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    Does anyone know an Recordit alternative?

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      Subpath @syllie
      last edited by Subpath

      @syllie

      Thanks for your tip, appreciate it. I'll take a look at it.
      At first glance it looks like a useful alternative to recordit.

      The free screen recordings can even be 15 minutes long.
      With Recordit the maximum was 5 minutes.

      Win 11
      CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6-core.
      GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070.

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        fde101 Global Moderator
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        If you just need to record the screen to a video file, macOS allows this using Command+Shift+5 (recent versions) or QuickTime Player (older versions), and for Windows you can do this with OBS Studio (which is free) or possibly with either Snipping Tool (Windows 11, no audio capture) or the XBox Game Bar (only captures one application instead of the entire screen or screen regions).

        Hosting the video files is of course a different matter.

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          Subpath @fde101
          last edited by Subpath

          @fde101, Thank you too
          I have some free Tools for Screen Recording already.

          For Windows Users:

          "ScreentoGif" is a tiny nice little Screenrecorder
          (195 KB 🙂 ) and it have even some editing Feature
          you can save the records as .Gif. No Audio.
          ( also .APN, .Webp, .Avi, .Mov, MP-4 and a few others )

          "ShareX" open source is another Screen Recorder
          "OpenShot" also open source is for Video editing

          I use "Ksnip" free, for Screenhots

          Still look around for a alternative for recordit
          it was not ideal but was hosting the gif recordings

          Win 11
          CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6-core.
          GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070.

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            Harry @syllie
            last edited by

            @syllie Tested ScreenPal with free account - so far so good. It has video archive and comments sections - Test video

            Win 11, XP Pen Deco 01 V2 graphic tablet

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              Subpath
              last edited by

              @syllie , @Harry

              I’m also happy with “Screenpal” so far. There is even a small
              video editor integrated

              It also allows saving .mp4 to your desktop and uploading
              .mp4 to your free account

              I did a comparison: A .gif lasting about 2 minutes was
              about 305 MB, the same as .mp4 was only about 5 MB

              so again, thanks for the tip @syllie

              Win 11
              CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6-core.
              GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070.

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                Li Xiao @Subpath
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                @Subpath When "Screenpal" is running in the background without being closed, it continuously consumes 12% of the CPU. Uploading videos often fails and requires multiple attempts before succeeding. Therefore, I have decided to switch back to using YouTube for uploading.

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                  Subpath @Li Xiao
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                  @Li-Xiao

                  My uploads made with "Recordit" often failed, so I often
                  made my screen recordings with "ScreenToGif" and later
                  recorded them again with "Recordit" to be on the safe side.
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                  But I "never" experienced a case where an upload fails
                  with "Screenpal". Since I've been using "Screenpal", this
                  has never happened to me. It works fine here from the start,
                  so I don't know whats the matter in your case.

                  I've never monitored how much CPU "Screenpal" is using
                  because I've rarely encountered performance issues.
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                  I regularly perform these steps with "Screenpal".

                  I launch "Screenpal" when I want to do a screen recording.

                  When I'm done, I save the recording as a .mp4 file locally
                  on my SSD. ("Screenpal" also calls this an upload)

                  Then that video is listed in "Screenpal", I select it and
                  upload it online, and copy the link from the panel that
                  appears at the end of the upload.

                  Then i check that the link works and close "Screenpal"
                  from the taskbar a little later when I don't need it anymore.

                  Can say that I am still happy with "Screenpal".

                  Win 11
                  CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6-core.
                  GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070.

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                    Li Xiao @Subpath
                    last edited by

                    @Subpath I operate in a similar manner, so it's probably due to my poor internet connection.

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                      debraspicher
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                      I use OBS & Screen to Gif to record. Screen to Gif works really well especially if you take the time set it up for mp4. I use ClipChamp to cut & process the OBS videos. Then I upload to Onedrive in a folder I have set aside and share from there.

                      Windows 11 Build 26200.7171 (25H2)
                      AMD Ryzen 7 9700X with Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro Ice
                      32GB RAM @ 6000MHz
                      PNY NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti 16GB; Display 1: 4K @150%; Display 2: 4K @200%
                      Wacom Intuos Pro L (2025); Wacom Intuos Pro M; Epson ET-8550; Siser Romeo

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                        Subpath @debraspicher
                        last edited by

                        @debraspicher

                        even though I use Screenpal and am happy with it
                        i love "ScreentoGif" and still wonder how such a tiny tool
                        can do so much

                        Win 11
                        CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 6-core.
                        GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070.

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