I’ve had SO MANY inquiries as to how I reocrd the How-Do-I videos I thought I’d type up a little guide.
First, I use Camtasia Studio 4 from TechSmith. I do my recordings on Windows XP, but I’ve tested a beta release of Camtasia for Vista and it appears to work fjust fine.
Audio…
Get a GOOD USB Headset. I use the Plantronics Audio 510 USB. This really makes a different with sound quality.
My audio format is MPEG Layer-3 (TechSmith LAME), 44100Hz, mono, 15KB/s
When recording – I set my screen properties to 1024x768 and I do video capture as native .camrec format, I use the standard TechSmith Screen Capture Codec and record at 5 frames per second.
When I produce my video I use custom production settings to create the .wmv file.
I producs with the Profile “Camtasia Studio Full Motion Video and Audio High (CBR)
The setting look like this -
Audio encoding mode: CBR
Video encoding mode: CBR
Audience: 291.05 Kbps
Audio codec: Windows Media Audio 9
Audio format: 32 kbps, 44 kHz, mono CBR
Video codec: Windows Media Video 9
When saving I select “Largest Video Size” with is 1024x768 becuase that’s the size of the desktop when I record.
That’s It !
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