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BSR Screen Recorder 5 User Manual

1. fear 2 digits Month Day Hour 24 Hour Hour 12 Hour Minute Second AM SPM F Overwrite existing files Autonumber digit number 5 Autonumber start from 0000S Items listed in the Available Fields section can be added to the file name format File name format can be fully customized by the user When Overwrite existing files option is selected BSR overwrites the existing files without warning Otherwise BSR will rename the file to a non existing file name Autonumber digit number and Autonumber start from fields specify the settings of the Autonumber element and will be used only when the Autonumber item is used in the file name format File Name Preview displays a sample for the file name format Defaults button restore the default values Enable Multiple File Recording When the Enable Multiple File Recording option is checked BSR automatically switches to a new file when the AVI file exceeds the specified file size Temporary Folder BSR Screen Recorder uses this temporary folder while recording You can change the temporary folder from here Clear BSR Temp Directory button deletes the existing files in the BSR temp directory Photos Folder BSR Screen Recorder saves captures photo files into this folder Page 31 INTRODUCTION 3 5 HOTKEYS TAB BSR Screen Recorder Settings Steen Video Audo Fie Hotkeys Options About Hotkey Sethngs Start Reco
2. Disable Video Acceleration During Recording Activating these two options will increase the capture performance You should also either close other applications running in your computer which keep CPU busy or wait their tasks finish such as backups virus scans and other CPU intensive background tasks Finally you can also use the synchronization feature in the Movie Studio for synchronizing the videos you recorded While watching the video in the synchronizer you can use 2x 1x 1x 2x buttons to increase decrease the video speed until you decide that the video amp audio are synchronized At first the audio quality was very good now it is broken up You should change the audio quality from Right click to microphone icon on the main panel and click Audio Quality Settings or from Options gt Audio tab Audio Quality Settings For instance you can try recording with 8 bit sound The default settings are 22 050 kHz 8 bits Mono have a Realtek sound card and I cannot use the audio settings in BSR Screen Recorder If a sound card doesn t use the Windows drivers BSR cannot change its settings You should change its settings manually Open the Realtek sound panel and unmute the Stereo Mix channel for recording Page 125 INTRODUCTION audio of what you hear from the speakers or the microphone channel for recording audio from the microphone in the Mixer tab Audio Settings on Windows Vista Windows 7 How can record audio fro
3. 4 2 4 Multiple Region Picture In Picture Select this option for recording two selected parts on the screen into one video In the next step it will ask you to select the regions you want to record on the screen 4 2 5 Auto Pan With this option BSR records wherever the mouse cursor goes Page 45 INTRODUCTION 4 3 AUDIO AND MOUSE CURSOR OPTIONS id BSR Screen Recorder P V Record Audio Audio Fiom What U Hear SB Audig T Record mouse click sounds Record keyshoke sounds Fies Volume Amplify Rec Volume Auto House Cursor gt V Record Mouse Cursor Reeced mouse click displays Highlight mouse cursor Cursor amp Highlight Settings Troubleshooting Do not show this dialog again Stat Recording Done zo Previous Next gt 4 3 1 Audio Record Audio When the Record Audio option is checked BSR will record audio from the selected audio source into the video Rec Volume Recording volume of the currently selected audio input channel can be set here Audio From The audio recording lines which the sound card installed on that computer supports are listed here BSR Screen Recorder uses the capabilities of the sound card installed on that computer You can select any of the audio sources listed Examples to the input channels are microphone line in CD audio What U Hear etc If the Speakers i e Stereo Mix Mono Mix What U Hear option is not lis
4. Available transitions are e FadeIn Fade lIn Fade Out e Fade Out e Center In e Center Out CenterIn Center e Zoom In e Zoom Out e Vertical Open Zoom Out Zoom In e Vertical Close e Horizontal Open e Horizontal Close Vertical Vertical e Wave Effect e Water Wave tom e Bend Effect HarizontalH arizanta e Rotate Effect 3 ci e Circle Open e Circle Close Wave Waler Bend Rotate Circle Circle Screenshots of Video Transitions Fade In Fade Out Center In Center Out Page 97 INTRODUCTION fed Configuration gt gt a u eth Ai oO Fromet EOJ Zoom In Zoom Out Vertical Open Vertical Close E n BM Lin Horizontal Open Horizontal Close Circle Effect Add Pair If checked Movie Lab automatically adds the reverse pair of the transition such as Zoom in and out vertical open and close etc Display duration of the transition is set to its default value starting from the current frame Start and end frames and durations of a transition can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Page 98 INTRODUCTION Grid Window S Fm Z 40 45 50 Object Duration Setting EMAA ee Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame EE Time 4 seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of a transition can be specified by user
5. INTRODUCTION 7 3 4 Object Durations Durations start frames and end frames of the objects can be set either from the Duration Settings in the control panel OBJECT DURATION START END Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 4 seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Or from the object menu by right clicking the object GoTo Copy Paste Delete Bring To Front Send To Back Group Ungroup Duration Start Object From This Frame End Object At This Frame Show Object Till End Preview Video Preview Frame Or from the grid window S FP E Z Ge aS Ooe 45 ETA BO a eee 60 Stee Rieter BSED EEN ESE NESS EYES AL _ 40 Thebes EI ENEIE x All objects added into the video can be seen in the grid window Objects are represented with different colors according to their types text picture image mirrors transitions effects JumpTo and speed objects Start and end frames and durations of each object can be easily changed from the Grid Window by sizing or moving that object s bar Scissors buttons on the toolbar can also be used to cut the length of the objects e Page 112 INTRODUCTION Help Help 9 08 X mm GB at elie Jex eo cm Ta mgl otal l 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 15 20 25 30 s56 4 45 x gt ff fff Pe fo fo JP x ff fx off fe a T SRR a Help Lks mas eke Eg Ha 40 ee A S r M A 7 3 5 Deleting O
6. Size of the text box Fade In Fade Out Objects fade in or out in the produced video or previews not displayed in design window Right click on a text object to display the Object Menu Go To Copy Paste Delete i Bring To Front Send To Back Group Ungroup Duration Preview Video Preview Frame Click Frame Preview and Video Preview buttons am located in the toolbar to preview effects such as transparency which are not displayed in design mode Page 89 INTRODUCTION 7 2 2 Picture Video Object Click button on the toolbar to add a picture or a video object into the video Picture object is used for adding a picture or a video into the video Display duration of the added picture object is set to 5 seconds by default starting from the current frame Start and end frames and durations of a picture object can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Grid Window S FP mm Z Ge aS e 40 45 50 S5 Bo E5 Axpe fee efx foe ef oe e e fe fo oe fe foe BM ee foe ee foe eae Object Duration Setting DEERE Se Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame EE Time seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of pictures can be specified by user Properties AYI File Info Frame Wo 34 v Time 00 00 03 Object Info Object No W400 Type PictureFile
