Any screen recorder available ?
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@rojaviv I use FastStone Capture for recording software tutorials. It's not free, but it is inexpensive.
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I use sharex. It's open source and I find it works quite well for various types of screen capture.
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I use ShareX, free and Open Source, screenshot, screencast in video and gif, text capture with OCR and share from corresponding hosts (Imgur, YouTube, DropBox, Gdrive, etc, configurable). Editor and configurable hotkeys
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@rojaviv I use "Grab" on Mac - works fine.
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@knuthf said in Any screen recorder available ?:
@rojaviv I use "Grab" on Mac - works fine.
Yes, but Grab, like Kap is soft for Mac
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Lol - Mac suggestions in a Windows forum but that's ok - we are a forgiving type
Cloudshot also looks promising.
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Although it is also curious that an excellent Open Source soft like ShareX is only available for Windows what in FOSS is not so typical
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@catweazle said in Any screen recorder available ?:
Although it is also curious that an excellent Open Source soft like ShareX is only available for Windows what in FOSS is not so typical
Well it is based on .Net - and while installing, gave an error; it was not smart enough to tell me I need to install in Admin mode
But I'm a ShareX convert now - I like that I can take a ss without further ado (confirmations etc) right into my Dropbox folder (not app) and I like it's plethora of options (not very intuitive, may need a PhD on it b4 we can master them all)
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@rojaviv said in Any screen recorder available ?:
@catweazle said in Any screen recorder available ?:
Although it is also curious that an excellent Open Source soft like ShareX is only available for Windows what in FOSS is not so typical
Well it is based on .Net - and while installing, gave an error; it was not smart enough to tell me I need to install in Admin mode
But I'm a ShareX convert now - I like that I can take a ss without further ado (confirmations etc) right into my Dropbox folder (not app) and I like it's plethora of options (not very intuitive, may need a PhD on it b4 we can master them all)
Yes, the configuration of the different hosts is a little academic, really, but the other things are configured in a very intuitive way, quick keys, what to do after the capture, etc. and the most important hosts are already configured by default.
Personally I do not know any screenshot tool better and more complete than this for Windows. -
@catweazle Agreed !!
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@Catweazle said in Any screen recorder available ?:
I use ShareX, free and Open Source, screenshot, screencast in video and gif, text capture with OCR and share from corresponding hosts (Imgur, YouTube, DropBox, Gdrive, etc, configurable). Editor and configurable hotkeys
@LonM sounds interesting. I'll have a look. Your idea too, @Gwen-Dragon .
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i use vidyard its totally free you just have to sign in with your google acct works great
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@jonjon49 its a chrome extention
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There are obviously good extensions for the screencast (video and gif), but the extensions require that the browser has to be open so that they can be used, while desktop apps allow you to always record, with or without a browser.
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@rojaviv There is also a portable version of the software which doesn't require an admin account because there is no need to install something: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX/releases/download/v12.4.1/ShareX-portable.zip
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@freekarol The recommendations come trickling in but for the person running across this, I ran across a good one on Product Hunt with the most generic sounding name ever, CloudApp.
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I did a quick skim of the thread, but didn't see anyone mention OBS Studio, which is free & open source. It's quite popular, and capable of both capturing video as well as live streaming. You can turn the entire desktop into a video, just an application, or just a frame you size on the screen. Being free & open source has s lot of advantages, and it's quite full-featured at the same time.
Video can automatically be resized or transcoded. You can pull in scenes from elsewhere, independently control sources of audio & video (such as easily balancing or muting the desktop audio with microphone audio, Webcam sources, etc.).
It may seem a bit daunting at first, due to all the functionality while you're probably only going to use a small portion of that. The documentation is great though, as are the community, and there are plenty of YouTube videos demonstrating how to do whatever it is you want to do.
I use it all the time for recording demo videos for people. Being cross-platform, I only need to learn the one piece of software, and I can use it across all my systems, for free. I highly recommend it.
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Thanks for the warm welcome! I'll look through these linked resources and let you know if I have any questions.