What software to make a movie of PC screen ?

Bean

I want/need to make a movie for the spinneret contest.
I need to make a movie of a telnet session on my PC.
I know there must be a free program to do this, but I have no idea what is decent to use.
Anyone have any suggestions ?

Thanks
Bean

LoopyByteloose

Yes, you will hear Linux, Linux, Linux from me.

Why so? If you Google for Windows environment software, you just get software you have to buy. But if you investigate Linux, you will find very good software that is both free and possibly ported over to Linux.

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/top5-linux-video-editing-system-software/

The above may or may not be a good start. There is other software for fully animated videos. But don't exclude Linux in your searches. And you may also find that you actually get more friendly support from other users of Linux software.

tdlivings

Bean
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but Wink works under Xp.
With it you can capture screen activity for demos and tutorials of PC apps.
I once used it to create a tutorial on how to log into a chat.

http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

The best of this type of software is camtasia studio, they have a trial period which could be
used to do it also.
It is not free, expensive in fact
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/

Hope this helps
Tom

tonyp12

I used CamStudio, very basic but as I used a third party movie editor anyway (WindowsMovieMaker) it worked for me.
http://download.cnet.com/CamStudio/3000-13633_4-10067101.html

Oldbitcollector (Jeff)

Hypercam: http://www.hyperionics.com/hc/

It should do everything you are looking for.

OBC

Bean

Thanks for the suggestions guy.
I'll try a couple of them.

Bean

GordonMcComb

Camtasia is the premier commercial screen recording software for Windows. You can get a free 30 day trial. I don't remember if there are any limitations, such as a watermark.

Beware of freebie or shareware screen recorders, as they are known to be vectors for malware. In Windows screen recorders use DirectX filter codecs which are ActiveX components capable of doing anything on your machine. CamStudio is probably safe, as they've been around for a long time.

Don't forget there might be a utility for your graphics card, especially if it's a fancy one for gaming. The card might have a utility for recording direct hardware accelerated screen writes.

-- Gordon

wjsteele

Microsoft has the free Windows Media Encoder that has a screen capture capability. You can read about it here: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/screencap.aspx

Ignore the download link in that post... but download it here instead:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/search.aspx?q=encoder (And don't forget the screen capture codec as well.)

I use it for all of my own screencasts that I do for work. You can then also use Windows Movie Maker to edit the movie and add titles, captions, etc. to it.

Bill

ctwardell

I've used the Window Media Encoder in the past with good results.

C.W.

Pliers

If your monitor is an LCD type, you can use your own camera and video directly what you see.

Microcontrolled

The best (and free!) software I have found is the Free Studio one by DVDsoft: http://dvdvideosoft.com/download/FreeScreenVideoRecorder.exe

I also have the entire Free studio, not the most optimized, but very useful to have on your PC. (I'm assuming you are running Windows)

$WMc%

wjsteele
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Which is the best download for XP-64?
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I'm not sure from the selection you posted.
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Thanks Walt
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P.S. Not tiring to steal Beans Post.

wjsteele

$WMc% wrote: »

Which is the best download for XP-64?

This one: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/Encoder4_Overview.aspx

Bill