Screen Recorder

[Anthony]

Can anyone recommend a good screen recorder that works on windows 7.

I want to do some tutorials....

Thanks, Ant

 

[MasterEvilAce]

Camtasia studio is pretty awesome, really.
Record all or a portion of your screen, allows you to record audio and to show a circle when you click with the mouse, etc.

Great for recording presentations or demonstrations

 

[ExNavy11]

camstudio is a free one

 

[No Bananas]

I guess, Screen VidShot must be what you are looking for This is what I usually use for creating tutorials (those are 50% of my job:sarc

 

[Uber Philf]

Mate, IMO, Fraps is the best it gets, great for recording games in fullscreen in high quality, only one downside, HQ = Huge file, other then that, it just sits in the taskbar until you need it

Enzo.

 

[No Bananas]

Mate, IMO, Fraps is the best it gets, great for recording games in fullscreen in high quality, only one downside, HQ = Huge file, other then that, it just sits in the taskbar until you need it

Enzo.

I agree with you, Fraps is great for recording games
But you don't need HQ-video for tutorials, so I guess paying 50$ for Fraps isn't worth it in this case

 

[Uber Philf]

Fraps is $50? last time i checked it was free :S, which was yesterday because i had to format and reinstall W7...

Enzo.

 

[No Bananas]

Full version costs 37$. The updates are free.

 

[Uber Philf]

Full version costs 37$. The updates are free.

Daym, thats harsh, i just checked mine and that checks out :S, i thought it was free, my bad.

Still good software tho

Enzo.

 

[polycue]

Utility Spotlight: Screenrecorder

Screenrecorder is a very easy-to-use screen-to-video capture program, developed on top of Windows Media Encoder, that lets you easily capture what is going on to a small video file, which you can then send via e-mail to the appropriate person. That person can then watch the video just as if he is sitting next to you and you are showing him what's is happening on the screen.

 

[MrCraig]

If you really want fraps, google "wingz of silence fraps".

 

[boohbah]

anthony try capture fox addon its pretty good although i suspect you want to capture desktop ,photoshop etc. anyhow overdue reps for seal on way

 

[matto614]

DO NOT.

I hate to say but DO NOT get Camstudio for your need. It is a bit buggy now on windows 7. Say if you are recording. You stop. Then make another one right after wards it would not stop and then i exited out and my whole screen flashed pretty colors. Please do not get it. It will bug your PC. I joined this site just to tell you this. I won't be on this site as much for i have 2 other forum sites i have an account on. Hope this helps.

 

[tmprulez]

Wink 2.0 is what you need.....

 

[REDBONE]

I'm also recommend camstudi.. Its Great Software

 

[Fantail]

Utility Spotlight: Screenrecorder

Screenrecorder is a very easy-to-use screen-to-video capture program, developed on top of Windows Media Encoder, that lets you easily capture what is going on to a small video file, which you can then send via e-mail to the appropriate person. That person can then watch the video just as if he is sitting next to you and you are showing him what's is happening on the screen.

Nifty application, might be usefull - thanks!!

 

[sivhead]

You are all forgeting that windows 7 comes with its own screen recording software built in. Start > run > PSR (Problem Steps Recorder).

 

[tmprulez]

Win 7 PSR

I didn't forget about it, I just think it is very basic. I make a lot of instruction sets for users so I usually need something more robust.

 

[Fantail]

You are all forgeting that windows 7 comes with its own screen recording software built in. Start > run > PSR (Problem Steps Recorder).

No no that app is great for stills, but not for video with voice over.

 

[Prisoner]

Well, I have to agree that Camstudio and Fraps are the two best screen recorders out there. If you have the money (or a certain website) to get Fraps, it's very helpful for DirectX and OpenGL rendered windows...like games, movies...etc. Records that render window perfectly, in my opinion. Camstudio, I use for anything that isn't rendered, and it does a damn good job of doing so. So...in my opinion, Fraps & Camstudio are the ones you want to go with.