Ask HN: Screencast software for demos?

7 points by void_star ↗ HN
Looking for screencast software for PC. What do people recommend?

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I just made one using Screenium for the video, audacity for audio and iMovie for editing on the mac. Went pretty well, would recommend.
Anyone has any experience using professional screencast production services ? More specifically, with professional narrators or voice artists.
I did a DVD training series for PHPTR and we used Snapz Pro X. Works really well, and supports a lot of crap that perfeshunnal video people seem to understand (I just did what I was told).

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It's not a well-known feature, but you can actually use VLC (http://www.videolan.org) for screencasting.

Go to Media > Open Capture Device > Capture Device, and select Desktop. This will open your desktop as a video source.

Then you can either use VLC's streaming feature (Media > Streaming) or record the desktop to a file by enabling recording controls (View > Advanced Controls).