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This page provides a comparison of notable screencastingsoftware, 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[edit]
Product name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Source code available? |
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ActivePresenter | Atomi Systems | 8.3.1 | 2021-01-08 | Windows macOS | No | |
ActivePresenter Free Edition | Atomi Systems | 8.3.1 | 2021-01-08 | Windows macOS | Freeware | No |
Adobe Captivate | Adobe Systems | 9.0 | 2015-08-03 | Windows macOS | No | |
Adobe Presenter Video Express | Adobe Systems | 11.0 | 2016-09-14 | Windows macOS | No | |
AVS Video Editor | Online Media Technologies Ltd | 7.5.1.288 | 2017-01-16 | Windows | Commercial | No |
Bandicam | Bandicam Company | 4.5.0.1587 | 2019-10-23 | Windows | No | |
BB FlashBack | Blueberry Software | 5.4.0.3442 | 2014-12-18 | Windows | No | |
BB FlashBack Express | Blueberry Software | 5.22.0.4178 | 2016-11-09 | Windows | Freeware | No |
CamStudio | CamStudio.org | 2.7.2 r326 | 2013-10-19 | Windows | GPL | Yes |
Camtasia (Windows) | TechSmith | 2019.0.2[1] | 2019-05-29 | Windows | Trialware | No |
Camtasia (Mac) | TechSmith | 2019.0.1[2] | 2019-05-22 | macOS | Trialware | No |
CloudApp | CloudApp | 6.1[3] | 2020-07-13 | Windows macOS Linux | Freemium | No |
Debut (Windows) | NCH Software | 4.08 | 2017-09-14 | Windows | Trialware | No |
Debut (Mac) | NCH Software | 4.01 | 2017-03-31 | macOS | Trialware | No |
Fraps | Beepa Pty Ltd | 3.5.99 | 2013-02-26 | Windows | No | |
Freeseer | FOSSLC | 3.0.1 | 2013-12-15 | Windows macOS Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
HyperCam | Solveig Multimedia | 4.0.1511.06 | 2015-11-06 | Windows | No | |
HyperCam | Hyperionics | 2.29.00 | 2016-01-07 | Windows | Freeware | No |
Microsoft Expression Encoder | Microsoft | 4 | 2011-11-02 | Windows | Freeware | No |
mimoLive | Boinx Software | 5.8 | 2020-08-18 | macOS | No | |
Nero Vision | Nero AG | 10.6.10800 | 2011-04-19 | Windows | No | |
Nvidia Shadowplay | Nvidia | 2.11.4.0 | 2016-06-21 | Windows | Proprietary (Part of NVIDIA GFE) | No |
Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio) | OBS Project | 26.1.1 | 2021-01-06 | Windows macOS Linux | GPL v2 | Yes |
Peek | Philipp Wolfer | 1.4.0 | 2019-09-27 | Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
Pixetell | Ontier Inc. | 1.3.11913 | 2010-01-15 | Windows | No | |
QuickTime X | Apple Inc. | 10.0 (118) | 2010-03-29 | macOS | Proprietary (Part of macOS) | No |
recordMyDesktop | SourceForge | 0.3.8.1 | 2008-12-13 | Linux | GPL | Yes |
Screencam | SmartGuyz Inc. | 3.3.0 | 2009-03-24 | Windows | No | |
ScreenFlow | Telestream | 7.3.1 | 2018-06-20 | macOS | No | |
ShareX | Jaex and Michael Delpach | 13.0.1 | 2019-08-28 | Windows | GPL v3 | Yes |
SimpleScreenRecorder | maartenbaert | 0.3.9 | 2020-04-08 | Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
Snagit for Windows | TechSmith | 13.0.3 | 2016-10-25 | Windows | No | |
Snagit for Mac | TechSmith | 4.0.6 | 2016-10-25 | macOS | No | |
Snapz Pro X | Ambrosia Software | 2.6.1 | 2016-10-17 | macOS | No | |
VirtualDub | SourceForge | 1.9.11 | 2012-12-27 | Windows | GPL | Yes |
VLC media player | VideoLAN | 3.0.8 | 2020-04-09[4] | Windows macOS Linux BSD Solaris QNX Haiku Syllable OS/2 | GPL | Yes |
Wink | Satish Kumar | 2.0 | 2008-07-14 | Windows Linux | Freeware | No |
Xbox (Game DVR) | Microsoft | Windows | Freeware | |||
XVidCap | SourceForge | 1.1.7 | 2008-07-13 | Unix-like | GPL | Yes |
XSplit Broadcaster | SplitmediaLabs | 3.0.1705.3117 | 2017-06-27 | Windows | Shareware | No |
Product name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Source code available? |
Comparison by features[edit]
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 Direct3D 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 saves the final video (non-video output types are omitted)
Product name | Audio | Entire desktop | OpenGL | Direct3D | Vulkan | Direct2D Fullscreen | Editing | Output |
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ActivePresenter[5] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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ActivePresenter free edition[5] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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Adobe Captivate[6] | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | SWF, EXE, MP4 | ||
Adobe Presenter Video Express[7] | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | MP4 | ||
Bandicam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | AVI, MP4 | ||
BB FlashBack | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, FLV, SWF[8] | ||
BB FlashBack express | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, FLV, SWF, MP4 (H.264 or MPEG-4 ASP), WMV, Animated GIF, PowerPoint slideshow, self-extracting EXE[8] | ||
