Screencast applications are developed to help users easily record screen output and add audio narration. Most screen recorders offer a utility to convert screencasts into widely-popular video formats such as FLV and AVI to let users quickly upload them to video sharing platforms. In the past, we have covered a number of screencast tools including Screencast-O-Matic (reviewed here), Screen Video Recorder (reviewed here) and Webinaria (reviewed here). Today, we will take a look into another screencast utility called Rylstim Screen Recorder, which is aimed at those who want a simple screen recorder with minimalistic design and simple usage. Supporting multiple CODECs and custom video frame rates, the application lets you record the entire screen without having to manually configure any complex options.
The application provides all the screen recording features on the main interface. From Mouse section, you can enable options to show left and right mouse clicks. It supports a slew of CODECs that are required to record the screen including Cinepak Codec by Radius, Intel IYUV codec, Microsoft RLE, Microsoft Video 1, Microsoft YUV, Toshiba YUV codec and Xvid MPEG-4 Codec. The default video frame rate is set to 18, but you can change it from Frame rate input box. Finally, you can select the output file directory by clicking Browse button. To start recording the screencast, just click Start Record button and the application will be minimized to the system tray, silently recording the on-screen activity. You can, however, stop it anytime by either clicking its notification icon or pressing F9 key.
When you stop the screen recording, it immediately starts playing the screencast in your default media player.
It’s worth mentioning here that the application displays ads on the main interface. It works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8. Testing was carried out on Windows 7, 64-bit OS edition.
If you liked this application, you might want to to take a look at the other screencast recording tools we’ve covered so far.
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