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CamStudio - to capture your screen activity into video (Screen casting free software)


CamStudio is a tool (open source) for recording screen activity into standard AVI video files (screen casting software). It also have the audio record feature. It can also used to convert AVIs into Flash Video format. Read more about screencast @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast. You can download CamStudio from:  http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/   or  http://camstudio.org/ .



I have uploaded a demo video, recorded using the Camstudio release 2.6. You could watch a high quality  video @ Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S-6aHFcuUM


or you could find a video with low resolution below :



CamStudio can be used to:
  1. Create movies used in user trainings
  2. Demonstrate features of a new software
  3. Track the progress of a program that executes for a long time
  4. Record the sequence of steps that cause the occurrence of bugs in a faulty software
  5. Record a movie stream 
  6. Convert AVI files to Flash (SWF)  files.
You have different options in CamStudio as follows

Setting Regions : You can select the screen region to capture. 3 options available.    
  • Region:  Before recording starts, you can define an arbitrary rectangular region with the mouse.
  • Fixed Region:  You can capture a fixed-size rectangular region. A pop up allows you to define the size of the region in pixels.
  • Screen: The entire computer screen is captured.
  • Window: To capture a window ( added in 2.6 release)


Setting Video Options: Different options like Quality, Compressor, Capture Frames,...

Setting Audio Options: Different options like No audio, Audio from Speakers, Audio from Microphone,...

Setting Cursor Options: Different options like Hide Cursor,Show Cursor,...

Program Options: Different options like Name of AVI, Directory for recording, Play AVI file when recording stops, Minimize program on start recording ,...



Screen Annotations: The Screen Annotations feature allows you to add captions to your screen during recording.

Producing Flash (SWF) Files: CamStudio allows you to produce Flash files in two ways Record directly to Flash  or Convert an existing AVI file to Flash with the SWF Producer



To compare the different screen casting software,  please check the wiki link :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software



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