Screen Video Settings
In the Screen Video dialog box, choose the compression and performance options that match your recording
situation.
The Screen Video options apply to the capture of screen video only and not to the video input from a
camera.
The following are the settings available when you use screen as the main video source.
OPTION DESCRIPTION AND USE
Lossless video
(recommended)
Provides the best quality video recording for most situations. If your screen video
contains full motion (such as video playback), this option may increase recording file
size.
Full motion
video
Provides good quality with full motion recordings while keeping the recording file
sizes down.
Custom
compression
(advanced)
Select a custom codec.
We do not recommend selecting this option unless you are an advanced
codec user.
Video
Compression
Setup
Opens the Video Compression Setup dialog box with a list of available codecs. You
can also adjust any compression settings.
For more information, see Screen Video Compression Setup Options.
Frame rate Enter the frame rate (in frames per second). The default setting is five frames per
second. We recommend keeping this default.
Disable display
acceleration
during capture
Disables hardware acceleration during recording. Checking this box generally results
in better screen video recordings.
Remove
desktop
wallpaper
during capture
Disables any desktop wallpaper on the Recorder computer. Checking this box
generally results in better compression of recording files and better system
performance.
Restore Default Restores the screen video options to the default settings.
