Video capture tool.

What is the best video capture tool that is free and can record me doing a Minecraft tutorial of sorts for usage of my plugin(s)?

Edit: What about free video editing software to add text? Or, should I just use YouTubes built in text system?

Sorry, I dont have much experience with this stuff.

 

Wtf. Why would you post this in plugin development? Wouldn't this be off topic?

 

What OS are you using? I use this guide on Ubuntu: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1392026

 

Windows. and Daniel, its because its for helping users understand my plugins... don't be a jerk.

 

@darknesschaos Try Camstudio-Recorder, its free and it work rather well if you choose the right codec

@Daniel Heppner darkness is right man, chill we're all friends here... if you ever have love problems you can ask for help in there, we'll help you even if its the "wrong" forum

 

I'm sorry. I'm not being a jerk, I was just mentioning it. I'm sorry if you thought I was, but I didn't mean to.

 

apology accepted, what threw me was the wtf.

@Sammy - I shall look into it, thanks!

 

For me, wtf doesn't mean much. To me it stands for "What the fork." Sorry about that.

 

also check fraps, i'm a mac user though i use screen flow for screen recording, and live for editing, not that i do much of that yet.

 

You may want to look into "glc" it specifically for OpenGL programs. I also tried the ffmpeg approach but it killed my FPS, using glc I can get a constant 60 FPS.

 

FRAPS!
The best recording program

For basic video editing, check out

Windows Live Movie Maker

 

Yup, Fraps ftw. It only doesn't use compression and stores in a raw AVI format, you definately need more than 300 gb space if you want to record multiple videos on one day.

 

Game recording: Fraps
Screen recording: Camtasia Studio 7
Editing: Sony Vegas 10.0 Pro

 

I get no FPS loss, and that is on a GMA 4500MHD.

 

How are you running ffmpeg, the x11 capture method ?

 

The example method described in the thread I linked to. To lossless h264 encapsulated in a matroska.

 

hm, I guess you have crazy hardware then

 

Yeah, Intel GMA 4500MHD. Very crazy. Runs Minecraft at whopping 25 FPS.