Video Capture

[lovebug]

Hi,
I downloaded ... Camstudio. ..... and began using it to video capture virtually anything on my screen
I got sound on the vids too the picture quality was great

However after about 2 days I went back and it said... your trial period is over.... !

I downloaded... Tiny Take... this one really did look like free software,

with the free version you are restricted to ... think its 5 mins.... but the pic quality is great

only one thing, I cant manage to get any sound into the videos ... is there any way to do this

or is there any other free vid capture out there ?

[DB83]

https://www.videohelp.com/software/sections/desktop-screen-capture

Camstudio is freeware. Camstasia is not. I guess you got your 'Cams' mixed up.

[jimdagys]

I used Debut free and it seems to work very well for capturing video/audio. Just make sure you select "fast capture". Easy to select just the part of the screen you want to capture. Records in avi, but you can convert that to mp4 with other high quality free software like Vidcoder. I can't understand what is the difference between the free version and the pay version of Debut. If you find out, please let me know.
Link to Debut free:
http://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/debutsetupfree.zip
Make sure it says "Basic free version" on about screen (see screenshot).
Debut is listed in the Software section of this website.
https://www.videohelp.com/software/Debut-Video-Capture-Software
Here is a video from CBC (geoblocked in USA) that I captured with Debut and free Hola vpn.
http://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/cbc1.avi

[lovebug]

thanks... THINK I downloaded Debut and it was a free trial .... Ill try again with your link

[lovebug]

I was using I spring for months but suddenly cant get that to work...
the help forum wont help me because its a free version....
so went back to debut video .... but am now struggling with that as
it s saying your trial is over put in code etc !

[jagabo]

free, open source: OBS Studio https://www.videohelp.com/software/Open-Broadcaster-Software

[lovebug]

got obs but cant make head nor tail of it ....
cant see.... select area .... for eg

[jagabo]

Go to youtube.com and search for OBS Studio. There are many tutorials there.

[lovebug]

I used Debut free and it seems to work very well for capturing video/audio. Just make sure you select "fast capture". Easy to select just the part of the screen you want to capture. Records in avi, but you can convert that to mp4 with other high quality free software like Vidcoder. I can't understand what is the difference between the free version and the pay version of Debut. If you find out, please let me know.
Link to Debut free:
http://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/debutsetupfree.zip
Make sure it says "Basic free version" on about screen (see screenshot).
Debut is listed in the Software section of this website.
https://www.videohelp.com/software/Debut-Video-Capture-Software
Here is a video from CBC (geoblocked in USA) that I captured with Debut and free Hola vpn.
http://files.videohelp.com/u/61125/cbc1.avi

thanks .... had another go and have now got debut video back ...

its good ... but not as smooth as I spring which I still cant use ....

Just found another free vid capture .... Microsoft Expression ....

looks good but I record a vid ,, send to the encoder but the vid appears as just a load of
coloured dots .....