sujaysaidthis

the best, reasonably priced screen capture app i've seen to date. i've been on a long hunt for a good one, and ishowu has been the only one that's been able to deliver on all levels. highly recommended.

The problem with this app is it encodes video on the fly, this means that while recording your computer is slightly slower and worse, the actual recording has a slow frame rate. On a 2ghz macbook I could not get a solid 30fps even on the lowest setting, best I could get was 8-10fps.

In contrast SnapzPro managed a silky smooth 30fps, it does this because it does the encoding after the recording is done. It's a shame because IshowU has the best interface and is much easier to use, if only it produced the same results as Snapz.

Great application. I use it for creating screencasts for my clients' webapps.

What is this Webvideo discussion all about? When you watch a Flash-Video you are already downloading it to your machine. What's the point of capturing it again? There are lots of tool out there to easily get the videos out of your browsers cache.

Already own and have used Snapz Pro for over a year. I use it for recording training videos for Ruby/Rails, Photoshop, Linux etc...
iShowU is much better, more options, better recording, all round better product. I purchased after making a dozen or so sample movies at all definitions from 1920×1280 down to 320×200.

I just created my first screencast this weekend using IShowU and iMovie - IShowU ended up working great (better than snapz pro). I set one of my monitors to 1280×800, and had IShowU capture the top 1280×720 (turn off the "divisible by 32" setting, or you get 1280×736). This then imported into iMovie at 720p, and edited there. To give you an idea of time involved in making a quality screencast, this six minute movie took me about 16 hours to build.

Introduction to ZigVersion

I needed to rip a continuous 3 hours worth of system audio/video so I went on the hunt for screencasting software. I downloaded all the demos and gave them a go. Most couldn't use system audio so they were out of the running immediately. Of those that could handle system audio, only iShowU encoded on the fly and gave me a wealth of options for tweaking the size, compression, codec, audio quality. Best of all, iShowU made that easy with a bunch of useful presets. I just did a few test runs with different presets and picked the one that worked best for my application.

I've now got a gorgeous 3 hour video that was a snap to make. Woohoo!

If I have one gripe it's that it doesn't run great on a PowerBook G4 1.5GHz/1.25GB. It works, but combined with the already resource intensive Java app that I was recording it overtaxed my system. On my Core 2 Duo iMac, however, it's a screamer.

iShowU is a fantastic piece of software and is dirt cheap for what it does and how well it does it!

I wouldn't run something made by this developer if he paid ME.

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/feedback/article.php?story=20070207124614786

Are you sure this is the same guy? Here's a link to a story about what this is all about: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37840

jailerjoe,

You're right. My mistake. I didn't know I was on iShowU. I guess I had too much to drink last night. OMFG... They're gonna lock me up.

This is great! i just bought it (over paypal - thats the best and fastest way without credit card!) and its fantastic!

All I need ;-)
Good software.

Sweet app!...

I also was using Snapz Pro X, and while it still is the best for stills, iShowU is so much more versatile for video capture. I love it.

Hey guys, I hope you can help me out. I'm looking for a program that will allow me to turn my desktop (all or just a portion of it) into a virtual camera driver that I can use in a video conferencing software. In this case, I would be able to choose an available "virtual webcam" other than my built-in iSight and it would stream my desktop or a window of interest.

I'm sure that there will be issues regarding limitations from the conferencing software itself in terms of frame rate and supported resolution, but we are looking into an open-source solution that may allow us to reduce the frame-rate and increase resolution.

I've done a lot of looking around for a solution to this, but no dice. I have a copy of Snapz Pro X that came with Macheist, but I don't think it can do this. Perhaps iShowU could do the trick?

Any advice would be much appreciated and if I happen to find an answer to this I will be sure o post back and give you a heads-up.

Cheers!

fortyhands,

I think what you're looking for is Chatter. It's from the same guys that made iShowU, so you can find all about it on their site.

This is an incredible tool. Low cpy, very reliable, great output. highly recommend, especially after using SnapZProX for too long...