recording issue

bradr

When I try and record my desktop, I tried it saving to an avi and a mov and bot times it recorded audio but black screen. when I did it as an mp4 it was ok. It wasn't a game or anything, just about 1 minute of desktop movement. Any ideas? I usually buy my software in a store so I am a little leary of downloading and buying in the first place. Any ideas?

clemenzina

bradr wrote:

I tried it saving to an avi and a mov...

I don't understand "saving to". I use "Record as", and have just recorded the same wildlife webcam, which is displaying on my desktop, in both avi and mov and the files play absolutely fine.

I am no expert but I do a lot of screen-capturing and have found that mp4 is the best "bang for buck" - avi recordings tend to be less easy to edit and I don't see much, if any, quality difference - and do mov files require QuickTime? Can't remember, but I can do without that cluttering me up 😉 -

bradr

clemenzina wrote:

I don't understand "saving to". I use "Record as", and have just recorded the same wildlife webcam, which is displaying on my desktop, in both avi and mov and the files play absolutely fine.

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I am no expert but I do a lot of screen-capturing and have found that mp4 is the best "bang for buck" - avi recordings tend to be less easy to edit and I don't see much, if any, quality difference - and do mov files require QuickTime? Can't remember, but I can do without that cluttering me up 😉 -

I meant to say record as. What is the best thing to use to edit an mp4?

bradr

What I am trying to do is record what I am doing on the desktop then maybe bein able to edit in a few things like short bursts of text so I can teach someone how I am doing what I do. Then, I want to be able to take it to another computer or burn it to a dvd for someone to watch on their dvd player on their tv or computer so I assume I have to use debut to record it then edit it with something else? Then would I need a 3rd program to either burn it to a dvd? Can I just copy the mp4 to a flash drive and then let them put it on their computer to play it? Or does debut prohibit them from doing that unless they use debut's software? Sorry I am new to this and just

clemenzina

I don't have anything to do with recording stuff I'm doing on the desktop, only wildlife webcams.

bradr wrote:

Can I just copy the mp4 to a flash drive and then let them put it on their computer to play it?

There's your easiest solution, IMHO - there would be no objection from Debut, and presumably the other PC owner would have the editing software required.

bradr

ok, thank you.