This page provides a comparison of notable screencastingsoftware, used to record activities on the computer screen. This software is commonly used for desktop recording, gameplay recording and video editing. Screencasting software is typically limited to streaming and recording desktop activity alone, in contrast with a software vision mixer, which has the capacity to mix and switch the output between various input streams.
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Comparison by specification[edit]
Product name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Source code available? |
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ActivePresenter | Atomi Systems | 7.3.1 | 2018-07-11 | Windows macOS | No | |
ActivePresenter Free Edition | Atomi Systems | 7.3.1 | 2018-07-11 | Windows macOS | Freeware | No |
Adobe Captivate | Adobe Systems | 9.0 | 2015-08-03 | Windows macOS | No | |
Adobe Presenter Video Express | Adobe Systems | 11.0 | 2016-09-14 | Windows macOS | No | |
AVS Video Editor | Online Media Technologies Ltd | 7.5.1.288 | 2017-01-16 | Windows | Commercial | No |
Bandicam | Bandicam Company | 4.5.0.1587 | 2019-10-23 | Windows | No | |
BB FlashBack | Blueberry Software | 5.4.0.3442 | 2014-12-18 | Windows | No | |
BB FlashBack Express | Blueberry Software | 5.22.0.4178 | 2016-11-09 | Windows | Freeware | No |
CamStudio | CamStudio.org | 2.7.2 r326 | 2013-10-19 | Windows | GPL | Yes |
Camtasia (Windows) | TechSmith | 2019.0.2[1] | 2019-05-29 | Windows | Trialware | No |
Camtasia (Mac) | TechSmith | 2019.0.1[2] | 2019-05-22 | macOS | Trialware | No |
CloudApp | CloudApp | 6.1[3] | 2020-07-13 | Windows macOS Linux | Freemium | No |
Debut (Windows) | NCH Software | 4.08 | 2017-09-14 | Windows | Trialware | No |
Debut (Mac) | NCH Software | 4.01 | 2017-03-31 | macOS | Trialware | No |
Fraps | Beepa Pty Ltd | 3.5.99 | 2013-02-26 | Windows | No | |
Freeseer | FOSSLC | 3.0.1 | 2013-12-15 | Windows macOS Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
Grabilla | Grabilla | 0.3.1 | 2020-07-14 | Windows Unix macOS Java | Shareware | Yes |
HyperCam | Solveig Multimedia | 4.0.1511.06 | 2015-11-06 | Windows | No | |
HyperCam | Hyperionics | 2.29.00 | 2016-01-07 | Windows | Freeware | No |
Microsoft Expression Encoder | Microsoft | 4 | 2011-11-02 | Windows | Freeware | No |
mimoLive | Boinx Software Ltd. | 4.6 | 2019-01-08 | macOS | No | |
Nero Vision | Nero AG | 10.6.10800 | 2011-04-19 | Windows | No | |
Nvidia Shadowplay | Nvidia | 2.11.4.0 | 2016-06-21 | Windows | Proprietary (Part of NVIDIA GFE) | No |
Open Broadcaster Software Geekbench 4 4 16. (OBS Studio) | OBS Project | 25.0.8 | 2020-04-26 | Windows macOS Linux | GPL v2 | Yes |
Peek | Philipp Wolfer | 1.4.0 | 2019-09-27 | Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
Pixetell | Ontier Inc. | 1.3.11913 | 2010-01-15 | Windows | No | |
QuickTime X | Apple Inc. | 10.0 (118) | 2010-03-29 | macOS | Proprietary (Part of macOS) | No |
RecordMyDesktop | SourceForge | 0.3.8.1 | 2008-12-13 | Linux | GPL | Yes |
Screencam | SmartGuyz Inc. | 3.3.0 | 2009-03-24 | Windows | No | |
ScreenFlow | Telestream | 7.3.1 | 2018-06-20 | macOS | No | |
ShareX | Jaex and Michael Delpach | 13.0.1 | 2019-08-28 | Windows | GPL v3 | Yes |
SimpleScreenRecorder | maartenbaert | 0.3.9 | 2020-04-08 | Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
Snagit for Windows | TechSmith | 13.0.3 | 2016-10-25 | Windows | No | |
Snagit for Mac | TechSmith | 4.0.6 | 2016-10-25 | macOS | No | |
Snapz Pro X | Ambrosia Software | 2.6.1 | 2016-10-17 | macOS | No | |
VirtualDub | SourceForge | 1.9.11 | 2012-12-27 | Windows | GPL | Yes |
VLC media player | VideoLAN | 3.0.8 | 2019-08-19[4] | Windows macOS Linux BSD Solaris QNX Haiku Syllable OS/2 | GPL | Yes |
Wink | Satish Kumar | 2.0 | 2008-07-14 | Windows Linux | Freeware | No |
Xbox (Game DVR) | Microsoft | Windows | Freeware | |||
XVidCap | SourceForge | 1.1.7 | 2008-07-13 | Unix-like | GPL | Yes |
XSplit Broadcaster | SplitmediaLabs | 3.0.1705.3117 | 2017-06-27 | Windows | Shareware | No |
Product name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Source code available? |
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Comparison by features[edit]
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The following table compares features of screencasting software. The table has seven fields, as follows:
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- Name: Product's name; sometime includes edition if a certain edition is targeted
- Audio: Specifies whether the product supports recording audio commentary on the video
- Entire desktop: Specifies whether product supports recording the entire desktop
- OpenGL: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games and software that employ OpenGL to render digital image
- DirectX: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games or software that employ Direct3D to render digital image