7. Page 13 INTRODUCTION 3 CONFIGURATION OF BSR BSR Screen Recorder E Standby Fhoto Play Stop Pause Open Configuration Clicking the Options button on the main interface of BSR will open the main configuration window The main configuration windows of BSR includes Screen tab Video and image source settings Video tab Settings related to video Audio tab Settings related to audio File tab Video and picture file settings Hotkeys tab Settings for hotkeys Options tab Various option settings About tab F Page 14 INTRODUCTION 3 1 SCREEN TAB Sereen Video Audio Fie Hotkeys Opbone About Video Source A Prego What would you like to recom se Lick the bibon fo seecl Select Region Ihe region you want to a A Region of the Screen hecotd On Screen g JA Window e456 Width 526 Y 255 Height 360 a Entre Sereen Preset Regions a Muhiple Region Pictwe n Picure O Avto Pan Enable Zooming During Recording F9 F 10 F Display Monitor F Show Region Markers Ctl M Restore Defaults ECP 83 10 What is thie In this tab the video source is selected and configured 3 1 1 A Region of the Screen By clicking to the Select Region button any region of the screen can be selected for recording The region can also be selected by manually entering the pixel coordinates to X Y Width and Height text boxes
8. Properties AWI File Info Frame No 30 Time 00 00 02 Object Info Object No RE Type Transition Color 00000 Style wave a lo width 3 Height i Reverse Density 50 EE a Audio Fade Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object Color Specifies the color to be used in the transitions where required For instance while the image of the video frame is transformed for the transition effect this color is used for the blank areas Style Type of transition X Y Location of the transition icon X Y coordinates in pixel This doesn t have any effect on the production of the video Width Height Size of the transition icon in the design mode This doesn t have any effect on the production of the video Disabled When checked the transition will not be applied to the video Preview Window Effect can be previewed here if Preview In Properties option is checked in the View menu Reverse Applicable only to Wave Effect Water Wave Bend Rotate transitions Reverses the transition Density Applicable only to Wave and Bend transitions Specifies the density level of the transition Audio Fade Fades in or out the audio of the video during the transition Right click on a transition object to display the Object Menu Page 99 INTRODUCTION Click Frame Preview and Video Preview buttons 9n located in the to
9. e gt i mn Select Audio Source Mute audio during recording BSA Synchronization File Add Mouse Click and Keystroke Sounds Volume Mute 00 00 46 00 01 29 b os Volume Apply C Mute Video File Sdzoorm1 avi Audio File sectmpl waw fal rf Hew File a Play New Add Mix Audio Into The Movie Movie File Click Open AVI File button to open a video Audio From Sound File Select this option if you want to add audio into video from a sound file When this option is selected Open Sound File button will be activated Click Open Sound File button to select a wave file for adding into the video Record Audio Select this option if you want to record audio from the selected audio source Click Select Audio Source button to select the audio source Page 70 INTRODUCTION Click Record button to start audio recording Play button to listen to the recorded audio Stop button to stop recording or playing Click Save button to save the recorded audio into a wave file Mute Audio During Recording If checked it will mute if audio exists in the video Add Mouse Click and Keystroke Sounds Button Click this button to open a BSR syn file If the Leave Video and Audio Files Unmerged option that exists in Options gt Option tab gt Other Settings is checked then BSR leaves recorded video and audio files unmerged In that case BSR will also save a file including the mouse click and keystroke information i
10. BSR will record anything seen in the selected region during recording A red marker will display on the screen to indicate the selected region and it will flash while recording Preset Regions Preset regions can be defined by the users Click Configure button to open the preset settings Page 15 INTRODUCTION Page 16 id Preset Regions BSR Screen Recorder Prezel Regions YouTube YouTube Heo Preset Preset Properhies Preset Name Toul ube pean F Width 640 TY 249 Haight 366 Click in butona alert Select Ragion Ere Egr Pou ward bo record on zeen Delete Close Click New Preset button to create a new region Enter the screen coordinates of the regions you want to save or click Select Region button to select it on the screen Finally click Save button to save the preset region 3 1 2 A Window By clicking to the Select Window button any window open on the desktop can be selected for recording BSR will record the selected window and its contents The window can be dragged and moved while recording 3 1 3 Entire Screen With this option BSR will record the entire screen 3 1 4 Multiple Region Picture In Picture Two regions selected on the screen will be recorded into one video By clicking to the Select Region button two regions of the screen can be selected for recording The regions can also be selected by manually entering the pixel coordinates to X Y Width a
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12. Frame Skips video starting from this frame number This Object No 17 frame will not be included into the produced video Type JumpTo To Frame Skips video to this frame number This frame will be From Frame B30 included into the produced video To Frame Ba X Y Location of the JumpTo icon in X Y coordinates in pixel This y mo doesn t have any effect on the production of the video a o Width Height Size of the JumpTo icon in design mode This BS doesn t have any effect on the production of the video anir 96 Disabled When checked the jump will not be done Height B2 Disabled Right click on JumpTo object to display the Object Menu Page 107 INTRODUCTION 7 3 WORKING ON A PROJECT 7 3 1 Creating A New Project Ja BSR Movie Lab SampleProject bml ll File Edit Movie View Help New Project Open AVI File hs Open Project Ctri 0 Save Project Ctri 5 Save Project As Close Project Produce Video Click to New Project Open AVI File item in the File menu or click the New Project button on the toolbar to create a new project Movie Lab will ask you to select a video AVI file to open i tre LEL YY Pe YoY I a 7 3 2 Adding Objects Objects can be added either from the toolbox by clicking or dragging into the video frame or from the Edit menu el Hid BSR Movie Lab SampleProject bmi ee Edit Movie View Help Undo N Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Copy Object Ctrl C Paste Objec
