1. SRecorder
We have reports that this program contains malware. We take utmost care when we review new software, and Srecorder was clean when we tested it, but seems like it is one of those programs which launches as a good one, and then converts to a malware program in upcoming updates. So we will have to take off the download link for now.Short review: Simplistic, No advance features, No built-in video editor, Easy sharing via social sites and direct server upload, runs smoothly even on age old Windows XP PC.
Long review: SRecorder is one of the best free screen capturing utilities that has a simple no-frill modern interface, and can record high quality video and audio of the capturing area. By default settings of the program, it snaps to the right of the desktop, and can be accessed by clicking on it or from its taskbar icon. It gives with an option to record with audio or without audio.

SRecorder Interface

SRecorder Screen Area Capture

Video Save and Share Options

History of Records
Works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
2. SCREEN2EXE
Short review: Lots of features, high-end features like video editing, records mouse movements and zooming, system resource hog, buggy interface.Long review: Don’t go by its name, although it sounds like those scary screen savers that bring in tons of adware, this one is nothing like that, it is a genuine, clean and packed with great features for screen capturing.

SCREEN2EXE Interface

Screen2exe Video Options

Screen2exe Video Editor

Save Options
Works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows 2000, and Windows XP.
3. Debut Video Capture (Free Non-Commercial Version)
Short review: Lots of features, advanced video capture features, video effects – contrast, brightness, color, filter, time lapse video recording, digital zoom with the mouse scroll wheel, add captions, and more. Several steps to complete even a simple task, Longer learning curve due to mash up of features.Long review: The company, NCH Software is offering its Debut Video capture software free for home users only. The software is feature rich and stable, but due to several options spread over in its UI, it may take longer time to learn using it for some users. Like other video capture software, this one too has all the ways of screen capture, including full screen, region, and window. Apart from capturing video, this program has the ability to apply several cool video filters like black and white, negative, and sepia. Brightness, Contrast, and Gamma control comes in handy while dealing with photography videos.

Debut Video Capture – Video Effects

Debut Video Capture – Annotations

Video Encoder Options

Debut Video Capture – Schedule Capture
Works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
4. eLecta Live Free Screen Recorder
Short review: Minimalistic design, very less memory consumption, high quality video and audio recording, file save before start of video capture makes it highly reliable.Long review: eLecta Live screen recorder is a light weight, ultra low memory consumption software that can run on any low configuration PC without problems. It has the basic screen capture modes including full screen recording and screen area selected recording. Apart from that, it can record from webcam or from the eLecta live session, and a watermark can be added in the form of text or an image.

eLecta Live Screen Recorder

eLecta Screen Recorder Features
Works with Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP.
5. Active Presenter
Short review: professional screen capture, lots of high-end features, export to various video formats including AVI, MP4, WMV, WebM,and MKV, Lossless audio and video codecs in MKV container for further editing, pack as SCORM packages and publish to any SCORM-compliant LMS, automatically generate appropriate annotations for each action, and more. Big learning curve due to its pro quality approach.Long review: Active Presenter is not just a little screen capturing utility, it’s rather a pro software for making high quality presentations and training materials, hence don’t get surprised when you see option “New Project” at start up of program.

Active Presenter

Active Presenter Projects

Active Presentation – Full Motion Recording

Active Presenter Work Area

Active Presenter – Annotations

Active Presenter – Interaction Features

Actve Presenter – Export Options
