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    Best Screen Recorder?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by xTank Jones16x, Nov 23, 2009.

  1. xTank Jones16x

    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    Anyone got one?

    It seems like everyone I use, it lags me.

    The only one that doesn't is FRAPS.

    Only bad thing about it, is the large file sizes.
     
    xTank Jones16x, Nov 23, 2009
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  2. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    Well duh, recording lossless (also explains big size u need to compress in for instance movie maker) takes a lot of power.. I havent ever used any other programs to record ingame though..
     
    Kocane, Nov 23, 2009
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    In game or just general screen recording?
     
    Amnesiac, Nov 23, 2009
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  4. xTank Jones16x

    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    Game and in general.

    I just wanted to know what people use, and what they think it the best. I already know performance loss when recording, thats a given.
     
    xTank Jones16x, Nov 23, 2009
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  5. Amnesiac

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    In game - FRAPS, Gamecam
    General - The only one I know of is Hypercam, but that's not a great one.
     
    Amnesiac, Nov 24, 2009
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    s0ap Notebook Consultant

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    If you have vista/windows 7 you can use FRAPS for general recording as well. Since the desktop uses Direct X.
     
    s0ap, Nov 24, 2009
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    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    just use fraps to record, and then an editing program to re-encode/shrink the file size. Even windows movie maker will do that.
     
    redrazor11, Nov 24, 2009
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  8. Kocane

    Kocane Notebook Deity

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    For desktop recording i can recommend Camstudio (Free and good) or Camtasia which isnt free but its good
     
    Kocane, Nov 24, 2009
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    Just Frap at a lower resolution.
     
    surfasb, Nov 24, 2009
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    Agreed on, actually. Recently I saw someone using it and I must admit it is a rather good screen recorder. You can select different areas of the screen to record, and I think that Camtasia also comes with it's own editor.
     
    Amnesiac, Dec 3, 2009
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    bravejone Newbie

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    Hi guys,
    BSR Screen Recorder is Captures video, sound and pictures of anything you see on your screen. Any part of the screen or a window or the entire desktop can be recorded. Record your web cam sessions, favourite games, any software on your desktop, any video display on your screen, record audio of what you hear from your speakers, use BSR for your business solutions, prepare video presentations, tutorials... Includes Movie and Photo Studios! Download now, and you will discover much more. You can use the free trial version without any time limit! BSR can save videos to AVI (including DivX and XviD), Flash (SWF) and Windows Media (WMV). Features 2D and 3D zooming during recording. Click here to view our advantages over our competitors.
     
    bravejone, Dec 3, 2009
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  12. Imperfect1

    Imperfect1 Notebook Evangelist

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    "Click here to view OUR advantages over OUR competitors" ??????? I appreciate hearing about your product, but I don't appreciate someone posting in the forum without telling us that he is posting about his own product.
     
    Imperfect1, Dec 3, 2009
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  13. xTank Jones16x

    xTank Jones16x PC Elitist

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    Well with the advertising aside :D

    Does anyone recommend a good Codec for Camtasia?

    I have been trying it out, and I like it so far, but the only good framerate I get, with little lagging, is the Pure Framerate option.

    I tried the Microsoft one, the Camtasia one, the Divix Dual CPU's one, all gave the same low framerate results.
     
    xTank Jones16x, Dec 3, 2009
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