5 free tools to create screencast

With the right tool, screen recordings are no problem. There are a number of free tools for creating screencasts. We present five of these programs, with which you can explain practical tips and tricks to your viewers in a screencast.

Use Mac Quicktime Player for screencast recording

With the free "Quicktime Player" integrated in Mac OS, you can not only play videos, but also record screencasts. However, the latest version of the program blocks a large part of your hard disk.

• Start the application and right click on the icon in the application dock. With "New screen capture" you can record a high-resolution screencast.
• In the options by clicking the arrow in the window, you can also speak audio directly to the video.
• Attention: With newer versions of the Quicktime Player you cannot save video recordings directly to an external data medium. Make sure there is enough free space on your internal hard drive. To save the recorded clip, you need twice the space that the video actually occupies.

VLC player as a screencast tool

With the free "VLC Media Player" you can record screencasts on Windows, Mac and Linux. The program runs very stable and also offers you many extras.

• To record, click on "Open recording device ..." under "File" and then select "Recording". Here you can record from the "screen". Before that, you can set the resolution, frames per second and an additional audio recording.

Camstudio: Made for screencasts

With the free "Camstudio" you can film a selected area of ​​the screen.

• To record, click the red record button and select the area of ​​the screen you want to film.
• With Camstudio you can draw attention to certain objects with arrows or explain details with text overlays.
• Your screencast will then be saved as an AVI or SWF file. The SWF format is useful for you if you want to put the video online on your own website.

Microsoft Expression Encoder can do more than just screencasts

With the "Microsoft Expression Encoder" Microsoft also brings its own program for screencasts. But the encoder can do much more.

• With the function "Screen Capture" you can record your own screencasts.
• As one of the few free recorders, you can still edit and cut your screencast in the Microsoft Expression Encoder before you have the video output.
• The tool also exports to different formats.

Capture Fox - Create Screencast via Firefox Addon

"Capture Fox" allows you to record screencasts from the "Firefox" browser without a program.

• Capture Fox can either record your activity in the browser or on the full screen.
• Using the tool is very simple, but you can still record your language with the video.
• You can find out how to install the Firefox Addon Capture Fox in this picture gallery.

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