What is the best and cheapest screen recorder available?  I'd prefer the best, but money also factors in so i won't go above $30.\nAlso, i've already tried Camstudio, screen virtuosa, and mr. captor, but they don't capture fullscreen fast enough (and I want audio recording also).  I've had trouble with win fastcap.  Any others?
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You should try Bulent's Screen Recorder.\n\nhttp://www.thesilver.net\n\nThere is no time limit for use and price is below $30.
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I work with Premiere and Final Cut Pro.\n\nFor what you want to do either will work equally well. I personally like final cut pro a little better than premiere (Though I have not used premiere pro 2 yet, so I can't say that completely.)\n\nI believe that you will find that PC's are cheaper than Macs, but that is sort of an illusion. Macs have quite a few software items included that you will have to purchase seperately in a PC.\n\nIn either case you will need a good photo editor (I like Photoshop.) and either after effects or motion 2 (If you go with the mac and have the budget I would recomend both options.) In the end you are going to spend quite a bit on that type of set up, and you might look at avid as an option. It has come down in price and is comparible to either of the other systems in price. Since you already know the interface then you might want to stay with it. (They also took over the pinnacle liquid software, and that might also be a good option for you. It lists at $1000 with a breakout box and has some impressive specs, but I am not familiar with it myself.)\n\nHope that helps,\nTony
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Imovie blows Movie maker away. I still don't think it does what you need it to do. It is not very powerful compared to avid. try the free avid link here:\n\n\nTony
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Free screensavers carry alot of addware and spyware. The best screensaver on your PC is the picture slide show one, just collect a bunch of art, pictures. etc. that you like and use that as a screensaver.   "PEACE"
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You can always record your performance in game and your activities in the pc screen with the program FastCap at http://www.ejoystudio.com/products/fastcappro/index.htm  FastCap is specially for recording 3D games and can also record other videos. You can record your games in full screen and in any other fram sizes.
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you can use total recorder... http://www.totalrecorder.com/
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i have a screen saver from the game insaniquarium lol. its pretty cool actually, its like a live fish tank on your screen :)
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You need to plug your mic into your computer - if you have a decent mic you might need to convert the plug down to a 3.5mm jack.  You will need some decent ish audio recording software - sound recorder on windows will only do 60 seconds at a time.  Adboe audition is very good for this.  You then need to go to audio properties - right click on speaker icon by clock.  Go to recording properties and check that microphone is enabled.  Then away you go.
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winavi is real simple and fast ... if u download avis' then download that to ... everything is free if you know where to look ... but if u would rather do it the hard way then get a free version of tmpgenc ... download the ffdshow codec and install that ... back in tmpgencs' environmental settings set it to use the directshow filter as highest priority ... now convert ur files to dvd mpeg ... after theyre done u will need a free dvd authoring app ... so google one up .. after its authored then burn it with whatever ...a ny burning app will do and the author might have one built-in ...
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On outward appearances based on the screenshots, I'd say the author used VB for the GUI -- the option buttons, the command buttons and so forth -- and then... the C programming language would be the fastest with the smallest footprint. However, the Microsoft crowd is gravitating to .net, a language-neutral library of code that can do everything Windows is capable of.\n\nYou would have to gain familiarity with DirectX which seems to be the engine behind the software. You have to write the bridge between DirectX, the widget showing the preview image and then get DirectX to compose the .avi file out to the hard drive.\n\nIf it were me, I'd be more inclined to program it in Java using NetBeans so we aren't limited to just Windows.\n\nMy guess is a year if we programmed it as a one-man show and we have a steep learning curve to accomplish .avi. We have to begin thinking about approximating .targa files into a bitmap for the program preview, flow-control of the program and know the easy part will be that Java already talks to a connected scanner or DV camera.
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if u want to record sound, u need a mic but not a software, use the windows sound recorder.\nbut if u want to capture videos without a webcam, use camtasia studio. go ot techsmith.com   then select camtasia studio.
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I am not sure if there are any video capture programs. But some programs to, at least, take individual still shots of your desktop are listed at the bottom of the page of my source.\nThey are open-source alternatives to a program such as Snag-It. Note that Snag-It is not free but can capture video from your desktop.\n\nAlso note that capturing more than a single frame of your entire desktop takes a lot of resources. Many computers may not be capable of getting any watchable video capture in that method. In that case you may be better off connecting your computer to a VCR and hitting the "REC" button. Then using a video capture card to record the video back onto the computer in a digital form.
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You can copy and paste in Quicktime Pro.  Iti'll work fine unless the movies have different frame sizes at which point the smaller movie will not fill the "canvas".  QT Pro is $30, but it's worth it, for me at least.  AV out of sync is common with DV.  I always use my Canopus D/A converter to sync the audio and video on capture.
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Huh, for me C++ screenshots of my programs worked fine... it probably depends on the display engine you program with. If the "Printscreen" -> "Paste" doesn't work, you can probably find a free screenshot snapper online.
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try a screen capture program like fraps\n\nwww.fraps.com\n\nit will take a video of what you are doing on the screen
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Windows Media Encoder 9, free too. I don't know if it will work in games though.
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Don't pay recording studios, it is a waste of money.  Buy a Fostex MR 8 digital recorder and do it all yourself.  It is a hell of a lot cheaper, and sounds just about the same.  I own one and it has saved me tons of money.