Top 5 Best FREE SCREEN RECORDING Software (2020-2021)

 If you're looking for a free screen recorder you have many choices whether
it's creating a presentation for your business or recording your latest gaming
session for YouTube or twitch there's a free program for you coming up I will
count down the top five best free screen recorders to capture high quality video
of what is happening on your computer let's get started starting off our countdown at number one is.

 1- Screen Recorder.

 

Screen  recording  this program is packed full of tools that are useful for businesses while intended for business use you could also use this program for other purposes in addition to the screen recorder you can capture screenshots with annotation tools included to point out important information your recordings are saved to a dedicated encrypted cloud account which is useful to easily manage company training videos and other presentations one downside is.
That the free cloud storage has a limit of two gigabytes if you want more you'll need to upgrade in addition to the cloud storage your recordings and screenshots can also be saved to your computer recording so saved as an mp4 and screenshots are saved as a PNG file at this time screen rec is only available for Windows with support for Mac and Linux coming soon if you'd like for us to do a tutorial for this program or any of the others mentioned in this video let us know in the comments we've already done tutorials for a couple of the programs in this countdown I'll let you know about those when we get to them unit.,

  2- Share X .

 

                                                                             
Thus  free and open source program is only available for Windows as many of you know it's one of the best for taking screenshots and includes an excellent screen recorder with no time limits or watermarks.
It's also light on system resources so if you have an older computer or have low memory this one might be perfect for you in addition to the numerous screen capturing options and the standard screen recording method it also allows you to save your recordings as a gift to be shared on social media sites if you want to share your videos or screen captures they can be uploaded directly to dozens of websites including YouTube and made your con for gamers is that share X does not support full screen captures or recordings from video games I'll point this out real quickly share X does not have a start or stop recording button the keyboard shortcuts are listed here in the main window to start or stop a recording you can use the keyboard hotkeys Shift + print screen or you could go to the left pane select capture.

 

 3- Spot Will.

  

 
From the menu in the number-three spot will cover two programs nvidia shadowplay which is also known as nvidia share is for people that own a computer with a GeForce GTX or artax class graphics card it lets you record almost anything on your computer or broadcast live to twitch Facebook and YouTube if you need help getting started using shadowplay the link to our beginner's guide tutorial can be found in the description also coming in at number. 

 

 4-AMD.

 

AMD re live if your PC has an AMD Radeon graphics card the read live software may already be installed the features are similar to shadowplay for recording and broadcasting live but unlike shadowplay Reliv does not support.
OpenGL games at this time before we get to our top 2 here's a couple of honorable mentions that you may want to consider tiny take isn't easy to use screen recorder and capture program that lets you save files to your computer and offers 2 gigabytes of cloud storage to save your work a note ation tools are also included to mark up your videos and screenshots in the free basic plan for
tiny take they don't have watermarks which is a positive but the reporting limit is 5 minutes with premium features locked behind a paywall another screen recording option many people use is ice cream screen recorder it's very similar to tiny tank and that it's simple to use with various annotation tools in the free version of ice cream screen recorder the time limit for recordings is 5 minutes the output options are limited and they slap their watermark on recordings unless you upgrade due to the restrictions most of you will probably be better off choosing one from our top 5 then using tiny take or ice cream screen recorder so let's
move on to the top 2. 

 

 5-Flash Back Express..

 

 
This is a Windows only program I highly recommend for those people just starting out learning how to use the screen recording software not only is it easy to use it lets you adjust the frames per second capture any part of your screen and uploading directly to YouTube is a breeze what's nice about flashback Express is that there are no nasty watermarks added and no time limits on your recordings if you upgrade to flashback Pro they give you additional features including the ability to edit your own videos but if you already have a video editor that you use there should be no need to upgrade they also haveanother program designed for gamers called FBX in a prior video on thischannel a couple years back at that time FBX was completely free with no restrictions while they still have a free plan with most of the featuresincluded you now must upgrade to the pro plan to remove the FBX watermark if
you're a serious gamer you may want to consider upgrading especially if you plan to stream to twitch mixer or YouTube taking the top spot OBS studio once again takes the crown as the best free screen recorder it's what I use for more than 90% of the videos on this channel not only is it open source and completely free it's available for the three major platforms Windows Mac and Linux there are no forced watermarks time limits or ads and includes a ton of features for HD recording or streaming it's especially great if you have multiple monitors allowing you to switch between different scenes with ease OBS won't be for everyone it has a high learning curve the interface can be confusing and many become frustrated just going through the process to set it up if you're just getting started using OBS we also created a beginner's guide for this program as well that might be able to help you out you should also be aware that OBS is resource intensive so it's not recommended on older or low spec computers in addition to what is listed on their system requirements page.I'd recommend a PC with a dual or quad core processor and at least 4 gigabytes of RAM so if your computer can handle it and you can make it pass the setup process you'll find that there is no better screen recording software than OBS studio thanks for watching links are in the description if this video is useful for you give it a thumbs up.

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