good cheap screen capture program?

L8R wrote on 9/9/2009, 10:40 AM

Hey forum,

I have a client that needs a tutorial video done with live screen capture of the program being used.
I was just wondering if anyone has a personal favourite that you can recommend. That doesn't break the bank!

camtasia is one that was suggested by a friend but it's $300.

Comments

Byron K wrote on 9/9/2009, 10:43 AM

AVI Screen classic is free and pretty straight forward. Just google it.

jrazz wrote on 9/9/2009, 11:13 AM

Use the free one from Debugmode called Wink. I use it and it works very well.

j razz

L8R wrote on 9/9/2009, 3:59 PM

Thanks guys....

srode wrote on 9/9/2009, 4:03 PM

Microsoft Media Encoder works well and is a free download too.

Kahuna wrote on 9/10/2009, 1:09 PM

I've tried MME, Camtasia, CamStudio and WMCapture. WM Capture produced the best results (with the least amount of jerkiness or dropped frames) and can be easily imported into your V9 project without any further encoding. Also, won't bust the bank as free demo is available on line.

DavidMcKnight wrote on 9/10/2009, 3:28 PM

Kahuna, does WMCapture record screen movements? ie, what I'm doing in Vegas - or does it just record on screen streaming video?

Kahuna wrote on 9/11/2009, 1:32 PM

I'm confused as to the difference between capturing streaming video versus screen capturing. However, I was experimenting with various applications to capture Google Earth Tours, then, import the files into my V9 projects. WM Capture seemed to work the best with my hardware suite. As there is a flavor of WM Capture you can download for free, check it out. If it doesn't work for your particular purpose you can easily uninstall and move onto another free-bee application. Good luck

Guy Bruner wrote on 9/11/2009, 3:29 PM

To capture your screen including cursor movements, the free CamStudio is hard to beat. Plus, it comes with an SWF producer.