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Let’s take a look at a new screen recording tool called RecordCast. I had a little trouble with this but a restart fixed my problems with my microphone being recognized and a problem where the video was not downloading at the end of the export process. Could have just been my PC. Here is my video I was able to produce and below that is a walkthrough the steps of using RecordCast.
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The features seem to be rather good. I did notice that it says I have used 1 of 8 recordings. I haven’t found any details about what happens once I hit the 8. Perhaps I will just pump out 7 more videos and test that. A web search provided no answers. Speaking of that I didn’t have much luck finding help online with the product either. There was no Help section or database of FAQ’s. I reached out to RecordCast for clarification on the limits and it is a hard limit at 8 projects. Once you complete a project and download the finished video you no longer need to keep the project in your online account so you can always delete your oldest project before starting a new one.
You can of course sign up/in with Google. That is always my favorite method because I don’t have to remember what strange login or password I created.
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“Create by Record” Starts a new recording.
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You can record only the screen or the camera. You can also record both at the same time.
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The first time you launch the program you will have to allow access to your camera and microphone.
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The record settings screen unfortunately lacks any way to test and make sure your microphone is working. I would recommend a quick recording to test it before diving into a long recording.
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You have many options to choose from which are incredibly similar to presenting in Google Meets. I chose entire screen and that worked fine for me. It was able to capture system sounds and video as well as the microphone.
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When you finish your recording you will go to the editing software. There are some pretty neat looking features here including overlays and animated elements. This might be a very good free video editing software and that is something I am asked for all of the time. I might have a good answer now. I will have to make a more detailed video on these features.
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Processing the video sure took a very long time so go get some coffee or hit the restroom while you are waiting. Don’t sit and stare at it or it will feel like forever.
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The video lands in your Downloads folder when it is done.
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