I glossed over this briefly in the
Screenshot thread, for those who would like to record their session in one of the Sphere engines or one of the editors, you have a few options available to you:
Wikipedia has a
more complete list of video editing programs than presented here for the three major operating systems, and a
list of video screen capture programs.
WindowsFree video capture programs include
CamStudio,
HyperCam, and
.kkapture (
alternate URL), among others. TechSmith, maker of the commercial Camtasia, also has a free app
Jing for capturing as well but is limited to 5 mins at a time (not a problem for the preview video). Another free, open-source capture solution on Windows is the recently released
Open Broadcaster Software/OBS.
TechSmith Camtasia Studio is so far the leading commercial video screen capture available and is available on Windows and Mac OS X. Fraps is another commercial capture solution of lower cost than Camtasia but known to be buggier and prone to significantly lowering the performance of the thing it's trying to capture.
LinuxLinux-specific video capture programs include Kazam and
SimpleScreenRecorder. A third capture program, RecordMyDesktop, is also available but is reported to have critical bugs that prevent it from being a long-term recording solution.
Linux-specific video editing programs include
LiVES,
Kdenlive, and
Cinelerra (
"community version").
Mac OS XQuickTime Player (possibly QuickTime X) can reportedly perform video capture of the screen. I don't know if it requires a Pro license, however.
TechSmith Camtasia Studio, as mentioned above, is commercial and is available on Window and Mac OS X. Jing also has a Mac OS X version with the same limitations as its Windows counterpart.
Multi-platformFree cross-platform video editors apparently include
Avidemux,
Jahshaka/CineFX, the not-yet-stable
VLMC, and OpenShot (see below). Nothing specifically Mac is available for free.
Conversion: FFmpegIf you have nothing else, use FFmpeg (possibly with a GUI front-end like WinFF) to convert to the chosen formats if needed. You may also use FFmpeg for splitting and joining if nothing else is available. FFmpeg is free, open-source, and has Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux versions available. It's primarily command-line, but GUI front-ends are available for each of its systems.
Editing: OpenShotOpenShot is a video editor and is currently Linux-only, but is expected to go multi-platform when version 2.0 is released by the end of 2013 thanks to a successful Kickstarter. Once OpenShot is finally cross-platform, that will likely be the graphical video editor I recommend from then on.
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