I am currently using the freeware version of CamStudio to create screencast videos, which I then convert to FLV, and I post the FLV movies on the intranet at work.
I am happy with the video quality of these videos.

However with CamStudio I have a small problem with the spacebar.
It is the default command key to stop the screen recording, and I although I looked everywhere, I couldn't find where I can change this.
I sometimes need to write stuff in text fields and text boxes, and it is very annoying that I have to find various workarounds - like using a dot instead of the spacebar - to make it work.

Before using CamStudio, I was using Lotus ScreenCam, but they store video files in a proprietary format (.scm) which no other video conversion software knows what to do with.
Besides, Lotus ScreenCam has been desupported.

Can anyone recommend some good screen capture video software that they have experience with and that works well?

Have you seen or tried Wink from Debugmode.com?

Free download and install... the price is right. Only thing is I am not certain about the produced file type.
*edit* It does do FLASH *edit*

And the price is right...

This post has been edited by jlhaslip: Jul 15 2007, 02:35 AM

Excellent tip, thanks a lot !!!

I've been exploring Wink for the past couple of hours and it looks promising.

What I would like to be able to do with Wink is take still frames from one .wnk project and insert them into a second .wnk project, kind of like alternating live-captured sequences and interspersing Powerpoint slides.
I'm still researching the help for how to do that.

I know Wink has a feature that allows you to insert text boxes, but I want a strict separation between comments and live video, That's why I prefer Powerpoint slides.

Also, I would like to be able to do fade-out-to-black and fade-in-from-black transition effects, just like Windows Movie Maker allows you to do.
By the way, I'm not happy with the degradation in video quality that Windows Movie Maker produces, So I'm looking for alternative means for how to create those transition effects.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

This is what the Publishers of Webinaria said about the program which is an excellent program


As said in the description above, Webinaria can capture you record your screen and then convert it to FLV.
I myself use it and it one of the best! Best part, its FREE!

This post has been edited by Ozy: Aug 8 2007, 07:51 AM

You can capture your screen using the windows media encoder (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/forpros/encoder/default.mspx) . For the text boxed, fades etc ... you can use windows movie maker. Last but not least, you can convert the .wmv file into a .flv file using Super from erightsoft (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html).
It's all free

Anyone know of something similar for mac...I'd prefer free and save to a quicktime format. Once in QT I can convert to whatver between QT pro and FCS.