 Link | Morae | Camtasia Studio | Silverback | Jing | Noldus Observer XT | Google Hangouts |
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| Last update | Aug. 16th 2012 5:56:54 PM | Dec. 5th 2020 4:22:54 PM | Aug. 10th 2012 6:01:45 PM | Sep. 16th 2022 8:10:04 PM | Aug. 10th 2012 6:01:45 PM | Aug. 16th 2012 5:56:54 PM |
| Website | techsmith.com/... | techsmith.com/... | silverbackapp.com | techsmith.com/... | noldus.com/... | |
| Take screen capture (videos) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes Maximum of five minutes | Yes | |
| Webcam synchronization | Yes | - The video, audio and pip (webcam) are not locked - might easily loose sync. | Yes | No It allows audio, though. | - There's the "hangout on air" option, but that implies that the youtube channel will be public for anyone to see. | |
| Screen sharing (other computers) | Yes | No May use it along with google hangouts | Yes | |||
| PC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ||
| macOS | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| System requirements | Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Windows Media Player 9 or later Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or equivalent processor RAM: 2GB (Windows 7 / Vista), 1GB (Windows XP) Microsoft DirectX version 9.0c or later Windows-compatible sound card, microphone, and speakers 1 GB of hard-disk space for program installation Approximately 10-15 MB disk space per minute for recording and highlight video creation Networked computer with 10 Mbps (Required for Observer) Recommended: 100 Mbps or higher Microsoft Windows compatible FireWire (IEEE 1394) card for DV cameras Bluetooth-capable computer or Bluetooth adapter (Required for logging with a remote) Wii Remote (Required for logging with a remote) | Microsoft Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7 Microsoft DirectX 9 or later version Microsoft .NET 4.0 Client Profile (included, except with MSI installer) Dual-Core Processor minimum, Quad-Core Processor or better recommended 2GB RAM minimum, 4GB RAM or greater recommended 2GB of hard-disk space for program installation Display dimensions of 1024x768 or greater Dedicated Windows-compatible sound card, microphone and speakers recommended Camtasia Studio Add-in for PowerPoint requires PowerPoint 2007 or 2010 (32 bit) Import of .mov and production to .mov and .m4v requires Apple QuickTime 7.2 or later Camera video recording requires a USB Web camera. Recording live from a DV camera is not supported Integration with Camtasia Relay requires Camtasia Relay Client Recorder GPU acceleration requires DirectX 9 compatible video adapter with 128 MB of video memory or greater and Pixel Shader 2.0 or later | Silverback requires Mac OS X (10.5-10.8) | Windows System Requirements Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Full Broadband recommended Mac System Requirements Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later QuickTime 7.5.5 or later Broadband recommended | ||
| Video Editing | Yes For dummies, not as many features and control as in Camtasia. | Yes For pros, lots of features. | ||||
| Price | $ 1,495 | $ 299 | $ 69.95 | $ 0 | $ 0 | |
| Free plan | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Free trial period | Yes 30 days | Yes 30 days | Yes 30 days | Yes Free forever | Yes | |
| Creator's comments | Used it many times, never a disappointment. Can be a little tricky to learn, but has a great set of feature for analising and comparing results. Video editing is really easy - for dummies, actually. | Great tool, but encountered lots of bugs - lost sync on the videos / audio / webcam and took me a lot of time to recover from it. | I´m a PC, haven't had the chance to test it. | I´m not sure if it works for long video sessions. | Not sure if it works for usability, yet. Just checking. | |
| Easy to use? | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating | no rating |