Which is the best screen recording program?

gopal · Jul 13, 2012

Which is the best screen recording program?

CanStudio, HyperCam, Fraps and any other!

I want you guys to answer two thing
1)Which is the best screen recording program to record normal windows?
2)Which is the best screen recording program to gameplay?

I can buy premium also so don't hesitate to recommend paid product

and i want it to record at 1mb/per minute not like camstudio 1.5GB for 30mins!
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Sasqui · Jul 13, 2012

I always liked Snag-It, though I never tried it with 3D Games, just training and marketing videos for AutoCAD.

techtard · Jul 13, 2012

The rare time I record video from my PC I use the free recording built into MSI afterburner.
It supposedly records audio too, but my vids are always video only.

gopal · Jul 13, 2012

techtard said:
The rare time I record video from my PC I use the free recording built into MSI afterburner.
It supposedly records audio too, but my vids are always video only.

How can i use MSI afterburner i don't have a GPU so i cannot use it!

gopal · Jul 13, 2012

Sasqui said:
I always liked Snag-It, though I never tried it with 3D Games, just training and marketing videos for AutoCAD.

What size does it makes vids?
I want 1mb/per minute size
example : 30minutes = 30mb
Is this even possible?

Sasqui · Jul 13, 2012

gopal said:
What size does it makes vids?
I want 1mb/per minute size
example : 30minutes = 30mb
Is this even possible?

I haven't used it in so long I do not recall, but it was definitely dependant on the screen resolution. Also may also depend on the complexity of the screen being captured if the output is compressed. So it probably isn't a 1:1 relationship.

gopal · Jul 13, 2012

Well i am at 1280x1024 pixel res

natr0n · Jul 15, 2012

http://www.bandicam.com/

Aquinus · Jul 15, 2012

You're going to have trouble recording on that hardware. 1Gb of memory and a Pentium 4 isn't exactly known for handling real time media well. Just a friendly warning.

baggpipes · Jul 15, 2012

Aquinus said:
You're going to have trouble recording on that hardware. 1Gb of memory and a Pentium 4 isn't exactly known for handling real time media well. Just a friendly warning.

agreed xspilt is pretty good...

erocker · Jul 15, 2012

Aquinus said:
You're going to have trouble recording on that hardware. 1Gb of memory and a Pentium 4 isn't exactly known for handling real time media well. Just a friendly warning.

It will most likey result in a very slow slideshow.

gopal · Jul 15, 2012

Aquinus said:
You're going to have trouble recording on that hardware. 1Gb of memory and a Pentium 4 isn't exactly known for handling real time media well. Just a friendly warning.

Okay.
What do i need to record videoshots?
C2Q or C2D

Aquinus · Jul 15, 2012

gopal said:
Okay.
What do i need to record videoshots?
C2Q or C2D

When I had a Core 2 Duo it didn't do a good job at it either, why not something modern? I don't know what you use your computer for, how much money you have, or what you have at your disposal, but if I were you I would just go for a straight up modern computer. At bare minimum, I would say a quad-core with the memory controller on the CPU. It doesn't seem very practical to build a new machine just to record your screen well imho.

gopal · Jul 15, 2012

Well i will have a i5 in a few month i guess it is more then enough

bbmarley · Jul 15, 2012

gopal said:
What size does it makes vids?
I want 1mb/per minute size
example : 30minutes = 30mb
Is this even possible?

not a chance of good viewing quality

edit and 1.5gb for 30 minutes sounds good

Aquinus · Jul 15, 2012

bbmarley said:
edit and 1.5gb for 30 minutes sounds good

Depends on the resolution, at 1080p, good luck with quality. At 480p should look great, 720p it should look pretty good at that kind of bitrate.

gopal · Jul 15, 2012

Well i will record at 360p or 480p my current res is 1280x1024

Softester · Jul 24, 2012

gopal said:
What size does it makes vids?
I want 1mb/per minute size
example : 30minutes = 30mb
Is this even possible?

No it's not possible... But if U want a good software that have not so big file size try Action (in search engine Mirillis Action). Nobody says anything about it because it's new. I tested a lot of recording software because of my job. I can tell U that there is only two choices. Fraps and Action. Action is cheaper have lower CPU usage and better layout. Fraps is more know in gamer world because of time that he is on the market.
It record in full hd by the way and U can automatically put the record on YouTube cellphone or Facebook.
You can try 30 day trial and look on Your own..
Take care

gopal · Jul 24, 2012

Thanks, Softester i my downloading it will report how it worked.

Softester · Jul 24, 2012

gopal said:
Thanks, Softester i my downloading it will report how it worked.

No problem

Yo_Wattup · Jul 24, 2012

Fraps works good for me, it records audio as well as video, even when im talking into my mic, but for some reason the videos that fraps record always have higher contrast and you cant see much stuff in dark areas, but I think its because I use it in 540p mode. Either one you choose, your not going to get 30mb per 30 minutes, no way no how.

Softester · Jul 24, 2012

Yo_Wattup said:
Fraps works good for me, it records audio as well as video, even when im talking into my mic, but for some reason the videos that fraps record always have higher contrast and you cant see much stuff in dark areas, but I think its because I use it in 540p mode. Either one you choose, your not going to get 30mb per 30 minutes, no way no how.

Try to downloading Action and recording with the same settings. If U will have the same problem its because of 540p mode. But in action U can manually change levels. Action record audio and video too. It is just an alternative for Fraps and i understand someone like better Fraps i used to use it for long time so i understand too but without testing another software u don't know what u are missing

MasterInvader · Jul 24, 2012

As I mentioned before on other "what´s the best recording......" topics and since you have a "low end" machine my advice is buy a DVR.

You can buy DVR´s from 80€ [100USD] and that´s all you need, you can even have a 386DX4 and not having any problem recording @ 1080p. :rolleyes:

Connect the GPU to DVR, DVR to TV, Monitor etc and press record.

gopal · Jul 24, 2012

DVR no way

gopal · Jul 24, 2012

Well downloaded Action! and i am impressed with the vid quality but it is still big at the lowest settings 1min/25Mb i will like it if it were 5-10 mb
btw, it is better then FRAPS

**EDIT: Also it only have 480p, 720p and 1080p no 360p why? if it were at 360p it will be smaller vid size.
Well you guys say that it is not possible to record at 1mb/min but how the guys on youtube do it well they do not do 1:1 but they do 3-4 min in 20mb with a above average quality.**

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