The Good
* Allows users to save recorded video as AVI, WMV, SWF, and FLV formats.
* Allows users to record whole screen, a specific window, or a custom region.
* Can record audio from microphone or speakers.
* Allows users to select if they want to include the mouse cursor in videos or not.
* Has the ability to input date and timestamps on videos.
* Gives users the ability to set X second(s) countdown timer before the actual recording begins.
* Can turn off screensavers and hardware acceleration while recording.
* Output videos can be resized to a specific resolution or left at the recording region resolution.
* Has the ability to automatically save videos using a naming scheme.
* Has the ability to schedule recordings.

The Bad
* Not 100% bug free:
o Users cannot click inside the recording region if "Show Selected Area" or "Show Recording Area during Recording" options are enabled.
o Does not properly record sound from speakers (at least not on my computer).
o ...and more.
* Sometimes the popup window to resume/stop/discard video recording shows up behind other open windows.
* No feature to highlight mouse cursor and mouse clicks.
* No video editing/modification features.

Free Alternatives
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Ashraf  –  15 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+129)

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Recordzilla lacks a little Panache and some basic features. It is quite simple to use but basic. For example, you have to select a region whilst the window is open, it should either hide itself whilst you select or wait until you hit the record.

The main window has to be open to record, even for using the hot keys which makes the hot key function a bit pointless. The hot keys should work as they would with most systems. The ability to define the number of seconds countdown is nice but should really be an enhancement to the hotkey functionality (to move cursors to correct location etc) instead of a necessity (to close windows and get the screen in the position you want it in for recording).

There seem to be a number of bugs, including the redraw of the window. It wouldn't record audio streams playing with on screen video, not sure if that is just a missing feature or a bug, the sound was coming from the speakers and the audio settings set correctly for the card.

I think based on the features this won't be a keeper for me

Colin Wiffen  –  15 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+40)

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Installed ok on XP SP3, almost…

a) Does not respect your choice in “Start menu” folder. It creates its own anyway.

b) I have no “C” drive. It’s “E". Maybe that’s why I saw the “Error: path not found", when trying to record a window, before the app promptly closed. After choosing a custom output folder it did work.

Video .avi quality was ok, almost comparable to the free “Cam Studio", with the same (default) compressor.

One advantage over (my version of) Cam Studio is that in RecordZilla you can very easily choose a window as the region to record.

It did record sound, but my system has some virtual? sound output/capturing? device installed by another app. That's the device RecordZilla correctly identified and recorded with no problem.

Dan89  –  15 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+18)

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This will do for moderate video recordings, as Ashraf says it does have a few bugs/glitches mostly but for real pro video creation I stick with Camtasia Studio V6 or new v7+ as it is undoubtably & maybe even arguably the most professional video recorder / editor of it's kind. If all You want to do is record Your screen desktop actions with sound most of the video recorders available will do, some even have free versions:

Screen Steps

Screen Recorder Buddy

ScreenIT

VidToAVI

Desktop Video Recorder

RecADeskTop

so... You get what I am saying, Screen Steps has step recording that I really like but I usually just wanna record tutorials with sound, I have been working on my site ( see my website link ) to incorporate these recorded videos and screen caps into the "worlds" i create there, enjoy and happy holidays.

zZz~"Avid PC Enthusiast Since 1982..."

TIP:

1> Press PRT SCR / Sys Rq Key to CAPTURE Your screen, then
2> right click desktop create .bmp file or if You have it there .jpg
3> then open that newly created picture file immediately w/ "PAINT",
4> Use "PAINT's" Paste Button To paste the captured image into the file buffer, then
5> Save it to whatever format You wish, and to desktop if You wish.

I got in the habit of doing the above using what windows provides, and it cut down on system resources, time, efforts and all the mumbo-jumbo of capturing what I wanted & saving it fast, quick & easy.

Hope this helps just one long time or new pc enthusiast, that will be present enough for the year.

thanks & enjoy!

zZz

zZz  –  15 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+17)

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*Video recording not the worst but mpeg 4 would be nice.
*Somehow no options to choose speaker with recording audio - and bad quality from microphone on myb 64 bit.
*No hot key to hit record(only to stop and pause)
Have to try something else as this one needs still more work to be good and worth any money. Any recomendations?

Ella  –  15 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+9)

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