I bought vegas 12 because i was told it could do screen video capture. i have learned that it cannot. does anyone know a compatible screen recorder software?
any help is appreciated.
You might try CamStudio. It freeware. http://camstudio.org/ You can record and save it to pretty much whatever codec you like. Should be no problem getting it into Vegas.
I can strongly recommend "Action" by Mirillis Ltd. Costs USD $30 and it's a really impressive capture software. I was put onto it by some wise colleague on this Forum and it works really well.
Beware of the hitchhikers with the innocent looking freeware. Some of them can cause a lot of grief. With donations being less and less many publishers will add whatever might pay the freight
I just came across a new one today. It's free and no unwanted bloatware. It's a small download (most of the work is done on their servers), just select the screen area to record and click on "record". When done, click on "finish" - it can't get more simple. Their server processes the video and starts playing it. Right-click and save the video to your local disk then you can open it in Vegas to take out the dead air and add narration.