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| [[Capture Fox]] || Zafer Gurel || 0.7.0 || 2009-11-25 || [[Windows]] || {{free|[[Mozilla Public License|MPL Version 1.1]]}} || {{Yes}} |
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| [[D3DGear]] || D3DGear Technologies || 4.18 || 2013-04-25 || [[Windows]] || {{Nonfree|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[Commercial software|commercial]]}} || {{No}} |
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| [[FFmpeg]] || FFmpeg.org || 1.2 || 2013-03-15 || [[Linux]], <ref name=Ubuntu_Guide>{{cite web|title=Ubuntu Guide Screencasts|url=http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Screencasts|work=Ubuntu Guide website|publisher=Ubuntu Guide CC by nc sa|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> OS supporting [[X Window System|X11]], [[Windows]]|| {{free|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}} || {{Yes}} |
| [[FFmpeg]] || FFmpeg.org || 1.2 || 2013-03-15 || [[Linux]], <ref name=Ubuntu_Guide>{{cite web|title=Ubuntu Guide Screencasts|url=http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Screencasts|work=Ubuntu Guide website|publisher=Ubuntu Guide CC by nc sa|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> OS supporting [[X Window System|X11]], [[Windows]]|| {{free|[[GNU Lesser General Public License|LGPL]]}} || {{Yes}} |
Revision as of 02:16, 26 April 2013
This is a comparison of notable screencasting software, used to record activities on the computer screen. This software is commonly used for desktop recording, gameplay recording and video editing. Screencasting software is typically limited to streaming and recording desktop activity alone, in contrast with a software vision mixer, which has the capacity to mix and switch the output between various input streams.
Comparison by specification
Comparison by features
The following table compares features of screencasting software. The table has seven fields, as follows:
- Name: Product's name; sometime includes edition if a certain edition is targeted
- Audio: Specifies whether the product supports recording audio commentary on the video
- Entire desktop: Specifies whether product supports recording the entire desktop
- OpenGL: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games and software that employ OpenGL to render digital image
- DirectX: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games or software that employ DirectX (particularly Direct 3D) to render digital image
- Editing: Specifies whether the product supports editing recorded video at least to some small extent, such as cropping, trimming or splitting
- Output: Specifies the file format in which the software save the final video (Non-video output types are omitted)
Product name | Audio | Entire desktop |
OpenGL | DirectX | Editing | Output |
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ActivePresenter | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | AVI, FLV, MP4, SWF, WebM, WMV[2] |
ActivePresenter free edition | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | AVI, MP4, WebM, WMV[2] |
Adobe Captivate | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | |
Bandicam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
BB FlashBack | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | |
BB FlashBack express | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |
CamStudio | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, SWF |
Camtasia Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Camtasia for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Capture Fox | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Motion JPEG or Xvid in AVI |
FFmpeg | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Any format you can think of. Flash Screenvideo (flashsv) is optimal for screencasts. |
Fraps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Freeseer | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Ogg |
HyperCam | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, WMV |
Jing | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | SWF |
Microsoft Expression Encoder | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
Nero Vision | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
Pixetell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
QuickTime X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |
RecordMyDesktop | Yes | Yes | ? | — | No | Theora in Ogg |
Screencam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
ScreenFlow | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | |
Screenpresso | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Screenpresso pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Snagit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | mp4 |
Snapz Pro X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |
VirtualDub | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Limited | |
VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Many |
Windows Media Encoder | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |
Wink | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | SWF, PDF |
XVidCap | Yes | ? | ? | — | No |
References
- ^ "Ubuntu Guide Screencasts". Ubuntu Guide website. Ubuntu Guide CC by nc sa. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Feature Comparison". ActivePresenter website. Atomi Systems. Retrieved 10 April 2012.