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Hi,
Just want to make sure that this great little software isn't forgotten.
For those who don't know CamStudio is used to record all screen activity
from your Windows Desktop into AVI or Flash (SWF) movie files for use in
software demonstrations and active presentations.
CamStudio was for a long time developed and available from
http://www.rendersoftware.com/ (and formerly
http://www.atomixbuttons.com/vsc/)
From version 1.8 (I think) and also the last interesting version (2.0)
the source code was also made available.
But then the software was bought by eHelp that already made the
commercial RoboDemo tutorial creating software. eHelp created a new
version 2.1 that to my knowledge mostly (only?) made the software worse.
- It was turned into adware that also had to be registered (for free)
- The source code was no longer available
- They removed the flash output option
- The install file increased from 1.3 to 9.2 MB
- They added a more fancy help file
Shortly afterwards eHelp was bought by Macromedia and CamStudio was
entirely dropped in the proces. It is now only available from other
sites that has saved the download.
CamStudio 2.0 can still be downloaded from this site:
http://www.swftools.com/tool-details.php?tool=8162413051
"Direct" link:
http://www.swftools.com/download.php?type=win&tool=8162413051&src=local
CamStudio Lossless Codec - a codec optimized for screen capturing (found
at this site: http://membres.lycos.fr/sonicdiscovery/music.htm):
http://membres.lycos.fr/sonicdiscovery/download/divers/camcodec.zip
The source code for CamStudio 2.0 is available here:
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/sources/camstudio/
More history/discussion in french about the development of CamStudio and
how the source got unavailable after eHelp bought the software:
http://www.cornalys.com/camstudio/
Regards,
Bent Madsen
Just want to make sure that this great little software isn't forgotten.
For those who don't know CamStudio is used to record all screen activity
from your Windows Desktop into AVI or Flash (SWF) movie files for use in
software demonstrations and active presentations.
CamStudio was for a long time developed and available from
http://www.rendersoftware.com/ (and formerly
http://www.atomixbuttons.com/vsc/)
From version 1.8 (I think) and also the last interesting version (2.0)
the source code was also made available.
But then the software was bought by eHelp that already made the
commercial RoboDemo tutorial creating software. eHelp created a new
version 2.1 that to my knowledge mostly (only?) made the software worse.
- It was turned into adware that also had to be registered (for free)
- The source code was no longer available
- They removed the flash output option
- The install file increased from 1.3 to 9.2 MB
- They added a more fancy help file
Shortly afterwards eHelp was bought by Macromedia and CamStudio was
entirely dropped in the proces. It is now only available from other
sites that has saved the download.
CamStudio 2.0 can still be downloaded from this site:
http://www.swftools.com/tool-details.php?tool=8162413051
"Direct" link:
http://www.swftools.com/download.php?type=win&tool=8162413051&src=local
CamStudio Lossless Codec - a codec optimized for screen capturing (found
at this site: http://membres.lycos.fr/sonicdiscovery/music.htm):
http://membres.lycos.fr/sonicdiscovery/download/divers/camcodec.zip
The source code for CamStudio 2.0 is available here:
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/sources/camstudio/
More history/discussion in french about the development of CamStudio and
how the source got unavailable after eHelp bought the software:
http://www.cornalys.com/camstudio/
Regards,
Bent Madsen