13. K K K K K K OK K K K KK K K K K K K K KK K K K XK K K K XK K K Page 135 INTRODUCTION 9 LICENSE AGREEMENT amp DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THROUGH THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THE SOFTWARE SOFTWARES BSR SCREEN RECORDER AND OR BSR MOVIE LAB YOUR USE OF ONE OR BOTH OF THESE SOFTWARES INDICATES OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT AND DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY HEREAFTER THE SOFTWARE REFERS TO BSR SCREEN RECORDER BULENT S SCREEN RECORDER AND OR BSR MOVIE LAB THE AUTHOR REFERS TO BULENT BALTACIOGLU THE OTHER NAME OF BSR SCREEN RECORDER IS BULENT S SCREEN RECORDER BSR SCREEN RECORDER REFERS TO BULENT S SCREEN RECORDER BULENT S SCREEN RECORDER REFERS TO BSR SCREEN RECORDER YOU ARE EXPECTED TO USE THE SOFTWARE ON YOUR SYSTEM AND TO THOROUGHLY EVALUATE ITS USEFULNESS AND FUNCTIONALITY BEFORE MAKING A PURCHASE THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT PERMITS YOU TO USE THIS SOFTWARE ON ONLY ONE COMPUTER BY ONE USER AT A TIME IF YOU DESIRE ADDITIONAL USERS OR TO INSTALL THE SOFTWARE INTO ADDITIONAL COMPUTERS YOU MUST PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL COPY OF THE SOFTWARE FOR EACH USER AND OR EACH COMPUTER THIS LICENSE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY OTHER SYSTEM ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL YOU MAY MAKE ONLY ONE BACKUP COPY OF THE SOFTWARE YOU MAY NOT COPY THE MATERIALS ACCOMPANYING THE SOFTWARE YOU MAY NOT LOAN RENT OR LEASE THE SOFTWARE YOU MAY NOT REVERSE ENGINEER DE COMPILE ALTER MODIFY DECOMPOSE OR D
14. Transparency l This window includes settings for mouse cursor and cursor highlight Enabling Record Mouse Click Displays will provide BSR to record mouse clicks to the video Animation Display Left mouse clicks are displayed as red animation circles and right mouse clicks are displayed as green circles on the video Constant Display Left mouse clicks are displayed as red lines and right mouse clicks are displayed as green lines on the video The lines are displayed until the mouse button is released Both Mouse clicks are displayed with both animations and constant lines on the video Enabling Record Mouse Click Sounds will provide BSR to record mouse click sounds to the video Enabling Windows Cursor will provide BSR to record the mouse cursor with the current shape INTRODUCTION Enabling Custom Cursor will provide BSR to record a custom mouse cursor by selecting the cursor file BSR includes four custom cursors Enabling Activate Cursor Highlight will provide BSR to highlight the mouse cursor with the specified color shape size and transparency Restore Defaults button restores the default values for the cursor highlight 2 13 4 Audio Settings Shortcut Button Heo foc Audio Settings Shortcut Button Clicking this button opens the following menu Record Audio When this option is checked BSR will record audio from the selected audio source into the video Audio Source Audio recording source can be s
15. Xivd is not installed on your computer you can download it from its web site Xvid is free and DivX has a Page 129 INTRODUCTION trial version Or you can use the Full Frames uncompressed option in the codecs This will provide a better quality too but the file size will be high Codecs can be selected from Options gt Video Tab gt Video Compression gt Change Check Disable Video Accelaration When Recording option in Options gt Video tab except on Windows Vista Windows 7 This will prevent blank recording Try selecting a smaller screen area for recording or reduce video dimension from Options gt Video tab gt Video Dimensions This will increase the capture performance You can also try setting priority of BSR Screen Recorder to high from Options gt Options tab gt Priority For BSR Screen Recorder gt High Audio Settings Right click on the microphone icon on the BSR main interface All settings below will be done in that menu Check recording volumes from Recording Volume Setup Volume level can be configured from Options gt Audio tab and also during recording Click Audio Quality Settings Audio quality is set to 22 050 kHz 16 bit mono by default If necessary you can change increase this to a higher value to increase the audio quality the higher quality setting the higher file size How can increase the SWF quality Click the Advanced button in the SWF convertor and set Quality setting
16. a recorded video file if you used a special codec or a codec which may not exist in the target computer converting AVI file to SWF WMV or EXE formats in Page 54 INTRODUCTION the video convertor before the distribution and then distribute the video in SWF WMV or EXE format will overcome this problem 4 5 2 Recording Options Disable Screen Saver During Recording When set BSR disable the system screen saver BSR Screen Recorder records whatever visible on the screen during recording If the screen saver runs while recording it will record the screen saver Priority For BSR Screen Recorder This options sets BSR Screen Recorder s priority among the other running programs during recording Setting this option to High will provide BSR high priority among other running applications and BSR will gain more CPU resource which will increase the capture performance Meanwhile it may cause other applications run slower during recording Capture Speed Sets the video capture speed The fastest capture speed can be set to 100 frames per 1 second The slowest is 1 frame per 24 hours Click on the red button figure to lock the current speed settings for use in all sessions In Watchlt Mode speed settings are not used Computer performance may not allow BSR to capture video at the specified speed due to the computer performance during recording Dimensions Sets the rate of the output video dimension When Automatic option is enabled in
17. a wavein line for Stereo Mix or Mono Mix which provide audio recording from speakers Please check this manually from Windows Volume Control window For Winows Vista Windows 7 click here Open Volume Control of Windows This can be done by double clicking on Speakers icon in the system tray where the computer time is displayed or running sndvol32 exe will bring up the same window Click Options in the menu and Properties select Recording option Select all the volume controls in the list and click Ok These are all wave in lines provided by your sound card If Stereo Mix Mono Mix Speakers What You Hear or something similar exists you can select it as the audio source and set its volume Now BSR will record from Speakers even if the option is grayed out Screen Recorder records audio from microphone in spite of setting it to record from Speakers or records from speakers instead of microphone Enabling Reverse Mixer Channels option which is located in the Other Settings of BSR Screen Recorder will fix the problem cannot record audio It returns one of the following errors Couldn t find a Wave_In line in mixer Couldn t find any source line for audio input or any other message related to Mixer The error shows that your sound card does not provide a wave in line for audio recording The reason for that may be 1 Your sound card does not record audio at all In order to understand you can try to re
