Recommended Video Capture Software?

[Kittra]

if you don't mind playing I really recommend xsplit simply because of the encoding making the video size much more manageable.

Xsplit has a free version that has a limiter on it of 25fps maximum recording which becomes unlocked after you pay the sub.

I actually tried it out for 3 months while OBS was in the early stages of development. If I had to sum it up, I'd say it's a subscription version of OBS with more bells, whistles and a superior (for now) streaming service.

You're basicly paying the subscription for the Streaming service and for live customer support. When it comes to local recording, there are programs out there that do it way better, and most cost a flat, one-time payment.

My Payed Recommendation

If you were to spend money on any recording program (if you really want the customization and freedom to do pretty much anything as far as compressing video while recording), my recommendation would be to get DxTory.

It has the DxTory encoder preloaded, which is like the FRAPs encoder that comes with FRAPs, but you can customize it for slight compression (although the video files still turn out huge if you choose to go this route).

It also has the option to load custom encoders, so if you wanted the performance/quality of an x264 encoder (the same type OBS uses), there's a free download for that somewhere out there. You can also use XVID, DVIX, Lagarith, Huffyuv, UTvideo (my personal favorite lossless codec), and pretty much anything else you can find out there for encoding videos (although some do not play nice if you are recording while encoding).

At about $45 USD, it is more expensive than FRAPs, but just like FRAPs you only pay once, and then you have access to every update to the program from that point going forward. The customizable nature of DxTory is it's main selling point, and I believe it also features a streaming service (At least I know it's planned for the future, I haven't looked at the website in a while).

*EDIT*

Just checked out Mirillis Action!'s website and it looks pretty cool for the price (home edition is cheaper than both FRAPs and DxTory).

I would probably never buy their product though; they have a Commercial license requirement if you want to make money using footage recorded using their program. Meaning, if you use the home edition, and they catch you making money with it, they can sue you... which, to me, is underhanded as I don't know of any other company that does this for recording software, especially with how the Commercial license is more expensive than FRAPS or DxTory. -_-