Action!

Action! allows streaming and real-time recording of Windows desktop in a superb HD video quality.

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Action! allows realtime recording/capture of Windows Aero desktop in a superb HD video quality. With Action! you can record web player videos, your gameplay, display game framerates, add live audio commentary to create high quality tutorials, record music, capture screenshots... and more!

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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record videos Live streaming Feature Game Benchmarking Time shift

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Full-featured screen recording and live streaming software for Mac, Windows and Linux.

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Camtasia Studio

Produce videos for the web using the industry-leading H.264 format. No tweaks or technospeak, just sparkling HD-quality video with compact file sizes...every single time.

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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Interface Overlay Capture Video Animations Graphical component Support for HD videos Chroma Key / Green Screen
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CamStudio

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Free Open Source Windows

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Freemium Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record videos Sync Audio & Video FPS counter Game Benchmarking
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Bandicam Screen Recorder

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Freemium Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video Record desktop activity FPS counter Game Benchmarking Webcam overlays
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Free Open Source Linux BSD

Capture Video Record desktop activity Record videos
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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Multiple languages
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Freemium Android HTC Vive

Capture Video Support for Multiple Monitors Live Broadcasting Live stream Virtual camera output
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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Edit screenshots Record desktop activity Upload directly to YouTube Picture in Picture
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Free Personal Windows
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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video In Game Overlay
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Dxtory

Dxtory is a movie capture tool only for DirextX/OpenGL application. In order to acquire data from Surface Memory directly, It operates very much at high speed. Arbitrary cropping and free scaling are supported by hardware.

Commercial Windows

Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video
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Capture Screen / Take screenshots Capture Video
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The Best 49 Action! Alternatives

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