Tutorial

How To Record Video and Audio With Bulent's Screen Recorder (BSR)

 

Click Here For Watching A Video Tutorial on How To Record Screen

 

First download Bulent's Screen Recorder from here for starting screen recording : DOWNLOAD SCREEN RECORDER

 

A ) Select Source

Click on 'Select Source' button in order to select the source of record video you want to record.

When you select 'A window', move your mouse cursor on the window you want to record. A red frame will appear on the borders of the window. Click 'Enter' key or 'F4' key to select it as source of video recording. You can carry the window you selected to anywhere in the screen while recording but it must on the top of desktop to be recorded.

Clicking 'A region' will allow you to select a region on the screen by draging the mouse. Press 'Enter' key after you selected the region. A red frame will appear to show the borders of the region you've selected. BSR will record the region wou selected.

You can also enter the width and height values manually by clicking the ^ sign in the little pink box or do fine setting by clicking the dot in the little pink box.

Also, Full Desktop, Multiregion (Picture In Picture) and Handycam can be selected as source.

B ) Want To Include Mouse Movements Into Your Movie? Or Date Display? Record Subtitles Over Video? Record Audio?

Click 'Include Mouse Cursor' in the 'Configuration' to record mouse pointer movements in video.

Click 'Record Subtitles' to record subtitle text over your video while recording your video. Click here for 'How To Record Subtitle Text' tutorial.

Put a check mark in 'Record Audio' check box in order to record audio with your video. Clicking on 'Record Audio->' opens a menu which shows the audio sources your sound card supports :

You may record from the sources your sound card supports such as microphone, speakers, CD audio etc. Some cards also support audio recording from multiple source at the same time.

Note : If BSR records from another source you selected (in some sound cards this may happen), you may fix it by reversing the mixer audio lines by clicking the 'Reverse Mixer Audio Lines' in the 'Other Settings' menu. For example, you selected to record from microphone but BSR records from Speakers. Then, reverse the mixer lines, therefore BSR will record from the right audio line.

Put a check mark in 'Display Date' check box in order to record date and time over your video.

C ) Start Recording

Click 'Record Button' in order to start recording.

Click 'STOP' button to stop. (You may also pause recording by clicking on the 'Pause' button)

After recording, you may watch the video by clicking 'Play' button, save it by clicking 'Save' button.

 

D ) Advanced Settings :

VIDEO COMPRESSION :

Click on the 'Video Compression' button in order to select a codec for recording. A list of codecs installed in your computer will appear to choose from. Codecs are used to compress the video. Therefore, recorded video files will be much more less in size depending the codec and its options you've choosen. In order to record with DivX codec, you should select the each dimension of source in even multiple of 4 bytes (such as 352 x 240 or 720 x 480 etc.). Otherwise, recording will cause an error message. Some codecs supports quality setting and key frame rate. Increased key frame rate will decrease video file size.

SIZE SETTING :

You may use these size settings to zoom in or out of video.

WATCHIT MODE :

This is not a type of a source (input) but a recording method. If this mode is selected, Screen Recorder records the source when a change in the scene occurs otherwise pauses itself and waits for any change in the content. For example, this feature can be used in order to record a video stream from internet. Screen Recorder records only while stream is coming.

In WatchIt mode, BSR will watch the source if it is frozen or not. Pauses recording automatically when frozen. Continues recording when video stream starts to come. This mode will save you from unnecessary frames. In WatchIt mode audio can not be recorded.

If you want to use the WatchIt mode always in the future, you can configure BSR to start in WatchIt mode in all sessions. This setting is done in 'Other Settings' window. See the help file.

MANUAL RECORDING :

Click on 'Manual Record' button and hold it to record the video. When you release the button it will pause recording. And will continue when you press it again. Or you may use 'Hotkeys' for recording. Defaultly 'F7' key starts or continues recording, 'F6' pauses.

MULTIFILE RECORDING :

Put a check mark into 'Multifile Recording' check box. In this mode, if the size of video file exceed the specified size, Screen Recorder continues recording in a new file. This mode by be useful if you record big files more than 1 GB.

 

USING HOTKEYS :

 

Before starting to record, Wait for the F7 key to continue (RECORD Hotkey) :

When you press on the 'Record' button, Screen Recorder pauses itself and begins to wait for the specified hotkey (default F7) to continue.

Before starting to record, Countdown from number 10 :

Counts down from a specifed number to start recording. Sounds a beep tone while countdown.

Use STOP/Pause Hotkey :

Screen Recorder stops/pauses recording when you press the specified key while recording (default F6). This hotkey pauses recording, if RECORD Hotkey is set. Otherwise it stops recording.

 

If you activate both Record hotkey and STOP/Pause hotkey, you may use these keys (F7, F6 keys) to start, pause and continue recording.