5 free screen recording softwares
Sometimes it may seem that just words and screenshots wont be enough to help the user to understand and follow the steps to troubleshoot a problem.
The video recording of the steps or description to be followed is one of the easiest way for the user to view them and solve a problem as described .
Here are some list of 5 screen recording softwares for creating such screencasts or video tutorials
1. CamStudio
It is a open source screen recorder software which can record the screen activity on the computer .

UltraVNC Screen Recorder a screen recorder that is built with the old Rendersoft camstudio sources to improve the performance.

3 . CaptureFox
CaptureFox is a Firefox extension that can record screens . It also supports audio recording.
4. Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Encoder is a software for recording the screen activity with high-definition video quality, and support for voice and music content .
Know about using the Windows Media Encoder from Getting Started with Screen Capture Using Windows Media Encoder on Windows XP.
5. Jing
Jing , a screen recorder software from TechSmith which helps the users to take screenshots as well as record videos and also enables the users to send the video to Twitter , Screencast.com etc…
I’m very happy with BB FlashBack Express (also exports the results as SWF):
http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx
thanks man for sharing this, I always amaze to see some quality video tutorial in youtube and I was in search for some free quality video recording software, by the way have you used anyone of them which one you find more useful for creating videos with voice and text ?
yes , i use cametasia … and to be frank it beats others…
sometime back ,i also used the screen capture software that comes along with Microsoft Expression suite and this too is good
Been around a long time and well known:
wink
http://www.debugmode.com/wink/
I’ve been using camstudio… But these are great alternatives… thanks
I’d recommend NanoMax by Nanoback. You can choose to export to SWF or FLV (for uploading to YouTube), or standard AVI format.
The compressor is very awesome, the file is very small.
the UI is very pretty, just take a look at:
http://www.nanoback.com/xdit.html
I still love ‘Screen Recorder Gold’, so easy-to-use and it just works
http://www.capture-screen.com
I would recommend Screen Recorder Gold at http://www.capture-screen.com
Its Timer recording just like a VCR, quite easy to use and full of help.