Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Screen Capture Using Applian
Got a tip from Dana on what screen capture works best on PCs so that I can record a webinar with Dr. Tracey Alloway of Stirling University in the U.K. He suggested Applian. The program will allow you to conduct two minute tests with its free version so I tried it out. I downloaded it to my Toshiba Satellite which uses a Mobile Intel 945GM graphics card Express chipset and an IBM laptop which uses a Mobile Intel 965GM graphics card Express chipset. I was going to run some tests and compare .movs by recording a minute of video and creating a side by side test edited in Premiere Pro but I decided to check the forums instead. After finding the first site that compares the two two graphics card, my computer screen froze with a warning of multiple viruses affecting my computer and prompted me to press "a button" to fix it. I tried to exit out of Internet Explorer but the viral web page froze all actions. I ended up turning off my computer and checking my programs file on restart to make sure nothing had gotten on my computer. My Rogers virus scan turned up nothing which was a great relief but took my time up for getting my tests on the computer done. So, I found another reference that suggested the newer IBM's graphics card was an improvement over the others when it came to gaming. That was enough to sell me on using the IBM tomorrow when I record the webinar. I tested out the record and the video looks good. The audio will not map through the computer and the advanced audio settings on the computer do not allow me to "record what I hear", possibly due to the fact that I don't have full administrative rights on the computer. There are no options for adding different audio settings that I can see but I will play with a little more. In the meantime, I have my Marantz USB recorder as a back up and record the audio.
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