This page provides a comparison of notable
screencasting software
Software is a set of computer programs and associated software documentation, documentation and data (computing), data. This is in contrast to Computer hardware, hardware, from which the system is built and which actually performs the work.
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, 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
Comparison by features
The following table compares features of screencasting software. The table has seven fields, as follows:
# Product 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
OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics. The API is typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve ha ...
to render digital image
# Direct3D: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games or software that employ
Direct3D
Direct3D is a graphics application programming interface (API) for Microsoft Windows. Part of DirectX, Direct3D is used to render three-dimensional graphics in applications where performance is important, such as games. Direct3D uses hardware ...
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 (audio output types are omitted)
See also
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Comparison of webcam software
Webcam software allows users to take pictures and video and save them to their computer.
See also
* Comparison of screencasting software
Webcams
Webcam
A webcam is a video camera which is designed to record or stream to a computer or com ...
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Screencasting software
A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture or a screen recording, often containing audio narration. The term ''screencast'' compares with the related term ''screenshot''; whereas screenshot ...
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