its compression (Options | Audio Options | Audio Options for microphone or speakers) - I used MPEG Layer-3 22050 Hz Stereo 16-bit compression recording; beneath I needed to record a streaming video displayed in my browser with audio going to the speakers, I had to select "Record audio from microphone" and "Default input device" as my audio capture device
- by default CamStudio stores temporary files in its directory; if you want to make it use another one, go to Options | Program Options | Temporary directory for recording
- press Record and CamStudio window should minimize; to stop recording right click the systray icon and press Stop, then wait for audio compression to do its job
Posted by: Z24 | Fri, Mar 16 2007 |
Category: /software/windows |
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