Screen Recorder

What?

Recording the actions on a flipchart, desktop flipchart, the desktop, or another application, saving them as a .avi file, then playing them back as an animation.

Where?

  • Tools > More Tools > Screen Recorder

  • Desktop Tools

How?

Click on the red Record button and type a filename. Alternatively select the video format and audio compression first, then begin the recording. Click on the black Stop button to end the recording.

What can I customise?

In the Screen Recorder Menu:

Video Compression

To save disk space, choose from the supported video compressors installed on your computer.

Audio Format

Choose mono or stereo and the quality of recording. The greater the number of kilobits per second, the better the sound quality and the larger the file.

In the Recordings section of Settings:

Capture frame rate

Default = 5

The number of frames to be captured per second (1-10). The greater the number of frames, the better the video quality and the larger the file.

Record audio

Default. If you have suitable sound equipment, records sounds as well as video.

Records only video.

Quick capture

Select when recording activities with lots of cursor movement over large, static areas. For example, a software demo.

Default.

Capture mouse pointer

Default. Records cursor movements in the video.

Does not record cursor movements.

Capture layered windows

Layered windows are used by applications to create translucent windows. For example, the translucent image that appears when you drag and drop an icon onto your desktop.

Select when recording applications that use layered windows.

The cursor may flash while recording, but this effect will not appear in the video.

Default.

Disable hardware acceleration during recording

Default.

Hardware acceleration improves the performance of 3D graphics on your computer but can adversely affect the performance of the Screen Recorder.

Select to switch off hardware acceleration at the start of the recording and restore it upon completion of the recording.

Hide screen recorder toolbox whilst recording

Hides the Screen Recorder toolbox at the start of each new recording.

When the toolbox is hidden, stop the recording by clicking on the Screen Recorder icon.

Default. Screen Recorder is displayed during recording so that you can stop, pause or restart the recording.

Where can I customise it?

  • Screen Recorder Menu

  • Edit Profiles > Settings > Recordings

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