18. all volume controls in the list and click Ok Now you can select the audio source such as microphone and set its volume Activate audio recording by left clicking on the Microphone icon on BSR main panel And now you can record with BSR When recording webcam sessions is it possible to capture audio both from microphone and speakers at the same time BSR Screen Recorder BSR uses the sound card input lines to record audio For recording the audio from the speakers What you hear BSR sets the input channel of the sound card to Speakers However at Page 123 INTRODUCTION the same time the webcam chat software needs to change the input line of the sound card to Microphone in order to be able to transmit your voice to the other party Therefore since the webcam chat software changes the audio source input line of the sound card to Microphone BSR will only be able to record sound from your microphone during the video conversation For recording the both channels microphone and speakers at the same time you may need to use a separate sound recorder which is mainly designed for recording VolP The Speakers option in the audio source selection is grayed out or not listed If the From Speakers option is grayed out or not listed it means that your sound card doesn t support recording from speakers Almost all sound cards have wave in lines for microphones CD Audio midi etc but some of them do not include
19. animated as green lines on the video Restore Defaults button restores the default values for the date amp time settings ii Include Watermark By checking this option BSR will record a user specified watermark on to the video Click Watermark Settings button for further watermark settings Bi Watermark Picture File E Programming website bsrsoft assets images bstlogo1 aif Open Pic File Transparency Original Size Original Ratio Undo D Mesi Vened artrq Mirid o Leani hiretiens pt BSR Screen Recorder airn vm een od phere of PIIG yOu Lab on your reer Ary rt ct tre wow arp newton ur the isen Gr De eci Cocos con be epit Yow tn snort yoor wel am wuce torte garet ary stae 9 your PRAO ory veiw hihi an your aet Meee aud t erer nz x Page 51 INTRODUCTION Click Open Pic File button to select an image file to be added on the video as watermark Transparency slider sets the transparency of the watermark Original Size button sets the watermark to its original size Original Ratio button sets the original aspect ratio of the watermark Undo button undoes the last change Selected watermark will be displayed and can be carried to any place and resized iii Record Subtitle Text When this option is enabled BSR will open a small textbox during recording Any text written in this text box will be displayed on the video as subtitles While screen recording This is the
20. frame preview Right click on an effect object to display the Object Menu Page 105 INTRODUCTION 7 2 7 Speed Object P a Click button on the toolbar to add a speed object into the video Speed object slows down or speeds up the video where the object is added By adding a speed object speed of any part of the video can be changed Change video speed by setting the Speed property in the Properties window Display duration of the speed object is set to 5 seconds by default starting from the current frame Start and end frames and durations of a speed object can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Grid Window S FP Ej Z Lui iA SE O_o 40 45 50 S5 60 E5 Aeee fo of fo ff oe fe foe PBI Po ee Object Duration Setting TERIA SC Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 Time 4 seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of a speed object can be specified by user Properties AVI File Info anelai Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Time Joo o0 02 Type Shows type of the selected object M Object Info Speed Speed of the video amp audio during the object in Object Mo i7 percentage Type Slow Fast X Y Location of the speed icon in X Y coordinates in pixel Speed 50 Ss Width Height Siz
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22. picture Show Hide Markers This hotkey opens closes the red frame which shows the selected region on the screen Draw To Screen This opens screen drawing mode during recording 3D Mouse Control While recording if you press this hotkey 3D zoom will tilt and zoom in amp out according to your mouse cursor movement While this button is pressed dragging mouse to left or right will change the 3D zoom tilt dragging mouse to up or down will change the zoom in and out 3D Zoom In When 3D zoom is opened camera zooms in 3D Zoom Out When 3D zoom is opened camera zooms out Before Starting To Record Pause and Wait o This key to start recording When the user clicks the Record button BSR will complete initialization and not start recording and wait this key to start When this is pressed by the user BSR immediately starts recording without displaying any further message o Countdown from number 10 and then start recording When the user clicks the Record button BSR will complete initialization start to countdown from this number of seconds and starts recording automatically For example this option may be useful for games User can set BSR to start recording in 10 seconds launch the game and won t need to click something on BSR interface or press any key BSR will start recording automatically INTRODUCTION 3 6 OPTIONS TAB BSR Screen Recorder Settings Sereen Video Audio File Hotkeys Options About Opt
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24. the Video tab of main configuration BSR sets the output video dimension rate automatically for a better capture speed fps When the selected region on the screen for recording is larger BSR automatically reduces the output video dimension to increase the capture performance The output video dimension rate can be changed here by the user The output video dimensions can also be entered as pixel width and height instead of a percentage Click the small circle to save the dimension settings for all sessions In the configuration wizard there exists only a part of the configuration options which are used more frequently For the other configuration options which don t exist in the wizard you should open BSR Configuration by clicking the Options button on the main interface See Section 3 Configuration of BSR for further information Page 55 INTRODUCTION 4 6 AUDIO OPTIONS 22060 kHz Mono 16 Bits Recoding Volumes Playback Volumes Shee volume contol duting recording Show sound level meter during recoding Troubleshooting Do not show this dislog again Start Recording 4 6 1 Audio Quality Audio Quality AUSLLKH 2 Mtono to bits 11025 kHz Mono 8 Bits 11025 kHz Stereo 6 Bits 22050 kHz Mona 8 Bits 22050 kHz Stereo 8 Bits 44100 kHz Mono amp Bits 44100 kHz Stereo 8 Bits 11025 kHz Mono 16 Bits 11025 kHz Stereo 16 Bits 22050 k
25. to 32 bit colors How can increase quality for a WMV video Windows Media Video Increasing the bitrate value in the WMV convertor will increase the quality have an old version of BSR Screen Recorder how can upgrade it to version 4 or how can I try the new version Page 130 INTRODUCTION Install the shareware version 5 into a different directory on your computer from the following links BSR Screen Recorder Full Version for Windows 7 Windows Vista 2008 2003 http www bsrsoft com download asp id 21 BSR Screen Recorder Full Version for Windows XP Me NT 2000 http www bsrsoft com download asp id 1 After you try the new version if you decide to purchase the upgrade click on Purchase button in Options gt About tab You will see the Upgrade option there For upgrading to version 5 full version 4 should be installed in your computer or you can send an email to support bsrsoft com for directly updating to the version 5 Upgrading version 4 to version 5 is 19 95 purchased BSR Screen Recorder but still there are watermarks on the videos If still there are logos on the new videos you re recording it means that you didn t enter your license key into BSR Screen Recorder yet However the watermarks BSR logos on the videos already recorded with the trial version of BSR cannot be removed since they are already produced with watermarks on them How can I enter my license key into BSR Screen Recorder T
