Need a screen recorder...

[intel]

Hi there, I was wondering if there's a screen capture program that also can record the pressed keys during the record?

[billlanam]

Search for keylogging software.

[AceHigh]

although if you have an antivirus, it will go berserk trying to remove the keylogger.

[intel]

I didn't meant that idea, to imagine, something like in any corner of the video, showing a little keyboard where it shows when a key is pressed.But also that just reminded me, keylogging might be possible, back then I was using a mouse recorder, and I think it also had a key record, too...

[DLTE]

You looking to hack someone or you looking to idk? Record your screen on video. If so use fraps.

[Cuan]

He probably wants to make something like an instruction video where common key combinations (e.g. Select rectangle - Ctrl+C - Ctrl+V) are shown on-screen, without editing the stuff in later.
I think a fellow student had something like that installed, but I don't know for sure and can't ask him right now.

[intel]

He probably wants to make something like an instruction video where common key combinations (e.g. Select rectangle - Ctrl+C - Ctrl+V) are shown on-screen, without editing the stuff in later.
I think a fellow student had something like that installed, but I don't know for sure and can't ask him right now.

So, at least now I know something like that exist.

[Cuan]

So, at least now I know something like that exist.

Just note that the software was definitely something commercial. And I'm not 100% whether it really recorded button presses, or just had some fancy post-processing to edit them into the video more easily.
But I may ask him if he comes along.

[intel]

So, at least now I know something like that exist.

Just note that the software was definitely something commercial. And I'm not 100% whether it really recorded button presses, or just had some fancy post-processing to edit them into the video more easily.
But I may ask him if he comes along.

Alrite, thanks a lot.I will be waiting then.

[Freedom Kira]

I doubt it'll help you, but I guess I'll tell you anyway.

In the lab portion of a course I was taking last semester, there were a few labs where we had to record our activities on the computer.

We used a program called CrashFinder. This program records your keystrokes, mouse movements, and mouse clicks, and can later re-emulate what actions you have performed. However, it does not record your screen along with it, so basically it does the replay blindly and simply tries to do exactly what you did during the recording. However, it's very buggy and unreliable. For instance, if you move the mouse, you will basically throw off all subsequent  mouse clicks, as it only records the motion of your mouse, not the location it is clicked. It also does not record very fluidly. If you type or move your mouse too quickly (double-clicking is one hell of a hazard), it will miss some keystrokes or movement. It will also screw up if you try to use the replay on another computer, if the computer has icons in the wrong spot, or even just a different screen resolution. And another complaint, the replay files get rather large. A recording under a minute takes several MB.

Basically, when you replay, it will act like there is a (slow) person actually controlling the computer, but it can't fend off an actual person who comes and pushes things off-course. The speed of the replay can be adjusted as well, but, as you'd expect, the accuracy of the replay diminishes as you go faster and faster.

I'd hazard a guess that it might perform better on a more powerful computer. The computers we were using ran CentOS on computers old enough to use DDR RAM, and CrashFinder was installed on a VM image running XP. My partner installed it on his netbook running 7 and the performance wasn't much different.

It's free software, though, AFAIK. You might want to install it just to play with it.

And as for the name of the program, I don't see how it can ever find crashes, so it's kind of an odd name.

[intel]

Bump.
So nothing new? :/

[Cuan]

My colleague used Camtasia Studio for recording the video.

Again, I'm not sure whether the program recorded the button presses, or whether he used some post-processing to insert it. We mostly recorded the mouse movements we needed to perform when using our graphical interface with Camtasia.

[Soryon]

I use Camtasia Studio also and yes, It can record keystrokes.
After you recorded what you want and are in editing mode, go to edit>generate keystrokes callouts>show all>select the ones you want to show. This will show all keystroke (or you can select only the keystroke that you want) in the video as they were pressed during recording.
It also records system audio and mic.

Technically, its not a free program, but we all know how to use the internet.

[intel]

Thanks both!
I'm looking forward to try it now!