CNET Editors' review
TipCam got the basics of screen recording right with its medium-glossy freeware beta, and it has a few tricks all its own. You'll be able to start, pause, delete, and preview your screencasts from the small recording controls window, even draw on annotations while you record. Brilliantly, if you press the hot key to zoom in, the zoom window will follow your mouse until or unless you lock it in place. Unfortunately, the TipCam control panel doesn't do so well. If you're not careful, it might inadvertently star in your screencast. After you become familiar with the icons, it's best to switch to mini mode.
You can configure TipCam to capture your audio recordings, as well. While there's no post-production studio for cleaning up audio if you mess up, you can rerecord your narrative with the voice-over tool. It's not perfect, but it's better than having to rerecord takes. A separate audio track would be ideal.
TipCam's best surprises let you record remote screens using a VNC server, and deliver uploads to UtipU.com, to YouTube (you can set this as a default), or as a private link that will load in your default e-mail client. If only TipCam would get some post-production tools, it could take on its better-established competition.
Publisher's Description
From uTipu:
Free screencast recorder for Windows. Record your screen and voice in a flash video (FLV format) and share it instantly at uTIPu.com or via e-mail. It's easy to use and has many features: fixed and auto-panned zooming, real-time encoding, voice-over and annotation. Optimize video quality and size for embedding into blog, vlog and wiki pages. It can even record activities on a remote computer via the built-in VNC support. In version 2.2 the default for Select Window is now to zoom in and center on the selected window.
What's new in this version: In version 2.2 the default for Select Window is now to zoom in and center on the selected window.
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All versions:
3.1 starsout of 25 votes
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Current version:
2.3 starsout of 9 votes
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"OK if you dont need sound"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
video looks ok
Cons
no sound grab (while playing videos)
Summary
not what i need it for, ok for just screen tutorials
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"Didn't work"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
It recorded the audio but it didn't capture what was going on with my screen.
Cons
I downloaded this a minute ago. Tried to record some actions I was doing on my browser (Mozilla) and it didn't work. I was mostly sitting back doing nothing but even when I had mouse clicks, it didn't capture the changes the mouse clicks caused.
Summary
I didn't work. This is only my experience. I may have done something wrong. But now you know. I'm may play around. If it works, I'll update this review. If it doesn't, I'll just delete the program and move on.
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"Makes nice recordings, but low quality and features"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
Pretty easy to use, captures quite efficiently
Integrated youtube supportCons
Cannon do HD quality
4:3 ratio only
Youtube integration horribly affects quality when usedSummary
Although this program does have some nice features, it does not match it's competition. I have found other free recording software that works much better and has more features (espeically HD and wide-screen support).
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"Program SUCKS; poor quality even for free"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
its free...
Cons
very poor video quality
even worse audio quality
a major ***** to uninstall; there are better free screen capture programs out there, dont waste your time with this oneSummary
dont waste your time... keep searching for the one
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"This software did not work with Windows Vista"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
A Zero Pros
Cons
This software did not work with Windows Vista
Summary
If you have Windows Vista, forget trying this software. It is a waste of time.
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"This is the easiest screen-capture&screencasting tool."
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
Easy to use interface.
Cons
Default VNC does not work well for some applications.
Summary
Optimized for web delivery.
Embed directly into blog, vlog and wiki pages using any FLV player. -
"Great with some flaws..."
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
Records well and i never saw the video go choppy. Also greys out passwords and your desktop so people cant see your private stuff! There are a ton of features that are benifitial... And the best thing ITS FREE!!!
Cons
MMMM, it did have one major flaw, when I shut it down my CPU and RAM usage went up the wall and i was getting choppy feedback fromt the mouse. And it didnt restore my desktop... only happened once though so it might have just been a fluke.
Summary
I wanted to be able to record WoW for my guild site... For those newbies!! Well it crashed on me! Havent tried it since!
Over-All: A great program that shows promise!
There are some flaws though that make this a not so good choice... -
"Caused My Monitor To Go Into Sleep Mode"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
This is easy to use and I love that it could zoom in.
Cons
Suddenly caused my monitor to go into sleepmode anytime I hit the record button.
Summary
It's ok, just not sure why all of a sudden it was incompatible with my PC. I uninstalled and fresh installed and yet the problem was still there. I had updated my drivers as well and still clueless as to why it wasn't functioning correctly.
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"Could See its use, just didnt do what I needed"
Version: TipCam 2.2
Pros
Seems to me it would be a great tool for building tutorials and the such or perhaps letting your IT Guy know exactlly what is going on....
Cons
It didnt do what I needed which is record full screen apps for a software presentation...Had issues with the Mirage Driver included with the pacage also.
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