26. 10 V Background i Border Color Restore Defaults Cancel OF This window includes date and time settings Format of the date and time can be set from the Format settings Properties of the date and time display can be configured from the Properties Position of the date and time display on the video can be set from the Position The display of the date and time can be previewed in the Preview Enabling Record Mouse Click Displays will provide BSR to record mouse clicks to the video Left mouse clicks are animated as red lines and right mouse clicks are animated as green lines on the video Restore Defaults button restores the default values for the date amp time settings iii Include Watermark By enabling this option BSR will record a user specified watermark on to the video Click Watermark Settings button for further watermark settings Page 20 INTRODUCTION bey Watermark Picture File E Programmingswebsite bsrsoft assets images sberlaga gif Open Pic File Click Open Pic File button to select an image file to be added on the video as watermark Transparency slider sets the transparency of the watermark Original Size button sets the watermark to its original size Original Ratio button sets the original aspect ratio of the watermark Undo button undoes the last change Watermark can be carried to any place on the video and resized iv Record Subtitles When this option is enable
27. 112558 KE File Size 104341 KB Inchade Audio W Include Audio Compression Speed Dimmentiont 1152x 954 1152 x554 E Custom wider 35e Height 240 Fade than E ongina speed Fale han i onal sped Click Open AVI File 1 button to open the first video Click Open AVI File 2 button to open the second video Click Merge Movies button to combine two AVI files into one file You can select any compressor codec installed in your computer for the new video file specify its new speed and dimensions BSR also combines the audio streams of the movies if possible If you don t prefer to include the audio of any of the videos just uncheck the Include Audio option for each video Play New Movie Click this button to open the new created video in the default media player Page 76 INTRODUCTION Speed of the new video If the playback speeds of the videos are different you can first open one of the videos in the Movie Lab and reconstruct the video for speed to obtain the same speed with the other video See the Produce Video part of section 7 Movie Lab for reconstructing video for a different speed Page 77 INTRODUCTION 6 5 PICTURE TO VIDEO In this window you can create slide show video from selected picture files add text on the created video specify the compression codec of the video HA BSR Movie Studia What would you like to do Picture To V
28. Add Picture Object Add Arrow Object Add Callout Object Add Various Objects Add Mirror Object Add Transition Object Add Effect Object Add Speed Object Add JumpTo Object Replace AVI Select All Ctrl A 7 3 8 Repair Project File If somehow a BSR project file is corrupted Repair Project File in the Help menu may help fixing the file Nevertheless we recommend taking backups of the important project files AVI files and external objects added in to the project such as the pictures and video files leProject bml a Help Repair Project File De Open Web Page Contact About Page 114 INTRODUCTION 7 4 PRODUCE VIDEO Hid BSR Movie Lab SampleProjectbmi File Edit Movie View Help New Project Open AVI File Open Project Ctri 0 save Project Ctri 5 Save Project As Close Project Produce Video BSR Movie Lab produces the video AVI with the objects existing in the project Options for video production Video Format EXE Aig hall SWF EXE Video Sire Original Sze 1152 x 864 pixel gt Standard Size S20 240 C Custom See Wels T Height Sbretch To F Back color mB Produce Video Video Format Video can be produced in AVI WMV SWF or EXE formats Video Size Page 115 INTRODUCTION For the dimension of the new video either the original size or a standard pre defined size or a custom user defined size can be selected Stretch To F
29. An AVI File Opens Resample screen of BSR Movie Studio for resampling an AVI file In this screen the user can change the codec and speed of the video Open Photo Studio Opens Photo Studio for viewing the captured photos 4 1 5 Open Convertor Opens Convertor screen of BSR for converting AVI files to SWF WMV or EXE See Video Convertor section for further information 4 1 6 Troubleshooting Link Opens the troubleshooting web page for BSR Screen Recorder Page 43 INTRODUCTION 4 2 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECORD Ge BSR Screen Recorder What would you like to record A Region of the Screen Any poton othe screen canbe seeched for recording Ary window on the deskiog can be selected Entire Screen Se lech pour enlle screen fice recording Multiple Region Picture tn Picture Heco Wad epecilied regions on shreen into one mone DO Auto Pan Aieconds whereever ha mouse cursor goes bo Troubleshooting F Do not show this dialog again a 4 2 1 A Region Of The Screen Select this option for recording a selected part of the screen In the next step it will ask you to select the region you want to record on the screen 4 2 2 A Window Select this option for recording a selected window on the screen In the next step it will ask you to select the window you want to record 4 2 3 Entire Screen Select this option for recording the full screen Page 44 INTRODUCTION
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31. Codec And Speed O Chenge Speed Only Include Audio AVI File Source File Source file to be resampled AVI File Destination File Destination AVI file to be created Original AVI Information Video dimensions length file size codec information is displayed Properties of New AVI Codec Codec to be used in the new video can be selected here Speed Playback speed of the new video is specified here in frame per seconds For fast or slow displays the speed of the video can be changed here Change Both Codec And Speed AVI file is created with the user specified codec and playback speed Change Only Speed Changes only the playback speed of the video If the video includes an audio stream the duration and speed of the audio doesn t change This may cause the video and audio unsynchronized Page 62 INTRODUCTION Include Audio When this option is checked if the source AVI file has an audio stream it will be copied to the new video Page 63 INTRODUCTION 5 2 SWF CONVERTOR EM Convert AVI To Flash Mowe File SWF AH Fie Sauce Fie Quality cabi Keylrame Every 15 File Size Playback Rate 30 fps SWF File Destination File Use ADPCM Audio Compression Adapt Audio Split To Several Files When Exceeds 16000 Frames Connect Ends OF Splited Files To Each Other Load Another Flash Movie When Finishes File Size HTML File File Marne Ml Include Audio a Create Html File Wadd Controls
