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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[1] Atomi Systems 2.2 2010-05-25 Windows Proprietary commercial No
ActivePresenter Free Edition[1] Atomi Systems 2.2 2010-05-25 Windows Freeware No
Adobe Captivate Adobe Systems 5.0 2010-06-01 Windows Proprietary commercial No
AviScreen[2] Bobyte Software 1.2 2010 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Bandicam[3] Bandisoft 1.6.1.113 2011-03-16 Windows Proprietary commercial No
BB FlashBack Blueberry Software 2.7 2010-07-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No
BB FlashBack Express Blueberry Software 2.7 2010-07-15 Windows Freeware No
BSR Screen Recorder BSRSoft 4.4.3 2010-09-27 Windows Proprietary commercial No
CamStudio CamStudio.org 2.6 Beta 2010-10-27 Windows GPL Version 2 Yes
Camtasia Studio TechSmith 7.0.1 2010-07-06 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
Demo Builder[4] Tanida Software 8.0.4.3 2011-02-04 Windows Proprietary commercial No
DemoCreator[5] Wondershare Software Co., Ltd. 2.8.1.9 2009-12-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No
DemoRecorder[6] DemoRecorder.com 2.5.17 2009-06-24 Linux Proprietary commercial No
E.M. Free Game Capture[7] EffectMatrix Ltd. Company 2.30 2008-12-25 Windows Proprietary commercial No
FFmpeg FFmpeg.org 0.5 2009-03-10 Cross-platform LGPL Yes
FlashDemo Studio[8] FlashDemo.NET 2.27 2011-01-10 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Fraps Beepa Pty Ltd 3.4.2 2011-04-14 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Glc[9] Edgewall Software 0.5.7 2008-08-25 Linux Zlib Yes
GoView[10] Citrix 1.0b80 2009 Windows Freeware No
Grabilla Grabilla.com 1.9.0.0 2011-01-11 Windows Freeware No
Growler Guncam Growler Software 3.2.4.0 2007-06-14 Windows Proprietary commercial No
HyperCam Hyperionics & Solveig Multimedia 3.0.1006.10 2010-06-16 Windows Proprietary commercial No
iShowU HD[11] shinywhitebox ltd 2.1.1 2009-05-24 Mac OS X 10.5 Proprietary commercial No
Istanbul[12] Red Hat, Inc. 0.2.2 2007-02-21 Linux GPL Yes
Jing Pro TechSmith     Windows
Mac OS X		 Proprietary commercial No
Jing TechSmith     Windows
Mac OS X		 Freeware No
Microsoft Expression Encoder Microsoft Corporation 3 2009-07-22 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Nero Vision Nero AG 8.2.8.0 2008 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Pixetell Ontier Inc. 1.3.11913 2010-01-15 Windows Proprietary commercial No
QuickTime X (PRO Version Only) Apple Inc. 10.0 (118) 2010-03-29 Mac OS X Part of Mac OS X No
RecordMyDesktop SourceForge 0.3.8 2008-12-13 Linux GPL Yes
Replay Video Capture[13] Applian Technologies Inc. 4.0 2009 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Screencam[14] SmartGuyz Inc. 3.3.0 2009-03-24 Windows Proprietary commercial No
Screenr[15] Articulate Global, Inc.     Web application Freeware No
ScreenFlow Telestream 2.1.4 2010-10-7 Mac OS X 10.5 Proprietary commercial No
Screenium[16] Google Code 1.4.3 2011-02-07 Mac OS X 10.4.11-Mac OS X 10.6 Proprietary commercial No
ScreenClue[17] Recorm Technologies 3.1.0 2010 Microsoft Windows Proprietary commercial No
ScreenToaster[18] ScreenToaster.com — — Web application Freeware No
Screencast-O-Matic[19] Big Nerd Software, LLC — — Web application Freeware No
SnagIt[20] TechSmith 10 2010 Windows
Mac OS X		 Proprietary commercial No
Snapz Pro X Ambrosia Software 2.2.3   Mac OS X Proprietary commercial No
Taksi[21] SourceForge 0.7.6 2006-06-22 Windows BSD License Yes
Total Screen Recorder[22] Total Screen Recorder,Inc. 1.5.34 2010-03-08 Windows Proprietary commercial No
VirtualDub Avery Lee 1.9.9 2010-04-09 Windows GPL Yes
VLC media player SourceForge 1.1.9 2011-04-12 Cross-platform GPL Yes
Voila[23] Global Delight Technologies 3.0.3 2011-01-30 Mac OS X 10.5.8 Proprietary commercial No
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
WM Capture[24] Applian Technologies Inc. 4.0 2009-06 Windows Proprietary commercial No
XVidCap SourceForge 1.1.7 2008-07-13 Unix-like GPL Yes
ZD Soft Screen Recorder[25] ZD Soft 4.1.3.0 2010 Windows Proprietary commercial No
KahlownLite[26] KahlownLite 1.0 2011 Windows Proprietary commercial No

Comparison by features

Product name Open source? Can record audio? Records entire desktop? Supports full-screen OpenGL? Supports full-screen DirectX? Supports post-record editing?
[clarification needed]
Adobe Captivate No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Bandicam No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
BSR Screen Recorder No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CamStudio Yes Yes Yes ? ? No
Camtasia Studio No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Capture Fox Yes Yes Yes ? ? No
Demo Builder No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
DemoCreator No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
DemoRecorder No Yes Yes Yes — No
E.M. Free Game Capture No ? ? ? ? No
FFmpeg Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No
FlashDemo Studio No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Fraps No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Glc Yes Yes No Yes — No
Growler Guncam No Yes ? ? ? No
HyperCam No Yes Yes ? ? No
iShowU HD No Yes Yes Yes — ?
Microsoft Expression Encoder No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Nero Vision No Yes ? ? ? Yes
Pixetell No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
RecordMyDesktop Yes Yes Yes ? — No
Replay Video Capture No Yes Yes ? ? No
Screencam No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ScreenFlow No Yes Yes Yes — Yes
Screenium No Yes Yes ? ? ?
Screenjelly No Yes Yes ? ? No
ScreenClue No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
ScreenToaster No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
SnagIt No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Taksi Yes No No Yes Yes No
Total Screen Recorder No Yes Yes Yes Yes ?
VirtualDub Yes Yes ? ? ? Limited
VLC Yes Yes Yes ? ? No
Voila No Yes Yes ? ? No
Windows Media Encoder No Yes Yes ? ? No
Wink No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
WM Capture No Yes Yes ? ? No
XVidCap Yes Yes ? ? — No
ZD Soft Screen Recorder No Yes Yes ? ? ?

References

  1. ^ a b ActivePresenter
  2. ^ AviScreen
  3. ^ Bandicam
  4. ^ Demo Builder
  5. ^ DemoCreator
  6. ^ DemoRecorder
  7. ^ E.M. Free Game Capture
  8. ^ FlashDemo Studio
  9. ^ GLC
  10. ^ GoView
  11. ^ iShowU HD
  12. ^ Istanbul
  13. ^ Real Video Capture
  14. ^ ScreenCam
  15. ^ Screenr
  16. ^ Screenium
  17. ^ ScreenClue
  18. ^ ScreenToaster
  19. ^ Screencast-O-Matic
  20. ^ SnagIt
  21. ^ Taksi
  22. ^ TotalScreenRecorder.com
  23. ^ Voila
  24. ^ WM Capture
  25. ^ ZD Soft Screen Recorder
  26. ^ Kahlown - Screen Capture/Recorder and Spy Software
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