Video Capture Software

[Clodfobble]

Minifob wants to make little showcase/tutorial videos of himself playing Minecraft. We downloaded a free program, which was okay but not great, but then it turned out to secretly be a demo and stopped working after a month.

We want to set him up with a real solution for Christmas, but we don't have the energy or time to download all the software demos out there and try them out. Anyone have any suggestions or experience with a good program? Even better would be something that comes bundled with a good microphone headset, but we can deal with that separately if need be.

[Gravdigr]

I've used Flashback Express by Blueberry Software. I wanted to show a computer-phobe his new house by zooming from space down to his home with GoogleEarth.

It works, after a fashion. The finished product is not what you'd call particularly smooth. It's a free, quick download, and easy enough to use, but, you'll probably want something better.

Just letting you know it's out there.

[DanaC]

Don't know what the modern programme is like but years ago J and I used to use camtasia to make machina films. It used to slow the games down horribly and the frame rate in playback was pretty poor, but that was most likely due to the limitations of the machines we were using.

I do remember it being very stable and intuitive to use though.

I could ask J if he knows any good modern ones.

[glatt]

Everything I have tried sucks, so I'd be curious to hear recommendations too.

[Gravdigr]

Video camera/phone camera over the shoulder would probably give best visual results...for the Minecraft bit.