32. D 3 5 mm Splitter Solution 2 You should either install another sound card which supports that feature on your computer or use BSR on another computer which has a capable sound card When Don t allow other applications change audio source during recording option is checked not available in Vista amp 7 BSR will not allow other applications change audio source during recording For example when you set recording from Speakers if the instant messenger tries to change it to microphone BSR will not allow this until the recording ends 3 3 2 Recording Options Record Mouse Click Sounds When the user clicks mouse while recording BSR records click sound Record Keystroke Sounds When the user starts typing keyboard during recording BSR records keystroke sounds in to the video 3 3 3 Audio Quality Audio Quality USU kHz Mone b Bits 11025 kHz Mono 8 Bits 11025 kHz Stereo 8 Bits 22050 kHz Mono 8 Bits 22050 kHz Stereo 8 Bits 44100 kHz Mono 8 Bits 44100 kHz Stereo 8 Bits E fed 11025 kHz Mono 16 Bits J 11025 kHz Stereo 16 Bits mo 16 Bit 22050 kHz Stereo 16 Bits 44100 kHz Mono 16 Bits 44100 kHz Stereo 16 Bits F Page 27 INTRODUCTION Audio quality settings can be done here You can select the frequency kHz bits 8 or 16 and whether audio will be stereo or mono You can also change the audio interleave frequency 3 3 4 Volume Settings Recordin
33. D WARRANTIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT INCIDENTAL SPECIAL EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY WHETHER IN CONTRACT STRICT LIABILITY OR TORT INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE K K K OK K K OK OK K K K OK K K K K K K K OK KOK K K K K K K K K K K K KOK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K KK K K K OK K K K OK OK K K K K K K K K K K For converting image files to or from JPG and PNG formats Cxlmage library is used 2K K K K 2K K K K K K K OK K K K K K K K EK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K XK K K K K K K K K K K COPYRIGHT NOTICE DISCLAIMER and LICENSE Cxlmage version 6 0 0 02 Feb 2008 Cxlmage Copyright C 2001 2008 Davide Pizzolato Page 134 INTRODUCTION Original Clmage and Clmagelterator implementation are Copyright C 1995 Alejandro Aguilar Sierra asierra at servidor dot unam dot mx Covered code is provided under this license on an as is basis without warranty of any kind either expressed
34. FA Movie brug me receches G n Open Awi Fie St Pile glama A E a TT felm Video amp Audio Marke Video Spee Speed B ips E Audio Spee Samples Perseo lt BAS gt kHz Edt Marker Color J 16 bits Moro Hew Remove as as Mark This Video Frame Wih New Mater F AutoFlefesh Graph Stehched ine 000038 Frame Ho 160 Stretch Audio Wideo Speed 2E l sze 25 eT a a an n raaa a ai Thy i i Tiveem ey T l nel Tha Wd i i ih Click Open AVI File button to open a video Opening an AVI movie file will display its video and audio streams in the time scale There are two methods for audio synchronizing 1 Using Stretch Audio buttons This is the better and easier method for synchronization While watching the video you can click on 2x 1x 1x 2x buttons until you decide that the movie is synchronized For instance if the video is faster than audio you should click on 2x and 1x buttons to decrease video speed Or if the video is slower than audio you should click on 1x and 2x buttons to increase video speed Page 72 INTRODUCTION You can use Loop functions to work on a specific part of the movie Loop will play the video between loop markers red markers repeatedly 2 Use markers In order to synchronize you may also mark the points both on the video and audio scales separately which these points are supposed to b
35. FE Transparency o r 491 LEETE Width 273 Height gg Fadeln M Fade Out v Page 88 INTRODUCTION Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object Text Text to be displayed Text can also be entered by double clicking of the selected text object in the video frame display Font Name Font Size Font properties of the text Alignment Alignment of the text Left Center Right Text Color Bold Italic Font properties of the text Click colored button for choosing the text color from the color box Or enter heximal number of desired color Fill Fills the textbox with the Back Color Border Draws border for the text box Border is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame Back Color Color to be used to fill the text object box Click colored button for choosing a color from the color box Or enter the heximal number of desired color Transparency Specifies transparency level of the object 0 Solid 255 Most Transparent Transparency is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click the Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame or Preview Video button to preview video Drawing transparent objects takes more time to complete processing during Produce Video process X Y Location of the text X Y coordinates in pixel Width Height
36. Hz Mona t6 Bits E 22050 kHz Stereo 16 Bits 44100 kHz Mono 16 Bits 44100 kHz Stereo 16 Bits Audio quality settings can be done here You can select the frequency kHz bits 8 or 16 and whether audio will be stereo or mono Page 56 INTRODUCTION 4 6 2 Volume Settings For setting the volumes of the available recording lines you should click the Recording Volumes button Bal Recording Volume Levels Volume S PDIF In SB Audigy Volume What U Hear SB Audigy E i Volume Microphone SB Audigy E Volume Line In SB Audigy warming Levels Z Warn when volume level is lower than J Warn when volume level is higher than I Warning Levels Warn when volume level is lower than When this option is checked BSR will warn user if the recording volume of the selected audio source is lower than the specified volume here BSR will only warn if the volume control is closed during recording If it is open the user will already see and change the recording volume during recording Warn when volume level is higher than When this option is checked BSR will warn user if the recording volume of the selected audio source is higher than the specified volume here BSR will only warn if the volume control is closed during recording If it is open the user will already see and change the recording volume during recording For setting the playback volumes you can click the
37. IMITATION APPLIES FOR SHAREWARE VERSIONS OF THESE SOFTWARES BY RECORDING LOGOS WATERMARKS ON CREATED VIDEOS THIS LICENSE IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL TERMINATED THIS LICENSE WILL TERMINATE AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT ANY NOTICE FROM THE AUTHOR IF LICENSEE FAILS TO COMPLY WITH ANY TERM OR CONDITION OF THIS LICENSE THE LICENSEE AGREES UPON SUCH TERMINATION TO RETURN OR DESTROY THE WRITTEN MATERIALS AND ALL COPIES OF THE SOFTWARE IN THE EVENT OF INVALIDITY OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS LICENSE THE REMAINDER OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT Page 137 INTRODUCTION