CamStudio | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, SWF | ||
Camtasia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | .camrec, AVI | ||
CloudApp | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ||
Debut | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, FLV, MKV, MP4, WebM, WMV, 3GP, ASF, DV, MOV, MPG, OGV | ||
FFmpeg with a plug-in | Depends | Depends | Depends | Depends | No | cf.FFmpeg § Codecs, formats and protocols supported | ||
Fraps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FPS1 in AVI | ||
Freeseer | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Ogg | ||
HyperCam | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, WMV | ||
Jing | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | SWF | ||
Microsoft Expression Encoder | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||
mimoLive | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | MOV ProRes 444, MP4 | ||
Nero Vision | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |||
Nvidia Shadowplay | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
Open Broadcaster Software | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Simple mode: FLV, MP4, MOV, MKV, TS, HLS Advanced mode: Any format supported by libavformat | ||
Pixetell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
QuickTime X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |||
recordMyDesktop | Yes | Yes | ? | N/A | No | Theora in Ogg | ||
Screencam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
ScreenFlow | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | ProRes, MP4, GIF, AAC | ||
ShareX | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | AVI, MP4, GIF | ||
SimpleScreenRecorder | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | Formats supported by libavformat | ||
Snagit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MP4 | ||
Snapz Pro X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |||
VirtualDub | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | AVI | ||
VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | |||
Windows Media Encoder | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |||
Wink | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | SWF, PDF | ||
Xbox (Game DVR) | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | MP4 | ||
XVidCap | Yes | ? | ? | N/A | No | |||
XSplit Broadcaster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MP4, FLV | ||
Product name | Audio | Entire desktop | OpenGL | Direct3D | Editing | Output |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Camtasia (Windows) Version History'. TechSmith Support. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^'Camtasia (Mac) Version History'. TechSmith Support. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^'Introducing: Automated Drop Naming, Enhanced Annotations, Multi-Monitor Support, and 4k Video Quailty Options'. CloudApp Blog. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^VideoLAN, a project and a non-profit organization.https://www.videolan.org/. Retrieved 2020-04-10.Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ ab'Feature Comparison'. ActivePresenter website. Atomi Systems. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^'Supported file formats'. Adobe Captivate Help. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^'Output formats'. Adobe Presenter Video Express Help. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- ^ ab'Feature Comparison'. bbsoftware.co.uk. Blueberry Software. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
Nowadays, people can learn more detailed and accurate information from the tutorial videos or demonstration videos with the help of screen recorders. Among various screen recorders, CamStudio is one of the most popular and famous screen recorders, it provides the possibilities of easy-to-use and handy flash publisher. However, sometimes CamStudio fails short in converting to other formats, editing the screen or uploading the video to social network.
Therefore, it’s necessary to find some CamStudio alternatives and you can check the briefings of these tools as follows:
1. Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro
This application is also powerful as CamStudio, while their differences lie in the fact that Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro supports more functions in recording.
Besides ordinary recording mode, Apowersoft Screen Recorder allows the users to create schedule recording task, which makes the program to work automatically based on your previous setting. During the process of recording, the highlighting marks and embedded text box are available for the users to edit the screen. In addition, Apowerfot Screen Recorder Pro supports directly uploading to YouTube and editing the video with built-in editor, with this built-in editor, you are allowed to convert to various formats, trim the video and adjust the image effect.
