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I have always used Windows Media Encoder. It just seems to work.
To err is human to really mess up you need a computer
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1 up for WMC. Worked for me. Not fancy but got the job done.
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I am surprised by your review of Flashback Express - I use it all the time without blurry results. The freeware was good enough for all my purposes, but I paid for the Pro version, because I like to support good software. I have never used any of the Pro features - the freeware is <b>that</b> good.
The interface is a bit wonky if you only want to record the webcam, but they seem to be working all the time to improve the software.
Note - they save their files as a proprietary FBR format, which seems great in terms of compression. But I use the built-in export function to change to AVI/MP4/WMV and have great control over how compressed I want the file to be.
Peace.
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"Qulatiy is Job #1"
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David Carta wrote: I am surprised by your review of Flashback Express - I use it all the time without blurry results.
Your response made me wonder if I was doing something wrong; indeed I was asking too much.
What I'm currently trying to record, for others to see, is this piece of code that...
- Waits for the press of a few magic keystrokes
- Does strange and weird things with the screen resolution
- Keeps the screen in this new mode and does his wowee-zowee stuff
- Waits again for another set of magic keystrokes
- Returns the screen to its preexisting settings.
When I use other (nicely behaved) apps, FlashBack Express is durn neer perfection made better.
I still need a way to record this weirdo app that ruins the screen for everyone else.
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I'm not sure that it is possible to capture the screen correctly while the resolution is changing. For something as oddball as this, I would probable go old school and capture the screen externally, using my phone as a video camera.
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Not a software way, but if you have the gear to do it, something really worth considering.
My laptop has like many of it's era a VGA and an HDMI output on it. I also own a digital video recorder than can record from it's HDMI inputs as well as the built in tuner.
I can redirect my audio via the HDMI too, so all system sounds can be sent that way, including my narration.
All I do is set my "dual" monitor (HDMI + built in screen) setup in mirror mode so everything I see on the LT screen, is sent out of the HDMI, then I just set my DVR into record mode.
Once I'm finished, I log into the DVR via FTP and it allows me to download the recordings from it's hard drive.
The DVR is actually an old CCTV recorder box I snagged off eBay ages ago for about £20, it had no cameras, but it has 8 composite and 4 HDMI inputs. I've upgraded it and put a 2TB Sata drive in (It was originally 500gb) but it gets me a perfect recording every time.
If your doing a LOT of video production like this, it's actually something worth buying.
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Can you record your screen going into weird screen resolutions; then coming back out ?
i.e., if a windows app...
- Starts off in the regular screen resolution
- Switches to another one
- Does some wowee-zowee stuff in the weird mode
- Then exits and returns the screen to normal
...Will your scheme accurately capture it in both modes, and allow the [MP4/AVI/WMV/Whatever] file to present, to the viewer's eyes, the same thing on his screen that you saw on yours ?
i.e., will he see what you saw ?
That's what I'm not getting with this weird app; he's confusing the video capture of other apps when he fiddles the screen resolution.
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Sorry only just noticed I had a reply to this 
Honest truth on the resolution thing i don't know I've never actually tried it.
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Flashback Express should be relatively customizable and should be supporting your requirements.
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While I still recommend Flashback Express Recorder, I <b>just</b> was alerted to a Windows Feature that I didn't know about previously.
Apparently by typing WindowsKey+G, you get the XBox game app which has a screen recorder.
Also, Win+Alt+R is a faster shortcut to the same screen recorder.
Just thought to share.
<a href="https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-video-screen-capture-windows-10">How to Record Video of an App in Windows 10 | Laptop Mag</a>[<a href="https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/how-to-video-screen-capture-windows-10" target="_blank" title="New Window">^</a>]
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David Carta wrote: Apparently by typing WindowsKey+G, you get the XBox game app which has a screen recorder.
Apparently, that's a new thing for Windows 10.
Perhaps one day when/if I can acquire a useful and marketable skill again, I will be able to afford a new computer which has Windows 10.
For now, I'm stuck with Windows 7, and Microsoft has made it clear that you don't just upgrade, but you purchase a completely new machine.
Great marketing.
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I am using vokoscreenNG. It is open source and supports both Windows and Linux. Give it a try...
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It’s as bad as the last two Fibonacci jokes combined!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Did you get this joke?
If so where did you learn about the Fibonacci sequence?
Those math classes weren’t completely useless after all!
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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is there such a thing as a Fibonacci joke?! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: is there such a thing as a Fibonacci joke
Sure Monty Python did one in the Holy Grail - "1, 2, 5 (3 sir!)"!
If that ain't a Fibonacci joke... 
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Wow!
I am become a Pythonist more and more every day!
All praise our lord and saviour JC!
(JC stands for John Cleese, of course!)
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...and I didn't use Algebra or Calculus once.
Remind me why I spent so long learning them all those years ago? 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Either you ended up with a job that doesn't need them or you don't have one. I use them daily and stuff from just about every other math class I have ever had.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: Either you ended up with a job that doesn't need them
I'd like to turn that around since that seems to be the default.
So you ended up with a job that does need them.
Maybe you're being punished for something you did in a former life, I don't know
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I don't consider it punishment. 
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I agree. So many times people have said being a computer programmer is very math intensive and I don't hardly ever use any math besides basic stuff.
Social Media - A platform that makes it easier for the crazies to find each other.
Everyone is born right handed. Only the strongest overcome it.
Fight for left-handed rights and hand equality.
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I hear you - and when I do use math-like stuff it's more along the lines of set theory and lambda calculus - more Alonzo Church, less Euclid. =)
Real programmers use butterflies
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