Comparison of screencasting software

Comparison by features

The following table compares features of screencasting software. The table has seven fields, as follows:

1. Product name: Product's name; sometime includes edition if a certain edition is targeted
2. Audio: Specifies whether the product supports recording audio commentary on the video
3. Entire desktop: Specifies whether product supports recording the entire desktop
4. OpenGL: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games and software that employ OpenGL to render digital image
5. Direct3D: Specifies whether the product supports recording from video games or software that employ Direct3D to render digital image
6. Editing: Specifies whether the product supports editing recorded video at least to some small extent, such as cropping, trimming or splitting
7. Output: Specifies the file format in which the software saves the final video (audio output types are omitted)