How do I record only a specific area of my desktop?

I have tried using Camstudio to record a specific area on my desktop. But every time I select a particular region it seems to offset it by a certain amount.

I have tried Jing-It, which mostly works fine but only allows a time limit of 5 minutes and only outputs swf format.

I have tried webineria and AViscreen and several others mentioned here. But none of them seem to do their job properly.

I was wondering if anyone has a used a free screen recording software which:

Outputs .avi videos
Allows the user to select what area of the desktop he/she wants to record.

Sab

Posted 2012-08-11T03:40:58.743

Reputation: 145

Have you tried hypercam? Always worked for me – Simon Sheehan – 2012-08-11T03:42:55.510

Looks good. Let me try that out. – Sab – 2012-08-11T03:59:15.397

I'm not sure how well the new version is... I still use Hypercam 2 – Simon Sheehan – 2012-08-11T04:03:26.327

Answers

Mirillis Action! allows you to record exactly the area of your screen that you want. It costs $30 for a personal licence, but there's a free trial available.

Artur

Posted 2012-08-11T03:40:58.743

Reputation: 1

Where do I get it? What does it cost? What does it do differently? How do I use it? Please see: http://meta.superuser.com/questions/5329/how-do-i-recommend-software-in-my-answers

– Der Hochstapler – 2012-08-16T10:12:00.800

http://mirillis.com/en/products/action.html Appears to be the link to what he's talking about. I don't know if the original poster was looking for something commercial or free... – killermist – 2012-08-16T12:53:17.027