- Editing: Specifies whether the product supports editing recorded video at least to some small extent, such as cropping, trimming or splitting
- Output: Specifies the file format in which the software saves the final video (non-video output types are omitted)
Product name | Audio | Entire desktop | OpenGL | Direct3D | Vulkan | Direct2D Fullscreen | Editing | Output |
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ActivePresenter[5] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
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ActivePresenter free edition[5] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
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Adobe Captivate[6] | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | SWF, EXE, MP4 | ||
Adobe Presenter Video Express[7] | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | MP4 | ||
Bandicam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | AVI, MP4 | ||
BB FlashBack | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, FLV, SWF[8] | ||
BB FlashBack express | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, FLV, SWF, MP4 (H.264 or MPEG-4 ASP), WMV, Animated GIF, PowerPoint slideshow, self-extracting EXE[8] | ||
CamStudio | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, SWF | ||
Camtasia | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | .camrec, AVI | ||
CloudApp | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ||
Debut | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, FLV, MKV, MP4, WebM, WMV, 3GP, ASF, DV, MOV, MPG, OGV | ||
FFmpeg with a plug-in | Depends | Depends | Depends | Depends | No | cf.FFmpeg § Codecs, formats and protocols supported | ||
Fraps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FPS1 in AVI | ||
Freeseer | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Ogg | ||
Ginj is not Jing | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | PNG, Support for DropBox, Google Photos | ||
Grabilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | WMV, mp4 on website. | ||
HyperCam | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, WMV | ||
Jing | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | SWF | ||
Microsoft Expression Encoder | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||
Nero Vision | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |||
Nvidia Shadowplay | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
Open Broadcaster Software | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Simple mode: FLV, MP4, MOV, MKV, TS, HLS Advanced mode: Any format supported by libavformat | ||
Pixetell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
QuickTime X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |||
RecordMyDesktop | Yes | Yes | ? | N/A | No | Theora in Ogg | ||
Screencam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
ScreenFlow | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes | ProRes, MP4, GIF, AAC | ||
ShareX | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | AVI, MP4, GIF | ||
SimpleScreenRecorder | Yes | Yes | Yes | N/A | No | Formats supported by libavformat | ||
Snagit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MP4 | ||
Snapz Pro X | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |||
VirtualDub | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | AVI | ||
VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | |||
Windows Media Encoder | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | |||
Wink | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | SWF, PDF | ||
Xbox (Game DVR) | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | MP4 | ||
XVidCap | Yes | ? | ? | N/A | No | |||
XSplit Broadcaster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MP4, FLV | ||
Product name | Audio | Entire desktop | OpenGL | Direct3D | Editing | Output |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Camtasia (Windows) Version History'. TechSmith Support. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^'Camtasia (Mac) Version History'. TechSmith Support. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
- ^'Introducing: Automated Drop Naming, Enhanced Annotations, Multi-Monitor Support, and 4k Video Quailty Options'. CloudApp Blog. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^VideoLAN, a project and a non-profit organization.https://www.videolan.org/. Retrieved 2020-04-10.Missing or empty
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- ^'Supported file formats'. Adobe Captivate Help. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- ^'Output formats'. Adobe Presenter Video Express Help. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
- ^ ab'Feature Comparison'. bbsoftware.co.uk. Blueberry Software. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
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