Record What's Happening on Computer Screen

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Terry wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have seen many software tutorials that record user's actions on the
> computer into QuickTime video. I was wondering what kind of software
> can do such recording.
>
> I am hoping to create a tutorial that shows users how to use a program
> step-by-step. I would like to record exactly what I do with each menu
> and command in the program. I am looking for a Windows-based software
> to do such a job.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Terry


Two good ones that I'm aware of are
Camtasia Studio from http://www.techsmith.com/ and
HyperCam from http://www.hyperionics.com/
The only save as AVIs though so you'll have to transcode
to quicktime if necessary.
Both have free trial downloads.
They're not cheap but, as always,
you get what you pay for.

Mike

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Martin wrote:
> snip <
> You can also capture your screen with the freeware Windows Media Encoder
> from:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/e...
>
> Windows Media Encoder will capture to it's Windows Media Video/Audio
> format - good compression and good quality may be ideal for web videos.



Martin, thanks very much for this tip. I just downloaded it and did a
test capture. Works for me :-)

Mike

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"Mike Kujbida" <kujfam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
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>
> Terry wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have seen many software tutorials that record user's actions on the
>> computer into QuickTime video. I was wondering what kind of software
>> can do such recording.
>>
>> I am hoping to create a tutorial that shows users how to use a program
>> step-by-step. I would like to record exactly what I do with each menu
>> and command in the program. I am looking for a Windows-based software
>> to do such a job.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>
>> Terry
>
>
> Two good ones that I'm aware of are
> Camtasia Studio from http://www.techsmith.com/ and
> HyperCam from http://www.hyperionics.com/
> The only save as AVIs though so you'll have to transcode
> to quicktime if necessary.
> Both have free trial downloads.
> They're not cheap but, as always,
> you get what you pay for.
>
> Mike
>
> Repl
>

You can also capture your screen with the freeware Windows Media Encoder
from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/e...

Windows Media Encoder will capture to it's Windows Media Video/Audio
format - good compression and good quality may be ideal for web videos.

Martin.

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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:07:20 +0100, "Martin" <zedolf@o2.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Mike Kujbida" <kujfam@xplornet.com> wrote in message
>news:1123117455.890485.10710@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> Terry wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have seen many software tutorials that record user's actions on the
>>> computer into QuickTime video. I was wondering what kind of software
>>> can do such recording.
>>>
>>> I am hoping to create a tutorial that shows users how to use a program
>>> step-by-step. I would like to record exactly what I do with each menu
>>> and command in the program. I am looking for a Windows-based software
>>> to do such a job.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help!
>>>
>>> Terry
>>
>>
>> Two good ones that I'm aware of are
>> Camtasia Studio from http://www.techsmith.com/ and
>> HyperCam from http://www.hyperionics.com/
>> The only save as AVIs though so you'll have to transcode
>> to quicktime if necessary.
>> Both have free trial downloads.
>> They're not cheap but, as always,
>> you get what you pay for.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Repl
>>
>
>You can also capture your screen with the freeware Windows Media Encoder
>from:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/9series/e...
>
>Windows Media Encoder will capture to it's Windows Media Video/Audio
>format - good compression and good quality may be ideal for web videos.
>
>Martin.
>


Hi Martin,

I agree. Between WME and Snagit 7 I'm able to capture pretty much
anything I need to develop tutorials.

Snagit now has video capture capabilities as well as many other
features and it's much cheaper than Camtasia. I never liked the audio
capabilities of Camtasia anyway, so I've always used a separate
program to add/edit the audio anyway.

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