2. BandiCam
The second choice is Bandicam, which also works well in recording as another program like CamStudio. Since Bandicam has equipped with advanced hardware accelerator and encoder, it allows the users to record the game, music, video, webcam and any other activities happening on the screen in Mp4 or AVI with HD quality. There’s a setback of the program which requires you to pay attention that the user should customize max recording time before recording, otherwise the program would cease recording in 10 minutes. You can also record audio along with it or separately in WAV format.
3. Hypercam
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Hypercam, the third CamStudio alternative, supports recording game video, demonstration video tutorial or skype audio calls in formats of AVI, MWV or ASF. The users could trim the video after they have finished recording through the built-in video editor. This program is also able to upload the video to YouTube like the first alternative suggested above.
4. Jing
Jing is a screen recorder dedicating in capturing and recording the users’ activities on screen. The images or videos recorded this way can be shared all over the web quickly and easily. You can select the full screen or customize the region for recording. When recording is completed, the recorded video would be saved in SWF, which takes little storage.
5. Screencast-O-Matic
Screencast-O-Matic is a handy tool for the people who like to record or capture the screen. With it, the users can record the video in Mp4, AVI, and WMV. What’s more, Screencast-O-Matic allows the users to save the video as GIF which is capable of expressing the captured activity in a more vivid style. Plus, uploading the video to YouTube is also available.
Features comparing
You can check for the comparison list of each CamStudio alternatives evaluated against several standards. You can take reference from the following evaluation criteria which including their general features:
• Evaluation criteria 1: installation
Installation | Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro | Bandicam | Hypercam | Jing | Screencast-O-Matic |
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Need to download and install | |||||
Charge or free | Need to pay | Need to purchase to remove watermark | 21 days free trial | Need to purchase to remove time limit | Free |
Storage of the latest version | 76.7MB | 37.3MB | 23.7MB | 10.7MB | 28.1MB |
Score | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
It seems that Screencasr-O-Matic takes the least storage among these CamStudio alternatives.
• Evaluation criteria 2: recording limit in time and watermark
Installation | recording limit in time and watermark | Bandicam | Hypercam | Jing | Screencast-O-Matic |
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Recording time limit | No limit | No limit | No limit | 5 mins | 15 mins |
Watermark | No watermark | Contains watermark | No watermark | No watermark | Contains watermark |
Score | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 |
Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro and trial Hypercam are superior to other alternatives when it comes to time limit in recording and watermark.
• Evaluation criteria 3: built-in video editor
Built-in video editor | Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro | Bandicam | Hypercam | Jing | Screencast-O-Matic |
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Format converter | Available | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Video editor | Available | N.A. | Available | N.A. | Available |
Supported formats | avi, mp4, wmv, flv, swf, mkv, 3gp | avi, mp4 | avi, wmv, asf | swf | avi, mp4, gif |
Video trimming | Available | N.A. | Available | N.A. | N.A. |
Image effect editing | available | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Score | 8 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
When it comes to built-in editor, Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro is the most outstanding choice from other program like CamStudio. The various supported formats and strengthen video editor could turn the video to any form you prefer.
• Evaluation criteria 4: smart recording function
Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro | Bandicam | Hypercam | Jing | Screencast-O-Matic | |
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Smart recording functions | Schedule task, screen highlighting, uploading | DirectX recording mode | Screen annotation, uploading | N.A. | Save video as gif, uploading |
Score | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Apowersoft Screen Recorder Pro | Bandicam | Hypercam | Jing | Screencast-O-Matic | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Average score | 7 | 5.25 | 6.25 | 3.25 | 5.75 |
The smart recording functions are the specialty of each screen recorder, which cater for different requirements of the users. This criterion may offer you some reference in choosing screen recorder.
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Conclusion
Although, all of thoses five CamStudio alternatives perform great in recording, Apowersoft Screen Recorder is the most advicable. When viewing all the alternatives’ functions at comprehensive aspect we can see Apowersoft Screen Recorder features the most and the best practical functions over the others’, especially its powerful video editor and smart recording functions which enables you to record a video with your own style. I hope the socres I marked for each alternatives in this analysis are constructive to you.