What's the best screen capture software?

[DK]

Hi.
Jus wondering what other people thoughts were on the best screen capture software for creating tutorials?

Cheers
D.K

[Rasheed]

For the Mac, definitely, Snapz Pro X, although for quickies, iShowU, is a favorite, because it doesn't use after-take encoding, like Snapz Pro X. Many screencasters (video podcasters, using video screen captures as a medium, instead of live video) use Snapz Pro X, because of superior quality of the output.

[DK]

So Snapz pro is only for mac or is there a pc version? I am using a pc sorry should have mentioned that. The tutorials are going to be quite long.

Cheers
D.K

[synthsin75]

Yeah, I'd be interested in live screen capture software for making video tutorials in Windows, as well. Preferably something fairly light on system resources.

[Víctor Paredes]

have you tried Camstudio?
or maybe Wink?

[synthsin75]

Wow, Camstudio sounds amazing. And it's open source! Already installed it, but I'll play with it later.

Thanks Selgin!

[DK]

I might take a look at Camstudio too.
Keep us posted on your thoughts!

Cheers
D.K

[Genete]

For a linux user I think that gtkrecordMyDesktop is the best.

Also there are other tools that do similar job.

My 2 cents

[Rasheed]

I have some tips for you. Because catching the whole screen at 30 frames per second is very processor intensive, I suggest you lower both your screen resolution (e.g. 800 x 600, or as low as the application permits) and your frame rate (e.g. 10 fps). Furthermore, as you're going to use a video codec, you should set the key frame rate fairly high, e.g. one frame every 480 frames. This saves tremendously on the file size.

I would also create/use a separate user account and wallpaper for the screencasts, so you don't have to show your personal stuff to the world.

[DK]

Great tips Rasheed!!! Thanks.

D.K