Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio is a powerful and flexible screen recording and screencasting tool. The program includes real-time recording, broadcasting, and audio mixing and layouts. The "scene" system allows building custom input settings with numerous audio and video sources (multiple microphones, webcam, applications, screens etc.). Available filters allow for automatic, live filtering including crop, color correction, sharpen, chroma key, audio gain and more.
Cross-platform with versions available for Mac and Linux. Alternatively, PortableApps' OBS Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch obs32.exe --portable or obs64.exe --portable (for 64-bit OS). |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX, Easy Screencast Recorder |
What's new? |
See: https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases |
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Specular
on 2019-03-05 08:39
@vmars316 - I checked and OBS Studio is QT-based rather than Electron-based (though a different project called Streamlabs OBS is). I've updated the entry.
Yucca
on 2019-06-12 11:35
As of June 12, OBS version 23.2.0 is a release candidate and not the current stable version. The current stable version is 23.1.0. If you post a release candidate, that should be stated in the description so users can know what they are downloading.
rb161
on 2020-12-16 23:25
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My recently purchased webcam only works with one version of OBS so I'm unable to upgrade to use new features. I have always had problems playing any video except uncompressed and despite being able to play and edit just about any anything in other software on my PC. Other people have complained about the same issue (videos showing as a black screen) for years but the problem is never addressed by the developers. If you can work around issues such as these or are lucky enough not to be plagued by them, then OBS is nice, light software and recording and streaming work well. |
ShareX is a feature-rich screenshot utility that can grab a selected area with a single key and then edit, save to clipboard, drive and/or instantly upload them to 25+ different hosting services (posts to Imgur by default). ShareX can capture screenshots with variety of shapes including rectangle, rounded rectangle, ellipse, triangle, diamond, polygon and freehand. Supports screenshots with transparency and shadow, as well as those that require scrolling. In addition to images, the program can upload other file types, supporting uploads from the clipboard, a watched folder, as well as drag-and-drop.
Additional tools include a powerful screen audio+video recorder (MP4/WEBM or animated GIF format), color picker, ruler, FTP client, monitor test, file hash checker, QR code generator+reader, image effects and much more.
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Runs on: | Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2+ |
Stealth: ? | No. Log file saved to AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv3 |
How to extract: |
Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ShareX.exe. Optionally,
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Similar/alternative apps: | PicPick, Greenshot |
What's new? |
See: https://getsharex.com/changelog/ |
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smaragdus
on 2017-03-22 14:26
ShareX is not stealth, it creates "ShareX.exe.log" in AppData (C:\Users\UserNAme\AppData\Local\Microsoft\CLR_v4.0\UsageLogs).
__philippe
on 2018-11-09 09:11
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ShareX v12.3.0 notable enhancement: |
Simple x264/x265 Launcher is a video encoder with a variety of configurations and preset templates. Includes full batch encoding support, as well as running several encoding jobs in parallel.
The program is a lightweight front-end for the x264 H.264/AVC as well as the x265 H.265/HEVC encoder, based on the Qt toolkit. The program also uses the 64-Bit version of x264 with the 32-Bit version of Avisynth, which lets you use 32-Bit Avisynth plug-ins (e.g. DGDecodeNV) and still benefit from the speed improvements of 64-Bit x264.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
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Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | GNU GPLv2 |
How to extract: |
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What's new? |
See: https://github.com/lordmulder/Simple-x264-Launcher/releases |
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siegfried
on 2015-10-17 15:33
Sorry, errata corrige (info's missing here on portablefreeware): you can avoid the user's %localappdata% folder entries renaming "x264_launcher.exe" into "x264_launcher_portable.exe".
mukhi
on 2017-03-27 04:21
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Symantec Endpoint Protection is detecting netc.exe as a risk, and quarantining it. |
CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create AVI video files, then convert them into streaming Flash video files (SWF) using its built-in SWF Producer. It also supports anti-aliased screen captions as well as audio and video annotations.
X-CamStudio is a portable version of the software. Alternatively, CamStudio Portable is also available.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | No |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch X-CamStudio.exe. |
What's new? |
See: https://camstudio.org/ |
Latest comments |
Gemini Apollo
on 2012-11-08 21:09
P.s. You may want to configure a button on each page to that toggles comments sorted newest, 1st on top so when they go to the page they see the most recent and probably pertinent comments 1st, and last at the end of the comments end, so it is seen when comments are posted.
GAG
on 2015-02-16 10:50
Your X-CamStudio version 2.7.2 [rev5] page lists
webfork
on 2015-02-16 23:36
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GAG: The only one I've tested is XP and Win7 so that's all I can directly speak to. I can't find anything on the Camstudio home page about support levels and even Softpedia disagrees. |
Easy Screencast Recorder is a rapid solution for easy screen recordings, including audio. The program can record a window, full screen, or a custom size including common ones used by Youtube and other services. The program includes options for framerate and maximum file size. The program saves to WMV format by default but can be configured to create WEBM, OGV, or MKV format video
Functional in 64-bit.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Unicode support: | Yes |
License: | Registerware for personal use; a license key must be obtained from DonationCoder (either by donating or by registering in their forums for free) to remove the nag message. |
How to extract: | Download the "portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch EasyScreencastRecorder.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | ShareX |