How to capture/record your desktop?

I browsed the web and i found this really neat and FREE program called CamStudio, that can be used to record your PC screen.

So, how do you do it?

Firstly you have to download it from this web site http://camstudio.org. Scroll down a bit and find the download link and save it to your desktop. Install the program and double click the blue icon, that appears on your desktop. A small window opens and you are ready to go.

Using the program is very simple, you just have to set audio and region options everything else is already pre-set. First click on the Options button and choose which audio you want to record (no audio, from microphone or from speakers). Then click Region button and click which region you want to record. You can choose between full screen or a specified region. After you have choosen you are ready to go.

After you click the red recording button it starts recording. I suggest you choose a region to record if you are using audio, because otherwise the audio can be really bad becasuse it's too much data for it to record. (I tried recording in full screen with audio from spekers and it was a disaster. I guess this also depends on your PC processor speed. I tried it on a Pentium 4, 1.5Mhz,512MB RAM.) After you click the stop button, program asks you where you want to record this movie and how you want to name it. After that just wait for it to encode audio, and when it finishes a video player will pop up. You can close that and watch your video in any standard video player.

I have also found this video, that pretty much shows you everything you need to know about using Camstudio.

Enjoy!

Best, M