Free Screen Recorder for Windows

What is it?

CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, install screen recorder, install screen recorder mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs)

Here are just a few ways you can use this software:

• You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
• Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
• You can install screen recorder video tutorials for install screen recorder or college class
• You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support people
• You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell
• You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you discover on your favourite software program, before you forget them

Don't like the sound of your voice? No problem.

CamStudio can also add high-quality, anti-aliased (no jagged edges) screen captions to your recordings in seconds and with the unique Video Annotation feature you can even personalise your videos by including a webcam movie of yourself "picture-in-picture" over your desktop.

And if all that wasn't enough, CamStudio also comes with its own Lossless Codec that produces crystal clear results with a much smaller filesize compared with other more popular codecs, like Microsoft Video 1.

You have total control over the output of your video: you can install screen recorder choose to use custom cursors, to record the whole screen or just a section of it and can reduce or increase the install screen recorder of the recording depending on if you want smaller videos (for emailing to people, for instance) or you can have "best quality" ones for burning onto CD/DVD.

But all of these features would be worthless if CamStudio wasn't easy to use . fortunately that's not the case. CamStudio can be learned in a matter of minutes and comes with a comprehensive built-in helpfile, so if you do manage to get stuck, you can simply hit "Help" and get the answers you need.

So where can I get it and how much does it cost?

You can download and use it completely free - yep - completely 100% free for your personal and commercial projects as CamStudio install screen recorder and the Codec are released under the GPL (for more details on this license, click here.)

There are no royalties or any monies to pay.

CamStudio's History

CamStudio was originally released by a company called RenderSoft who were subsequently bought by a company called eHelp who used some of the technology in their program, RoboDemo .

Some time later, eHelp was bought by Macromedia who wanted RoboDemo (which was to become Captivate) .

Knowing that CamStudio did some of the stuff RoboDemo did for free (mainly export to streaming Flash), they released a newer version which fixed some bugs but most importantly, removed certain features. Gone was the ability to create SWFs, added was the requirement to register to use it, and over time, links to the various webpages that had CamStudio and its source code, install screen recorder, became broken.

However, I managed to find an earlier version complete with the related CamStudio video codec and the source code for both then put the website up so people could download them.

Issues

A number of people have mentioned having trouble viewing SWF install screen recorder videos generated by CamStudio. It turns out there's a bug which means you can't see anything if you try watching them with Netscape or Firefox (Internet Explorer works fine) .

The next update (2.5) will fix this but until then, install screen recorder a temporary workaround:

I seem to be getting a lot of questions about a registration code . the version of CamStudio available from this site doesn't require registration AND has more features, install screen recorder, so uninstall v2.1 from your system, download and install CamStudio from here and you're good to go!

If your computer's memory or virtual memory usage starts climbing rapidly when viewing a SWF authored by CamStudio to the point when your PC locks up so you have to reboot it, recreate the SWF from your source AVI file and in SWF Producer, make sure you select the Advanced tab and check the Memory Management tickbox (Manage Flash player internal memory). That should sort the problem out. Thanks to Ben Ward for the fix.

CamStudio Updates

If you'd like to be notified when I have some news related install screen recorder CamStudio,signup to the forum (link opens a new window) you'll be "in the loop" .

Spread The Word .

I'd love to get CamStudio into the Top 10 Most Popular downloads install screen recorder at SourceForge . for no other reason than . um . I'd like to, so tell as many people as possible .

If you'd like to link back to this site, install screen recorder, here's some example install screen recorder you can use:

A Plea For Help .

I've got big plans for CamStudio and want to continously improve it and the Codec as well . but I'm not a programmer.

The potential for CamStudio to be used as a professional training and support tool is huge and not just in the information technology and internet marketing arenas, but also in diverse markets and tasks like home eduation, recording online geneological research, keeping a video record of special offer prices on your favourite snowboarding (or whatever) website - you get the idea .

It doesn't matter if you're at home in Las Vegas or on an Alaskan Cruise - if you've got a laptop or PC you can use CamStudio.

So if there are any Visual C++ programmers out there that have Flash, install screen recorder, video encoding and codec experience who'd like a challenge, please get in touch.

So, at some point in the near future Install screen recorder like to start accepting donations so any coders that work on this project will get some kind of financial reward in addition to the warm, fuzzy feeling they get from helping to resurrect this cracking piece of software . so if you're feeling generous, please get in touch at the install screen recorder email address above and let me know.

I'd also love to get your feedback on CamStudio . what you liked, install screen recorder, what you thought sucked and what you think is missing.

DISCLAIMER: CamStudio is (c) Rendersoft Development.

The version available from this website is developed independently under the terms of the GNU Public License V2. This website, the software (in whole or in part) and any other related content is not affiliated with, install screen recorder to, sponsored by, endorsed by or derived from Camtasia or Camtasia Studio from Techsmith.com nor any other product or software with a similar sounding name from any other company.

Camtasia, Camtasia Studio and Techsmith are marks of Techsmith Corporation, registered in the U.S. and install screen recorder countries.

When it comes to Ubuntu SimpleScreenRecorder is the best screen video recorder in terms of reliability and popularity among Ubuntu users. So today we are going to have a look at step-by-step guide to install and setup SimpleScreenRecorder on Ubuntu.

How to Install Install screen recorder is available in Ubuntu Software Centre in most of the recent Ubuntu releases. But somehow if you don’t find it there you can run following command in Terminal to install this screen video recorder.

$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
$ sudoapt-get update
$ sudoapt-get install simplescreenrecorder

Now the Terminal will download the installation package and then install SimpleScreenRecorder on your system. Once the installation is complete you can notice that SimpleScreenRecorder is added to the dashboard.

How to Setup SimpleScreenRecorder to Start Screen Recording

SimpleScreenRecorder might need some changes in changes in settings before you start recording. Here is how you can do that.

First of all launch the application from the dashboard, below screen will appear. It’s a welcome screen, just click on the Continue button and proceed further.

In the next window, you can configure screen resolution and select your preferred Video Input among Record the entire screen, Record a fixed rectangle, Follow the cursor and Record OpenGL.

Here you can also set frame rate, I personally prefer 60fps. You can also set Audio Input Backend and Source. Once you are done with your preferred configuration click on Continue button.

Here on next screen you have to set the destination folder where your recorded video file will be saved and you can also select in which video format screen will be recorded as well as configure Video and Audio codecs. Set the parameters as shown in screenshot below and click on Continue.

That’s it, now you are finished with configuration and ready to start screen recording on next screen. On this screen you can see buttons like Start recording, Start preview, Save recording and Cancel recording.

Now you just need to click on Start recording button and minimize the window. That’s it now you can perform your task while SimpleScreenRecorder records your screen in background.

You can also pause screen recording whenever you need. When your task is complete just click on Save recording then recorded video file will be saved on your computer.

So this is how you can record screen in Ubuntu in most simple and reliable way. Having tested other screen recorders on Ubuntu, I have to admit SimpleScreenRecorder is the stand out performer in all aspects as compared to others.

So that’s it for now, install screen recorder, hope you enjoyed this article about screen recording in Ubuntu. Feel free to share your views @LinuxHint.