Tutorial:Recording Screen Cap Videos w/Windows Media Encoder and Camstudio

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Tutorial:Recording Screen Cap Videos w/Windows Media Encoder and Camstudio

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We have 3 methods, using either the free Windows Media Encoder , the open-source software Camstudio or Jing available for the Mac (also PC). There are some audio-sync issues with Camstudio that don't exist with Windows Media Encoder, so we recommend WME! Tutorial:Recording Screen Cap Videos w/Windows Media Encoder Camstudio is a great piece of open-source software for screen recording, but Microsoft's Windows Media Encoder is a much more user friendly and consistent piece of software. I recommend using it for making recordings due to both it's ease of use and file size (about 5x smaller than the camstudio produced moves = 5x shorter upload times!). Step 1: Download and install Windows Media Encoder. It is free as long as you have a genuine copy of Windows. Step 2: Open the program and select File -> New, then select Capture Screen and click Next Step 3: This tutorial is going to focus on recording with the Region of the screen setting, but feel free to use Specific Window if you are only recording 1 window. So with that out of the way, select Region of the screen. If you are recording audio with your video, check the box Capture audio from the default audio device, then click Next. (If you use Specific Window, skip to step #5). Step 4: Click the Selection Button (top button highlighted in the picture), then drag the cursor around the window you want to record. Since all videos are displayed on the site in a 640x480 window, try to capture an area with an aspect ratio of around 4:3 for best viewing. Also make sure to check Flash border during capture so you can see exactly what is being captured! Step 5: Select any output file (just make sure you remember where you saved it!), and make sure it ends in .wmv, then click Next. On the next page select High Quality for the quality setting and click Next. On the next page you can type in your user information if you want, but it will all be lost during conversion, so to save time just leave it empty and click Finish. Step 6: Once you are ready to start recording, click the button entitled Start Encoding! Step 7: As soon as you are done click on the Stop button and then upload your video using the Chess-videos.com video uploader Tutorial: Recording Screen Cap with Camstudio We recommend recording using the open source screen-capture program CamStudio. Step 1) Download and Install CamStudio Step 2) Open "CamStudio," then go to Options-->Video Options: Change your settings to match these. Since videos displayed on the site only have 15 frames/second, you will save uploading time by using these settings. Step 3) If you plan to record audio (recommended), then go to Options-->Record Audio From Microphone Then go to Options-->Audio Options-->Audio Options for Microphone, and click the volume button at the top. Ensure the microphone volume is loud enough to record properly. You do not need to mess with any of the other audio settings. If you are not recording audio, make sure to check Options-->Do Not Record Audio, as it will make the file size much smaller. Step 4) You are now ready to record! Go to the Region menu and select Region, which indicates you will set the recording size when you start recording. When your match is about to start, go to File-->Record and then using the mouse icon, draw a box around the region you want to record: Helpful Hint: All videos posted on the site are shown at 640 x 480 pixels, so try to make your region around that size or slightly larger to ensure best video quality. Step 5) Go to File-->Stop when you are doing recording and save the file to whatever directory you would like. Step 6) Upload your video! If you are still having trouble, be sure to visit our Technical Support forum What is it? CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs) Publisher's Description From Hyperionics Technology: HyperCam captures the action and sound from any part of Windows desktop and saves it to standard AVI movie files. Captures cursor movements, menus selections, windows popping up, and everything else you see on the screen. Correctly handles color palette changes if recording in 256 color mode. Allow you to pan the recorded area around the screen. Optionally annotates recorded movies with text. What's new in this version: Version 2.27 has fixed for selecting screen area (region or window), which did not work correctly under 150% or larger screen magnification.