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DaniEdwards2
Community Member
11 years ago

Screen Recording with Articulate Storyline vs Screenr for video quality

Hi all 

I've been recording some short narrated  screen captures using the 'Record Screen' function in Articulate Storyline. 

I've finding the resolution of the capture is not as sharp as I would like it to be and was about to test using Screenr, when I see that this is a Java-enabled web-based version of the same technology! 

Has anyone noticed any differences or no of any other good (free) screen recording tools they recommend? (Or better still, a way to get better res out of AS?) 

Your thoughts are appreciated :) 

Dani 

 

 

9 Replies

  • Hi Dani,

    You could also look at recording with Replay to see how each behaves.  

    Within Storyline you may want to look at if you're recording at a different size than your story size and then scaling (up or down) to fit within your slide as that may cause some loss of quality. 

  • jeff's avatar
    jeff
    Community Member

    Hey Dani, you should also check the quality settings in the publish screen. Here you can maximize the video quality.

  • DaniEdwards2's avatar
    DaniEdwards2
    Community Member

    Awesome! Thanks guys. Because Screenr uses Java, which Chrome doesn't like, I had a few issues getting that to work properly, but I'm about to test with a re-output of quality settings in Storyline now - THANKS!

    FWIW, I found Screencast-o-matic really useful for the (software demonstration) purpose of my current project.

  • Thanks for the update Dani - I've been using Screenr in Firefox with the issues of Chrome/Java, and that's been working out well for me. 

  • Hi Jeff and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! Thanks for sharing what you like to utilize as well.

  • BrynneJones's avatar
    BrynneJones
    Community Member

    Hi,

    I have been having issues with quality as well for my screen recordings. I have tried changing the quality settings when publishing and still no luck. Is there anything else I can try to make my screen recordings clearer?

  • Hey Brynne,

    Thanks for reaching out and letting us know what you see with your published screen recordings.

    We do advise to follow the tips shared here, especially to set the Player Size to 'Lock player at optimal size' to prevent scaling.

    We have seen some reports of users continuing to experience some compression, even when following those recommendations. In this case, I'd recommend sharing your .story file with our support team here so that we can take a closer look while we investigate.