Sometimes you may want to record a video of your desktop, a webcam, another window or specific region of the workplace. This can be handy for presentations, computer training, marketing purposes or entertainment. SMRecorder is a free video recording software for the Windows operating system that offers enough features to make that task as simple as possible.
Users need to pay attention to the program’s installation as the standard installation will install a toolbar, change the default search provider, homepage, tab search and page not found errors. All of these changes can be disabled if custom installation is selected.
SMRecorder displays a small video control panel on startup that is always on top. The control panel offers options to create a new recording, pause and stop recordings and open the save folder and help file.
A click on the new recording task button opens the recording configuration options. Here it is possible to change general, video and audio related settings. The general settings define the audio input, capture size, save path and duration of the recording.
The three capture types desktop video, camera video and desktop / microphone sound can be selected here as well.
Desktop video records part or all of the Windows desktop, camera video records footage of a webcam and desktop / microphone sound saves only the sound of the computer or cam.
Video and audio settings offer additional options. Users can change the video compression quality and frame rate or the audio volume and quality. It is furthermore possible to disable audio recording completely in case it is not needed or if the user plans to add audio to the video separately.
Videos are automatically saved in avi format once the recording is stopped by the user. It may be a good idea to experiment with different video quality settings to find one that’s suitable for individual tastes and purposes.
SMRecorder is a convenient video recording software for the Windows operating system. The program is available for download at the developer website. It tested fine on a 64-bit Windows 7 Professional system.
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Any advantage about CamStudio (camstudio.org), which can be used portable, too?
Camstudio appears to have slightly more options than SMRecorder, nothing drastic though. SMRecorder uses one codec for all of its recordings while Camstudio offers access to all available codecs on the system. I say that you get better results out of the box with SMRecorder thanks to lesser configuration options.
Just wonder if this one will be able to record presentations I’ve made with Microsoft Agents in full-screen using MASH (Microsoft Agent Scripting Helper) – I haven’t found any program yet that could…
I have no idea but if you find out let us know please ;)
Yay! It does! :)
There were a few audio drop-outs, but they could have been caused by other activity on my system at the time.
The important thing is that all the characters and their “thought bubbles” appeared, and the voices were captured!
Well that is great to hear ;)
Will this software record live video streams from justin.tv, youtube, & live cam/online TV/movie sites? Does it support Flash or RTMP & other protocols?
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