# What's a good screen recorder?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 5, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102 "2010-10-05T08:25:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102/1 "2010-10-05T08:25:09Z")

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I’m looking for a good (and preferably free) program to record both what’s on my computer screen and the accompanying audio.

What’s your favorite one?

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**Author:** ![Khendrask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@Khendrask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khendrask)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102/2 "2010-10-05T15:34:58Z")

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I don’t know if it grabs audio as well, [Camstudio](http://camstudio.org/) is free, and works well.

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**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102/3 "2010-10-05T22:42:15Z")

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[Here is a search I did on download.com.](http://download.cnet.com/1770-20_4-0.html?query=record+screen&searchtype=downloads&rpp=10&filter=licenseName=Free%7Cplatform=Windows&filterName=licenseName=Free%7Cplatform=Windows) Some items won’t be relevant to your needs. It is only filtered by the license type - which in this instance is freeware only. You should also filter it by OS.

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**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102/4 "2010-10-05T22:52:02Z")

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> [@Khendrask](#):
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> I don’t know if it grabs audio as well, [Camstudio](http://camstudio.org/) is free, and works well.

Camtasia does grab audio as well, and includes a PowerPoint Add-In. You can download a free 30-day trial from the latest version, which works with 64-Bit Windows 7.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-screen-recorder/556102/5 "2010-10-05T23:22:22Z")

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Camstudio also supports audio recording. [Cite](http://camstudio.org/faq.htm#Audio).