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I need to create some demo videos of using SW tools for an upcoming trade show (MWC). Anyone recommend a decent tool for recording the screen or a window in Windows 7?


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:09 am
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Vlc media player


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:12 am
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Vlc media player

Well I never, been using it for years and never knew it could record the screen!


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:14 am
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Teamviewer does recording and can convert it video to an AVI - not sure if it only records remote sessions though.

Edit: VLC.... who'da thunk it. Will remember that.


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:15 am
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Free or does thou have a budget?

Do you need the sw to only show the sequences or do you need them to be interactive?


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:16 am
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Don't mind paying. Will have to edit the whole thing afterwards to add captions, speed it up etc to turn 5 mins into 10 second summary etc.

Probably use Windows Movie Maker for the editing......


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:19 am
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VLC just seems to endlessly self capture the screen, looks like an early 80s music video....

No idea where it's saving the file to...


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:20 am
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Techsmith Snag-it and the moving capture version - Camtasia.

However, doesn't Win7 have something included?


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:21 am
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However, doesn't Win7 have something included?

'Steps Recorder' ?


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:26 am
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Yes, that's what I was thinking of: aka Problem Steps Recorder.
Very basic!
Camtasia is great. Pricey though iirc.


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:28 am
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OK, Got VLC vaguely working using this guide: http://www.wikihow.com/Screen-Capture-to-File-Using-VLC


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:29 am
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Camtasia is great. Pricey though iirc.

£220 all in, seems pretty reasonable (given my company will be paying rather than me).


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:31 am
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Yes, that's what I was thinking of: aka Problem Steps Recorder.

So what do I use to record the problem with Problem Steps Recorder?

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safe & stylish too:

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Posted : 08/01/2014 10:35 am
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safe & stylish too:

Possibly a bit overkill for an IT office.....


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 10:36 am
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I've used CamStudio in the past and has worked fine for me.

Free as well.

Might be what you are after

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Posted : 08/01/2014 10:42 am
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should have put a link to the instructions for VLC but it is good 🙂 you can also transcode anything to anything


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 11:38 am
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My experience of Camtasia is good, albeit a few years ago. I'd like to assume it's got better and not worse 🙂


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 11:41 am
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Don't mind paying.

+1 Camtasia. Easy to use when you've had a play, plus you can add captions and other stuff.


 
Posted : 08/01/2014 11:41 am
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Well I'm using Camstudio, which seems very good. It's free, but puts loads of other crap on your machine, so you have to uninstall all that first, which is a slight pain.....


 
Posted : 14/01/2014 2:26 pm

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