38. ISASSEMBLE THE SOFTWARE AND OR BINARY FORMAT FILES INCLUDED IN THE SOFTWARE THESE SOFTWARES AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED TO YOU ON AN AS IS BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND BY USING ONE OR BOTH OF THE SOFTWARES YOU AGREE TO BEAR ALL RISKS AND LIABILITIES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THEM THE AUTHOR BULENT BALTACIOGLU AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SALE OR DELIVERY OF THE SOFTWARE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSS THE AUTHOR HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT UPDATES ENHANCEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS BSR SCREEN RECORDER AND BSR MOVIE LAB ARE PHYSICALLY UNSEPARABLE AND INSTALLED TO USER S COMPUTER TOGETHERLY BY INSTALLING BSR SCREEN RECORDER INTO YOUR COMPUTER YOU RE ALSO ACCEPTING TO INSTALL BSR MOVIE LAB TOGETHER WITH IT HOWEVER BSR SCREEN RECORDER AND BSR MOVIE LAB LICENCES ARE SOLD SEPARATELY LICENSE FOR BSR SCREEN RECORDER CAN BE PURCHASED ALONE WITHOUT PURCHASING THE LICENSE FOR BSR MOVIE LAB HOWEVER EACH BSR MOVIE LAB LICENSE IS BOUNDED TO A BSR SCREEN RECORDER LICENSE IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE BSR MOVIE LAB WITHOUT PURCHASING BSR SCREEN RECORDER IN ORDER TO PURCHASE A LICENSE FOR BSR MOVIE LAB FIRST LICENSE FOR BSR SCREEN RECORDER MUST BE PURCHASED USERS WHO PREFER TO Page 136 INTRODUCTION PURCHASE A LICENSE ONLY FOR BSR SCREEN RECORDER ACCEPT THAT BSR MOVIE LAB WILL BE INSTALLED IN THEIR COMPUTER AS SHAREWARE L
39. L Html Title Auto Play F Add Hyper Link To Html Loop Test Background Border Color Link Border Size 4 Play Movie After Finished b d Restore Defaults Start Converting AVI File File to be converted to SWF SWF File Location of SWF file to be created HTML File Location of HTML file to be created This file is created only if Create Html File option is checked Include Audio If checked and movie file contains audio audio will be included in the flash file Add Controls If checked PLAY STOP and PAUSE buttons will be included in the created flash movie Auto Play When SWF file is loaded by flash movie player for instance internet browser it automatically starts to play Loop When ends while playing Flash movie returns to the beginning and plays again Background Border Color Defines background and also border color when movie is created in Html files Border Size Thickness of the border Default is 4 Play Movie After Finished If Html file is created converted file SWF file is started to play in default html player Page 64 INTRODUCTION Play Button Plays the converted SWF file by opening the generated HTML file This setting is applicable only if the convertor is set to generate the HTML file Restore Defaults Restores SWF converter to its default values Advances gt gt Button Opens advanced settings Quality 16 bit or 32 bit colors can be selected Se
40. ODUCTION How can blank over a certain part of the screen video for example to keep an account number confidential Option 1 Open the video in the Movie Lab and then add any object over the account number such as text box you can delete the text in it and check the fill property of it Option 2 Add a mosaic effect Click add effect in the toolbox and click mosaic Move the object over the part of the screen you want to add mosaic By default this object will be applied to the whole frame In order to apply the mosaic effect on to the screen area you specify only change the ApplyTo option to Internal in the properties window at the most right of the screen Finally edit the start frame and end frame of the object You can preview the video by clicking the Preview Video Click Produce Video in the File menu to create the video cannot record audio from Speakers what I hear from the speakers into my video First of all you should check if the sound card on your computer supports recording audio of what you hear from the speakers A To find out if your sound card supports recording from the speakers what you hear 1 If you have Windows Vista or Windows 7 the following parts of our troubleshooting web page will help http www bsrsoft com troubleshooting asp AudiolnVista and http www bsrsoft com troubleshooting aso AudioVista2 2 For other Windows OS including Windows XP Fro
41. Playback Volumes button Show Volume Control During Recording BSR opens a volume control on the desktop and the user can set the recording volume during recording with it Show Sound Level Meter During Recording BSR opens a volume level meter which shows the input audio volume during recording In the configuration wizard there exists only a part of the configuration options which are used more frequently For the other configuration options which don t exist in the wizard you should open BSR Configuration by clicking the Options button on the main interface See Section 3 Configuration of BSR for further information Page 57 INTRODUCTION 4 7 HOTKEYS amp MISCELLANEOUS SETTINGS ij BSR Screen Recorder Hotkey amp Miscellaneous Settings Hotkey Seting Mista FE ia Ezom Fa aa iste F Ed Era Chl A fi Wi Pause Gil F i i Volume Chi a WiZoomin F9 is El take Pic F11 V Zoom Out Fio ua Mincebaraous Settings V Save hes automatically to CMe Bulent Documenta ESA Vide i aaah 1900 MB switch tos AMT file size exceeds al Pla Statrecedingon 1004200 00 V Slow camera motion Troubleshooling Do not show this dislog again Start Recording 4 7 1 Hotkey Settings Hotkeys can be configured here Please see Section 3 5 Hotkey Tab section for detailed information about hotkey settings 4 7 2 Miscellaneous Settings Save Files Automatically To BSR automatically sa
42. R uses simple region selection Allow region size during recording When this option is checked the region boundaries in the Region recordings can be resized during recording Fix BSR interface display If some parts of the BSR user interface is not displayed properly checking this option should fix the problem Audio Settings Reverse Mixer Audio Lines If BSR records from an audio source other than you selected you should check this option For example BSR records audio from Speakers in spite of you selected Microphone as the audio source Not available in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Use Audio Delay Shift Audio shifts specified amount of seconds File Processing Leave Video and Audio Files Unmerged BSR Screen Recorder records video and audio files separately during recording and when the recording is completed it merges them into one file When this option is checked BSR will leave the video and audio files unmerged User can merge them later in Movie Studio gt Add Mix Audio Don t Move The Files From The Temp Dir This can only be checked if the Leave Video and Audio Files Unmerged option is checked Option provides BSR to leave the files in the Temporary directory of BSR Process Files After Multiple Recording Finishes BSR Screen Recorder records video and audio files separately during recording and when the recording is completed it merges them into one file When this option is checked BSR will not process t
43. SR can be used for recording anything seen on the screen such as web cam sessions games any software on the desktop any video display on the screen BSR is used for business solutions to prepare video presentations tutorials etc BSR Screen Recorder includes Movie and Photo Studios Features 2D and 3D zooming during recording System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Vista Windows XP 2008 2003 Me NT 2000 compatible with both 32 and 64 bit OS CPU Pentium processor minimum Memory 512 MB minimum Free Hard Drive Space 20 MB for installing Download Links BSR Screen Recorder for Windows 7 Windows Vista 2008 2003 and XP64Bit http www bsrsoft com download asp id 21 BSR Screen Recorder for Windows XP Me NT 2000 http www bsrsoft com download asp id 1 STRUCTURE OF INTERFACE Sections of BSR Screen Recorder Main Interface Options Configuration Interface Configuration Wizard Convertor Movie Studio Photo Studio Movie Lab Page 1 INTRODUCTION 2 MAIN INTERFACE 2 1 Video Source Selection Click this button to select what you want to record on screen video source Options are Full Screen A Window A Region Picture In Picture Auto Pan and Preset Regions BSR Screen Recorder z N oia A Region A Window Picture In Picture Auto Pan Preset Hegions VWfatchit Mode Standby a Photo Play Sto
