- Comparison of screencasting software
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A comparison of notable screencasting software programs, that are used to record activities on the computer screen, mouse movement, and often includes live audio for later playback. Screencasting is an asynchronous communication technology (not real-time). This category of software is used for recording demonstrations, remote technical assistance, sales presentations, and training.
Comparison by specification
Product Name Publisher Latest stable version Latest release date OS Software license Open source ActivePresenter Atomi Systems 3.0 2011-10-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No ActivePresenter Free Edition Atomi Systems 3.0 2011-10-15 Windows Freeware No Adobe Captivate Adobe Systems 5.5 2011-05-27 Windows
Mac OS XProprietary commercial No Bandicam Bandisoft 1.6.1.113 2011-03-16 Windows Proprietary commercial No BB FlashBack Blueberry Software 2.8 2011-02-17 Windows Proprietary commercial No BB FlashBack Express Blueberry Software 2.8 2011-02-17 Windows Freeware No BSR Screen Recorder BSRSoft 5.2.1 2011-04-18 Windows Proprietary commercial No CamStudio CamStudio.org 2.6 Beta 2010-10-27 Windows GPL Version 2 Yes Camtasia Studio TechSmith 7.1 2010-10-12 Windows Proprietary commercial No Camtasia for Mac TechSmith 1.1.1 2010-06-01 Mac OS X Proprietary commercial No Capture Fox Zafer Gurel 0.7.0 2009-11-25 Windows MPL Version 1.1 Yes FFmpeg FFmpeg.org 0.5 2009-03-10 Cross-platform LGPL Yes Fraps Beepa Pty Ltd 3.4.7 2011-10-22 Windows Proprietary commercial No Freeseer FOSSLC 2.5.3 2011-05-24 Cross-platform GPL v3 Yes HyperCam Hyperionics & Solveig Multimedia 3.0.1006.10 2010-06-16 Windows Proprietary commercial No Jing Pro TechSmith Windows
Mac OS XProprietary commercial No Jing TechSmith Windows
Mac OS XFreeware No Microsoft Expression Encoder Microsoft Corporation 4 2010-06-08 Windows Proprietary commercial No Nero Vision Nero AG 10.6.10800 2011-04-19 Windows Proprietary commercial No Pixetell Ontier Inc. 1.3.11913 2010-01-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No QuickTime X Apple Inc. 10.0 (118) 2010-03-29 Mac OS X Part of Mac OS X No RecordMyDesktop SourceForge 0.3.8.1 2008-12-13 Linux GPL Yes Screencam SmartGuyz Inc. 3.3.0 2009-03-24 Windows Proprietary commercial No ScreenFlow Telestream 3.0.2 2011-08-11 Mac OS X 10.5 Proprietary commercial No Screenpresso Learnpulse 1.2.6 2011-09-28 Windows Freeware No Screenpresso Pro Learnpulse 1.2.6 2011-09-28 Windows Proprietary commercial No SnagIt TechSmith 10.0.1 2011-04-21 Windows
Mac OS XProprietary commercial No Snapz Pro X Ambrosia Software 2.2.3 Mac OS X Proprietary commercial No VirtualDub Avery Lee 1.9.11 2010-12-24 Windows GPL Yes VLC media player SourceForge 1.1.11 2011-07-15 Cross-platform GPL Yes Windows Media Encoder Microsoft Corporation 9.00.00.3352 (x86)
10.00.00.3809 (x64)2002 Windows Freeware No Wink Satish Kumar 2.0 2008-07-14 Cross-platform Freeware No XVidCap SourceForge 1.1.7 2008-07-13 Unix-like GPL Yes Comparison by features
Product name Can record audio? Records entire desktop? Supports full-screen OpenGL? Supports full-screen DirectX? Supports editing? ActivePresenter Yes Yes ? ? Yes Adobe Captivate Yes Yes ? ? Yes Bandicam Yes Yes Yes Yes No BB FlashBack Yes Yes ? ? Yes BSR Screen Recorder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CamStudio Yes Yes ? ? Yes Camtasia Studio Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Capture Fox Yes Yes ? ? No FFmpeg Yes Yes Yes ? No Fraps Yes Yes Yes Yes No HyperCam Yes Yes ? ? No Microsoft Expression Encoder Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Nero Vision Yes ? ? ? Yes Pixetell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes RecordMyDesktop Yes Yes ? N/A No Screencam Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ScreenFlow Yes Yes Yes N/A Yes Screenpresso Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SnagIt Yes Yes Yes Yes No VirtualDub Yes ? ? ? Limited VLC Yes Yes ? ? No Windows Media Encoder Yes Yes ? ? No Wink Yes Yes ? ? Yes XVidCap Yes ? ? N/A No External links
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