CamStudio is able to record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry standard AVI video files and using its built in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean bandwidth friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs). Recording quality is average and it too has issues with certain video and sound cards, but the good thing about it is that it can save files in both .swf and more popular .avi format. Also CamStudio gives you an option of recording outputs with or without audio stream.

There are many fine features in the intuitive, open source app to recommend it, including an option to highlight the cursor path during a recording session, automatically pan, and record with sound. A brand-new effects menu scoops on the ability to annotate and append videos with comments, A time stamp, and a territorial watermark. Just don’t get too crazy all at once.

Features :

• You can use it to create demonstration videos for any software program
• Or how about creating a set of videos answering your most frequently asked questions?
• You can create video tutorials for school or college class
• You can use it to record a recurring problem with your computer so you can show technical support  people
• You can use it to create video-based information products you can sell
• You can even use it to record new tricks and techniques you discover on your favourite software program, before you forget them

There’s clearly a long way to go for CamStudio to catch up with commercial rivals most grumble worthy is the lack of file type support outside AVI and SWF files and the absent editor for trimming, splicing, and optimizing a video. If those aren’t strong concerns, this freebie, with its steady playback and modicum of audio and video settings options, will provide the necessary tools for creating quick demos and screencasts.