Decent video screen cap with sound?
March 2, 2009 8:40 PM Subscribe
Decent free video screen capture *with*sound*?
I've been gifted a month on a training website with riches of lessons. There are a few instructors' videos which I would like to screen capture the lessons so I can watch them over and over without having to keep a subscription going (I'm cheap). Problem is, most screen cap programs seem to be designed for making training videos - "see, here, click this spot..." and thus record sound from your microphone, not the sound from the sound card.
I know they're using some sort of flash movie viewer, and I've trolled my cache for flv files to try and watch (even did a cache clear, to winnow down candidates), to no avail.
I've been gifted a month on a training website with riches of lessons. There are a few instructors' videos which I would like to screen capture the lessons so I can watch them over and over without having to keep a subscription going (I'm cheap). Problem is, most screen cap programs seem to be designed for making training videos - "see, here, click this spot..." and thus record sound from your microphone, not the sound from the sound card.
I know they're using some sort of flash movie viewer, and I've trolled my cache for flv files to try and watch (even did a cache clear, to winnow down candidates), to no avail.
Hmm, seems I got Camtasia confused with Camstudio. That was what I was referring to before...
You might also have a look at the Wikipedia list of screencast software if you're not using Windows.
Also another option I forgot to mention was using Firefox with a video downloader extension (like Download Helper)
posted by fearthehat at 9:01 PM on March 2, 2009
You might also have a look at the Wikipedia list of screencast software if you're not using Windows.
Also another option I forgot to mention was using Firefox with a video downloader extension (like Download Helper)
posted by fearthehat at 9:01 PM on March 2, 2009
You should check out replay media catcher. Trial version only saves 75% of a file, $40 for full version. I know it seamlessly captures the .flvs behind youtube videos, so it should work as long as they are using a basic flash player.
posted by ghostmanonsecond at 9:59 PM on March 2, 2009
posted by ghostmanonsecond at 9:59 PM on March 2, 2009
Best answer: http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html worked for me so I could rip some movies from a boxing site.
posted by TimeDoctor at 10:19 PM on March 2, 2009
posted by TimeDoctor at 10:19 PM on March 2, 2009
The free online screen recorder ScreenToaster will capture sound from the soundcard, and doesn't need any software to be installed.
posted by chorltonmeateater at 10:34 PM on March 2, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by chorltonmeateater at 10:34 PM on March 2, 2009 [1 favorite]
How is the media playing?
If it's flash video, you might try Realplayer. Realplayer is free and the latest versions include capability to download flash video.
posted by SocialArgonaut at 9:03 AM on March 3, 2009
If it's flash video, you might try Realplayer. Realplayer is free and the latest versions include capability to download flash video.
posted by SocialArgonaut at 9:03 AM on March 3, 2009
Response by poster: If anyone's still listening, I'm on Windows, and the player is embedded Flash.
posted by notsnot at 1:22 PM on March 3, 2009
posted by notsnot at 1:22 PM on March 3, 2009
Response by poster: For posterity, I wound up using Time Doctor's program. It wouldn't pick up the sound directly, so I had to use a patch cable to connect my speaker out into the line in on the sound card. Kludgey, but it works.
posted by notsnot at 1:06 PM on March 10, 2009
posted by notsnot at 1:06 PM on March 10, 2009
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Maybe you could try recording the sound simultaneously with Audacity, then combining the two streams in an editing program. The sound might be a bit out of sync, but it would get the job done.
posted by fearthehat at 8:47 PM on March 2, 2009