For recording (capturing) any on screen video, with sound, ocam is a free and good solution. Portable or installable. Only 8 Mega size.
http://ohsoft.net/en/product_ocam.php

i don't do fb or twitter, so got link in my email- that link worked, zip worked- setup.exe WON'T work- says 'failed 2 launch the program'- never had probs b4, doin everything from here- social media is not everybody's cup of tea, so how about some other solution, plz!

I did install the GOTD-program twice in Win10.
The first time it didn't work wel.
The second time it worked.
Hereby a capture of the installation of the game of today:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10366431/_GOTD/ScreenCamera311_20151018/2015_10_18_16_18_23.wmv

Installed software without problem but was not able to record videos inside webbrowsers. Unininstalled.

OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) is the best freeware I have found for capturing videos off the screen. www.obsproject.com. I have not used the "broadcast" feature and only use it for capturing videos. Get it from the obsproject.com website and not from soureforge.net because the latter is very persistent about loading crapware along with the program.

A more confusing setup I can't imagine????

Make it REALLY CLEAR how you RECORD
a specific area of your desktop/screen

I selected specific area and it wouldn't let
go of my mouse. I double clicked and the
set area move to somewhere else on my
screen.

I am guessing that I can record something
like a webinar or youtube recording but
can't figure out how .... and, I'm usually
really good at figuring this stuffs out.

If someone can enlighten me today, I
will keep it installed... otherwise, it's
gone

Like the recording option a lot. I rate this a 6 out of 10. Some improvements could make it easier to use. I have been loving the new interface to GAOTD! Much more inviting, brighter colours, less cluttered, and more professional looking!

Program installs a virtual device as screencamera. If you want speed, use avi default compression as outputcontainer. You can compress later and then you have better control over output quality. A nice program to have if you need it. B.t.w. Behind the controlpanel windows there seems to be a rounded rectangle, you can click on the viewable parts of this rectangle to switch the preview panel on/off, or place it above or below the controlpanel.

There is a referral to SnapMyScreen in one of the above comments: that is a program to take snapshots of the screen. Be forwarned: "The SnapMyScreen toolbar offers convenient web search, homepage, and default search." . "Powered by Ask".
I use Greenshot freeware for taking screenshots; more options, and without toolbars (unless you like toolbars).

I find this is a good working program not difficult and a configurability if you want . Nice modern gui. It installs very well in Programs but even gives you the change to make an other choise; takes 14.65 MB ( Win 7Prof), installs 1 new service and 12 new data in system32.

This current giveaway states, that it has a "virtual webcam"! Would this software take the place of my HP Pavilion's webcam, since mine is missing it's driver?

This software states, that it has, a "virtual webcam"! My HP Pavilion dv7 Entertainment PC with Windows 7 Home Premium, is missing it's built-in webcam driver, which by the way, is called (yes, my webcam has a name) HP TrueVision HD. Would this software, that has virtual webcam, take the place of my missing webcam driver, virtually? Because, I have looked all over the Internet for the driver, with no success! I even downloaded YouCam for my webcam, but when I did, it stated that, "no webcam detected!
It's like HP never included a driver for it's built-in webcams on the Pavilion dv7's, because my wife's HP Pavilion g7 has a perfectly working webcam!

This particular developer's offerings via GAOTD have, in my own experience, always been bedevilled with faulty registration processes or mis-performing software. I suffered both, the last time I tried anything from PC-Winsoft -- that last instance just happening to be an earlier version of today's giveaway: hours wasted on registration, then repeated failures in the software's performance.

I was going to give Screen Camera 3.1.1 a whirl (and the developer, the benefit of the doubt) because PC-Winsoft makes it abundantly clear on this page that "ScreenCamera is a desktop video recorder and a virtual webcam at a time. It is perfect tool for recording narrated tutorials".

But then as Mike says at post #5, a desktop video recorder it appears not to be. His confusion -- nor mine -- isn't helped by PC-Winsoft's user manual for this software:

http://www.pcwinsoft.com/ScreenCamera/user_guide/index.asp

where the reference is very obviously on simultaneous recording and broadcasting rather than separate recording: after all, you can "broadcast" what you wish, when you wish, where you wish.

Thanks, then, GAOTD, but no thanks: this is a composite commercial software which the developer seems unwilling or unable to explain or justify. The re-install price of $50 is downright ludicrous when the long-established freeware Jing not only seems to do the same thing but its developer takes the trouble to explain that far more cogently:

https://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

As for recording: many, many GAOTDers will have the excellent freeware VLCas one of their media players, so the fact that VLC can act as a video screen recorder may be of interest to them:

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-capturerecord-desktop-video-using-VLC-medi/

whilst this one is an excellent, free, standalone screen recorder:

http://www.bbsoftware.co.uk/BBFlashBack_FreePlayer.aspx

WARNING: GAOTDERs may on ay Internet search encounter the highly regarded freeware CamStudio recorder offering. Please AVOID as downloaded executables have been infected with malware and the situation still hasn't been sorted out.

The program can't record flash streaming! Bandicam has no problem with recording flash streams.

Good program, need a boundary around region select ... other than that, decent.

This program is desrribed as "ScreenCamera is a desktop video recorder and a virtual webcam at a time. It is perfect tool for recording narrated tutorials, videos inside web browsers, sharing"

Yet having downloaded and installed it the help Q & A file says
"Q:Can I capture videos with SnapMyScreen?
A:No. SnapMyScreen does not currently support this feature."

Whats going one???

Mike

No use for the webcam features of ScreenCamera.Net.
As to the screen recording, Bandicam would be more welcome as a Giveaway.
Still waiting for the repeat of the giveaway of Bandicam on 10 May 2011.

Nice! You can have screen and webcam at the same time on video, and zoom on the screen with the mouse ! Needed that !

Nice! You can have screen and webcam at the same time on video, and zoom on the screen with the mouse ! Needed that !