Comparison of screencasting software
This page provides a comparison of notable screencasting software, 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.
Comparison by specification
| Product Name | Publisher | Latest stable version | Latest release date | OS | Software license | Open source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActivePresenter | Atomi Systems | 5.5 | 2015-08-07 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| ActivePresenter Free Edition | Atomi Systems | 5.5 | 2015-08-07 | Windows | Freeware | No |
| Adobe Captivate | Adobe Systems | 9.0 | 2015-08-03 | Windows OS X | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Any Video Recorder | Anvsoft Inc. | 1.0.4 | 2013-01-31 | Windows | Freeware | No |
| Bandicam | Bandisoft | 3.0.3.1025 | 2016-02-25 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| BSR | Bsrsoft | 6.1.9 | 2000 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| BB FlashBack | Blueberry Software | 5.4.0.3442 | 2014-12-18 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| BB FlashBack Express | Blueberry Software | 5.4.0.3442 | 2014-12-18 | Windows | Freeware | No |
| CamStudio | CamStudio.org | 2.7 r316 | 2013-02-15 | Windows | GPL | Yes |
| Camtasia Studio | TechSmith | 8.6.0 | 2015-08-25 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Camtasia for Mac | TechSmith | 2.10.2 | 2015-05-12 | OS X | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Captura | Mathew Sachin | 2.4 | 2015-10-23 | Windows | Freeware | Yes |
| Capture Fox | Zafer Gurel | 0.7.0 | 2009-11-25 | Windows | Freeware | Yes |
| D3DGear | D3DGear Technologies | 4.93 | 2015-04-28 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Fraps | Beepa Pty Ltd | 3.5.99 | 2013-02-26 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Freeseer | FOSSLC | 3.0.1 | 2013-12-15 | Windows OS X Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
| Grabilla | Grabilla | 1.22 | 2014-07-04[1] | Windows OS X | Freemium | Yes |
| HyperCam | Solveig Multimedia | 4.0.1511.06 | 2015-11-06 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| HyperCam | Hyperionics | 2.28.01 | 2013-07-24 | Windows | Freeware | No |
| iShowU Instant | shinywhitebox ltd. | 1.0.4 | 2016-03-29 | OS X | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Jing | TechSmith | 2.8 | Windows OS X | Freeware | No | |
| Kazam | Launchpad | 1.4.5 | 2014-08-18 | Linux | GPL | Yes |
| Microsoft Expression Encoder | Microsoft Corporation | 4 | 2010-06-08 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Nero Vision | Nero AG | 10.6.10800 | 2011-04-19 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Open Broadcaster Software | OBS Project | 0.13.4 | 2016-03-21 | Windows OS X Linux | GPL v2 | Yes |
| Play Claw | Edward Kozadaev | Build 35500 | 2016-03-02 | Windows | Free Trial/Premium License | No |
| Pixetell | Ontier Inc. | 1.3.11913 | 2010-01-15 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| QuickTime X | Apple Inc. | 10.0 (118) | 2010-03-29 | OS X | Proprietary (Part of OS X) | No |
| RecordMyDesktop | SourceForge | 0.3.8.1 | 2008-12-13 | Linux | GPL | Yes |
| Screencam | SmartGuyz Inc. | 3.3.0 | 2009-03-24 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Screencast-O-Matic | FFmpeg | 2.0.73 | 2015-10-05 | Windows OS X | Freemium | No |
| ScreenFlow | Telestream | 5.0.5 | 2016-01-27 | OS X | Proprietary commercial | No |
| ShareX | GitHub | 10.9.1 | 2016-03-25 | Windows | GPL v3 | Yes |
| SimpleScreenRecorder | maartenbaert | 0.3.3 | 2015-01-17 | Linux | GPL v3 | Yes |
| Snagit for Windows | TechSmith | 12.0.0 | 2014-04-18 | Windows | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Snagit for OS X | TechSmith | 2.1.7 | 2013-05-13 | OS X | Proprietary commercial | No |
| Snapz Pro X | Ambrosia Software | 2.2.3 | 2011-07-14 | OS X | Proprietary commercial | No |
| VirtualDub | SourceForge | 1.9.11 | 2012-12-27 | Windows | GPL | Yes |
| VLC media player | VideoLAN | 2.2.0 | 2015-02-27 | Windows OS X Linux BSD Solaris Android iOS Windows Phone QNX Haiku Syllable OS/2 | GPL | Yes |
| Vokoscreen | http://www.kohaupt-online.de/ | 2.4.0 | 2015-06-16 | Linux | GPL | Yes |
| Windows Media Encoder | Microsoft Corporation | 9.00.00.3352 (x86) 10.00.00.3809 (x64) | 2002 | Windows | Freeware | No |
| Wink | Satish Kumar | 2.0 | 2008-07-14 | Windows Linux | Freeware | No |
| XVidCap | SourceForge | 1.1.7 | 2008-07-13 | Unix-like | GPL | Yes |
| XSplit Broadcaster | SplitmediaLabs | 2.4.1506.2436 | 2015-07-13 | Windows | Rentware | No |
Comparison by features
The following table compares features of screencasting software. The table has seven fields, as follows:
- 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 DirectX (particularly Direct 3D) 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 | DirectX | Editing | Output | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ActivePresenter[2] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||
| ActivePresenter free edition[2] | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||
| Adobe Captivate[3] | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | SWF, EXE, MP4 | |
| Bandicam | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| BB FlashBack | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, FLV, SWF[4] | |
| BB FlashBack express | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, FLV, SWF, MP4 (H.264 or MPEG-4 ASP), WMV, Animated GIF, PowerPoint slideshow, self-extracting EXE[4] | |
| CamStudio | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | AVI, SWF | |
| Camtasia Studio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | .camrec, AVI | |
| Camtasia for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Capture Fox | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Motion JPEG or Xvid in AVI | |
| D3DGear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | AVI, WMV | |
| FFmpeg with a plug-in | Depends | Depends | Depends | Depends | No | cf. FFmpeg ยงโCodecs, formats and protocols supported | |
| Fraps | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FPS1 in AVI | |
| Freeseer | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Ogg | |
| Grabilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | WMV, mp4 on website. | |
| HyperCam | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | AVI, WMV | |
| iShowU Instant | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | MP4, MOV, GIF | |
| Jing | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | SWF | |
| Microsoft Expression Encoder | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| Nero Vision | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ||
| Open Broadcaster Software | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | FLV, MP4, MOV, MKV, TS | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| VLC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ||
| Windows Media Encoder | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ||
| Wink | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | SWF, PDF | |
| XVidCap | Yes | ? | ? | N/A | No | ||
| XSplit Broadcaster | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | MP4, FLV |
References
- โ http://grabilla.com/grabilla-1-22
- 1 2 "Feature Comparison". ActivePresenter website. Atomi Systems. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- โ "Supported file formats". Adobe Captivate Help. Adobe Systems Incorporated. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
- 1 2 "Feature Comparison". bbsoftware.co.uk. Blueberry Software. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
External links
- Checklist of criteria for selecting a screencasting tool
- Market overview of screencasting tools
- Snagit on Windows, Version History
- Camtasia Studio Version History
- Camtasia for Mac, Version History
- Grabilla, Version History
- Bandicam, Version History
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