Matteo Salvi I know VLC but where do they have a screen video capturing tool?
Mick Grove If you can point to an installer that is not virus infected I might try that - that tool seems to be known to come with all sorts stuff in its installer - so I stayed away though it looked promising
When doing video captures, the tool itself is often less important than the codec. Typically you want to use a codec that is lossless, but still neither huge in size (especially with long recordings) nor heavy in processing (in particular if you want a high frame rate with still some CPU power left).
The choice is also important if you plan to cut your video and/or to upload it, while maintaining the lossless quality. While most screen recorders (such as CamStudio) come with its own codec, this is probably not (properly!) supported by your favorite video editing software or by upload services (typically loosing quality and look blurred after uploading).
Also bear in mind the problem with RGB<->YUV conversions (you probably record RGB, but video codecs only support the YUV colorspace, which means slightly different colors after uploading).
I for one have used the lagarith lossless codec and the H.264 codec with a lossless setting. Both work quite well for recording, editing and uploading. The lagarith format is simpler and thus often better for a data exchange (especially as it allows RGB storage), but at the same time the size is bigger. Also it's not natively supported by YouTube, which means an RGB->YUV conversion will happen implicitly. This can lead to unwanted results so you might want to transcode this manually in advance (to make sure to use the 4:4:4 setting to remain colors as good as possible).
In my case I often use VirtualDub for video editing, but at the same time it's not more than simple cutting (no transitions). If I need more advanced features I tend to use avisynth. The scripting features are closer to my workflow as a programmer (though it needs about 1-2 days until you are used to it).
I also tried some free tools, but was not satisfied with the result (difficult to use, output quality (video and sound)). So I bought Camtasia Studio at € 229,00 and I am very happy with it.
Videolan for video capturing.
ReplyDeleteMatteo Salvi I know VLC but where do they have a screen video capturing tool?
ReplyDeleteMick Grove If you can point to an installer that is not virus infected I might try that - that tool seems to be known to come with all sorts stuff in its installer - so I stayed away though it looked promising
Though i do have not used it much you may look at HyperCam from http://www.hyperionics.com . Ver 2 is Free.
ReplyDeleteWhen doing video captures, the tool itself is often less important than the codec. Typically you want to use a codec that is lossless, but still neither huge in size (especially with long recordings) nor heavy in processing (in particular if you want a high frame rate with still some CPU power left).
ReplyDeleteThe choice is also important if you plan to cut your video and/or to upload it, while maintaining the lossless quality.
While most screen recorders (such as CamStudio) come with its own codec, this is probably not (properly!) supported by your favorite video editing software or by upload services (typically loosing quality and look blurred after uploading).
Also bear in mind the problem with RGB<->YUV conversions (you probably record RGB, but video codecs only support the YUV colorspace, which means slightly different colors after uploading).
I for one have used the lagarith lossless codec and the H.264 codec with a lossless setting. Both work quite well for recording, editing and uploading. The lagarith format is simpler and thus often better for a data exchange (especially as it allows RGB storage), but at the same time the size is bigger. Also it's not natively supported by YouTube, which means an RGB->YUV conversion will happen implicitly. This can lead to unwanted results so you might want to transcode this manually in advance (to make sure to use the 4:4:4 setting to remain colors as good as possible).
In my case I often use VirtualDub for video editing, but at the same time it's not more than simple cutting (no transitions). If I need more advanced features I tend to use avisynth. The scripting features are closer to my workflow as a programmer (though it needs about 1-2 days until you are used to it).
I also tried some free tools, but was not satisfied with the result (difficult to use, output quality (video and sound)). So I bought Camtasia Studio at € 229,00 and I am very happy with it.
ReplyDeleteStefan Glienke Sorry for late. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-capturerecord-desktop-video-using-VLC-medi/ ;)
ReplyDeleteTinyTake - light weight and effective
ReplyDeleteWe used Camtasia but the link provided by Nirav looks nice.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your suggestions - TinyTake is working well.
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