View Full Version : Screen Capturing Program?
phylix
12-10-2006, 01:36 AM
Hey, I'm wondering which screen recording program you guys use to record the YouTUBE videos when you show portions of it on Diggnation. I'm trying to record some streaming video from some other unknown site and all the ones I've tried only records black. Also tried going through the source code to try to find some file to download or some URL I could use to dump the stream with VLC or something, but no luck. Thanks.
magunwarrior
12-10-2006, 01:44 AM
They don't read the forums.
ihoult
12-11-2006, 06:30 PM
I don't know if you are a Mac user, but iShowU for Mac OS X works well and it's cheap!
Highly recommended.
For the diggnation footage I use Snapz Pro on the mac
rhine
12-12-2006, 01:18 PM
You can install the Video Downloader plug in for firefox and download the clip and the convert it with what ever you need to get into your video. At least thats the way I would do it...
jeffchan
12-12-2006, 04:26 PM
You can install the Video Downloader plug in for firefox and download the clip and the convert it with what ever you need to get into your video. At least thats the way I would do it...
In the episodes, you can actually see the Youtube page and not just the video. ;)
tokenuser
12-12-2006, 08:52 PM
For the diggnation footage I use Snapz Pro on the macFor those living in the windows world, Camtasia has a similar capability. Its often used to produce training videos involving live screen capture.
drukqs
12-13-2006, 06:45 PM
i use snag it
klitzy
12-13-2006, 06:48 PM
How about Prnt Scrn....
tokenuser
12-13-2006, 06:50 PM
i use snag itSnag It is Camtasia's little brother. Snag It allows you to take screen shots, Camtasia allows you to record screen actions. See them both at http://www.techsmith.com/.
How about Prnt Scrn....Snag It is basically a fancy Prnt Scrn (or Alt+PrtSc) app ... Camtasia would allow you to see the YouTube playing, and not just the screen as it exists when you hit the button.
phylix
12-14-2006, 06:53 AM
You can install the Video Downloader plug in for firefox and download the clip and the convert it with what ever you need to get into your video. At least thats the way I would do it...
Yeah... That was one of the first things I tried. It works great for popular video sites, but not the unknown ones unfortunately...
How about Prnt Scrn....
Ouch... My finger would hurt from pressing it thirty times a second and then be just slightly pissed off that it still only black.
For those living in the windows world, Camtasia has a similar capability. Its often used to produce training videos involving live screen capture.
Thanks! Tried it and it works great! I think I may just need to disable display acceleration to make it work for other similar programs... It may even capture the frame when I use print screen. Maybe I'll try it later. Thanks for all the help, everyone!
alexfrance250291
12-15-2006, 10:13 PM
for a Windows computer, Camtasia Studio 4 is the best!
blunden
12-17-2006, 07:57 PM
My guess would that it uses overlay when playing the content. That would explain why normal capture apps as well as printscreen would capture only black. It simply captures what the windows GDI renders, a black square instead of what is overlayed in that position by the video cards overlay.
jdhore
12-17-2006, 10:43 PM
when i do screen recording, i use Camstudio, it's damn good, lots of codec support and it's open-source:
http://www.camstudio.org