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Screencast Softwares for Mac OSX

Hi All,

I was working on doing some Proof of concept for Functional Testing using SOAP UI Pro. I have got the Proof of Concept ready, But I was not leaning towards another long meeting, where people get tired of listening. So I got an idea of creating some screencasts of what I did. So that it will help our QA guys get started soon. And, Also this was the first time, I was trying to do some screen cast, So I’m excited.

  • Jing (Free Version – 5 Minutes videos only allowed -Allows you to create only SWF file (sigh) )
  • Copernius (No Audio)
  • ScreenCast-O-Matic (Yet to Try)

Since I use Mac OSX, the screen cast softwares that was available to me was  Jing and Copernicus.

I started using Jing and later realized, it allows me to create only 5 minutes videos in the free version of the software. I was not happy, But, I created small parts of the video, which might help viewers who have short attention spans. :) . And  also it allows me to create only swf videos (Sigh).

Copernicus was also something that I considered using, But, to my surprise it did not support Audio recordings. I was like, What the hell. :)

Anyways, For a first time novice, Jing solved me the problem of creating screen casts on Mac OSX. There was also another Software, that I did not have to time to check out. It was ScreenCast-O-Matic , its a Java based tool. I should try it, when I have time. May be then I can create some lengthy videos.

When I started searching. This link gave me the heads up on what I can look for .