The Best Free Screen Capture Recording Program

If you're looking for the best screen capture software for Mac or Windows, you'll see that there are many options. In this video I give you a quick review of the screen capture programs that I think are the best, both that are free and that are paid. However, be sure to read the comments for other suggestions for great programs and software for recording your screen.

FREE SCREEN CAPTURE PROGRAMS
Quicktime (Mac): http://bit.ly/UHagir
CamStudio (Windows: http://bit.ly/1mc5miX

PAID SCREEN CAPTURE PROGRAMS
iShowU HD: http://bit.ly/1lNykK6
Fraps: http://bit.ly/1nD119K
Camtasia: http://bit.ly/UHashr
Screenflow: http://bit.ly/1wtU6GO

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Closed Caption:


Today I'm going to answer
one of your questions
about scree capture programs.
Which ones are good?
Which ones aren't?
Which ones do I recommend?
That's coming up.

Hey guys, my name
is Tim Schmoyer.
And it's Thursday,
which means it's time
to answer one of your
questions about YouTube.
TheMishap7074 wrote
and asked this, Tim,
I would like to know what
kind of program YouTubers
use for screen capture videos.
Thank you, always all
the great information.
Personally, the only two
screen capture programs
that I've really ever
used-- and the first one
is just the free one that comes
on a Mac along with QuickTime.
It's free, so all
you've got to do
is open QuickTime
on your computer,
and go to a new
screen recording,
select which area of the
screen you want to record,
and then just simply hit record,
and it will just screen capture
that part of your
monitor while you
do whatever it is you want to
do inside that screen capture.
So I used that for a while
because it's simple, it's free,
it's easy to use,
easily accessible,
all that kind of stuff.
But I stopped using it, because
a problem I ran into with it
is that it actually
uses a lot of processing
power on my computer, which
makes it run really laggy.
So if I'm doing seemingly
something basic,
like trying to screen
capture something
that has a video-- like on
YouTube-- running in it, then
all of the sudden, the
video becomes really choppy,
and my computer just slows down.
And I have a pretty
decent computer.
I edit on a MacBook Pro.
So eventually I
upgraded to iShowU HD,
which for me, has
been phenomenal.
I love how simple it is.
I don't have to click
and drag to guess
what dimensions of a video,
or the screen share capture
size I want to have.
I can just set it automatically.
Capture in 1080p, and then
click and drag it around
to capture 1080p--
it's just awesome.
And most importantly,
it is geared
to use very few system
resources while recording.
So I can do very labor
intensive things on my computer,
screen capture it all
smoothly without a problem.
I love the program.
Been using it for a long time.
So I highly recommend it.
There's a link in the
description section below where
you can go download
it if you'd like.
But that is a Mac only program.
I actually haven't used Windows
for about eight years now.
So I'm very much not
up to date with what's
happening on that platform.
But I have heard some people
suggest that CamStudio
is a good, free, open
source screen recording
program for Windows.
And also heard that Fraps
works very well on Windows.
But you'll have the
pay a little bit
if you want to unlock the
pro version, which will then
remove little watermarks, and
let you record longer videos,
and fuller, bigger
sized resolution videos.
I've also heard a lot of
people recommend Camtasia,
which is for Mac and Windows.
But it's pretty pricey.
It's currently $299 for
Windows, or $99 for Mac.
And also for Mac, I've
heard a lot of people
recommend ScreenFlow,
which is also $99.
So you'll have the
check out each of these.
Figure out which one
might work best for you.
Links are in the description
below this video.
And then just keep going down
there a little bit further,
past the description
area, to the comments.
And I hope that's
where most of you guys
find the value of this
video, is in the comments,
in the recommendations that
other people are leaving
for different screen capture
programs that they've used,
both for Windows and for Mac.
And also both free
ones, and paid ones.
So guys, leave all those
comments down below.
Leave your recommendations
for what programs you use.
And if you're currently
looking for a good screen
capture program, make
sure you go down there
and read those comments.
I'm sure they'll
be helpful for you.
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