44. Subtitle Text Box Recorded video This is the Subtitle Text Box Click Text Settings button for further subtitle settings Page 52 INTRODUCTION BSR Subtitle Text Settings Pistcs Vhs wlashow tite Vea Ba fa be Font ns iron Moema 7 Text Color Sampe Text Resize the window to see the change m test sme Backgrou 7 ff a More Transparent i Solid Cancel You can select font font size text color and the background of the subtitles iv Disable Acceleration Prevents Blank Recording When this option is available since the operating system will not allow it is disabled in Windows Vista and Windows 7 it can be checked to prevent blank video recording BSR turns off the hardware acceleration automatically just before starting the recording and turns on again when the recording is completed Checking this option also increases the capture performance v Record Transparent Layered Windows When this option is checked BSR will record transparent layered windows displayed on the screen Since this option may slow down the recording it should be used only when needed Show Markers If this option is checked the region markers red frame will be displayed When this option is not checked and when a region is selected on the screen the markers will automatically display to indicate the selected region and will be closed when the recording finishes Show Monitor This option o
45. VI Select All Ctrl A Every object added to the project is shown in the grid window Each kind of object has a different color in the grid window Their durations start amp end points can be edited in this window Grid Window Textboxes pictures videos arrows callouts and mirrors added into the video have a transparency property that can be set by the user Whole video or any single frame can be previewed Page 83 INTRODUCTION Clicking the Produce Video exists in the File menu will create a new AVI file by drawing the user added objects into the video Video can be created in a custom dimension speed and with a custom codec selected among the ones installed in the computer Properties Window Properties AYI File Info Frame No 34 00 ie Time 00 00 03 O Object Info Object Mo Rio Type Te Test write Your Text Font Mame verdana Font Size ap gi Alignment Center Y Text Color B apagan Bold Italic Fill O Border BackColor L E EAFEFE Transparency g 7 491 1344 Width 223 Height g6 Fadeln iw Fade Out w Properties of the AVI file and currently selected object is displayed in properties window which is located on the right of the screen Page 84 INTRODUCTION AVI File Information Click small button at left bottom to display hide the AVI File Info Properties AYI File Info File S ampled avi Total Frame o o Tota
46. according to the mouse pointer location on the screen Angle Sets the maximum camera angle Zoom Rate Sets the camera zoom rate When the user toggles to 3D zoom during recording the 3D zoom preview window which shows the 3D tilt and zoom status opens on the desktop Show Preview Always During Recording 3D preview window will be displayed regardless 3D zoom is active It will display always during recording Show Always Only When Full Screen Is Selected 3D preview window will be displayed only when entire screen recording is selected and will be displayed during recording Show When 3D Zoom Is Active During Recording 3D preview window will be displayed while 3D zoom is active Show Only While Tilting During 3D Zoom 3D preview window will be displayed only while tilting with the hotkeys to show the user the tilt status Never Show 3D Preview 3D preview window will not be displayed during 3D zoom Tilt Limit For 3D Zoom This option specifies the length of 3D Zoom activation in seconds Then the user toggles to 3D zoom by clicking the relevant hotkey BSR will activate the 3D zoom during this specified time and then deactivate 3D zoom automatically Background Color This option specifies the background color to be used for 3D zoom recording There are 5 predefined colors which can be changed by the user Run Adviser Adviser for Video File Size Adviser it going to analyse your settings to reduce the size of resulting vide
47. aken before is shown in the Info panel of the main interface You can reset the photo number by clicking on the Reset Button The Reset Button does not delete the existing pictures but it resets the reference number and therefore begins to save over to the existing pictures if there are any 2 9 Open Wizard Opens configuration wizard 2 10 Convertor Button Opens convertor for converting AVI files to SWF WMV or EXE See the Convertor section for further information 2 11 Movie Studio Button Opens the Movie Studio in which you can do the following tasks Add Audio Mix Audio Extract Parts From Video Extract Sound From Video Extract Picture From Video Join Two Videos Create Video From Picture Files Synchronize Audio And Movie Ss NS NN Resample AVI file See the Movie Studio section for further information 2 12 Movie Lab Button Opens the Movie Lab in which you can do the following tasks Add texts Add pictures videos video in video Add callouts arrows Add mirror object zoom object Add effects Color filters brightness contrast blur sharpen noise brush emboss mosaic Add highlights Add transitions SS 3S SS NS NN Page 5 INTRODUCTION v Add JumpTo objects to skip any frames you want v Add Speed objects to slow down or speed up any part of the video See the Movie Lab section for further information BSR Screen Recorder main interface is designed for easy use Shortcuts for t
48. ant lines on the video Highlight Mouse Cursor This will provide BSR to highlight the mouse cursor with the specified color shape size and transparency Cursor amp Highlight Settings Click this button for further mouse cursor and highlight settings Page 48 INTRODUCTION Mouse Cursor And Highlight Settings Mouse Chicks Record Mouse Click Sounds Phase Curso Windows Durs Custer Cursa Hed Liusor cu Cursor Higtakght F Activate Curse Highlight Highlight Shape Circte Highlight Color Highlight Size gt Traneparancy Sj Enabling Record Mouse Click Sounds will provide BSR to record mouse click sounds to the video Enabling Windows Cursor will provide BSR to record the mouse cursor with the current shape Enabling Custom Cursor will provide BSR to record a custom mouse cursor by selecting the cursor file BSR includes four custom cursors Enabling Activate Cursor Highlight will provide BSR to highlight the mouse cursor with the specified color shape size and transparency Restore Defaults button restores the default values for the cursor highlight In the configuration wizard there exists only a part of the configuration options which are used more frequently For the other configuration options which don t exist in the wizard you should open BSR Configuration by clicking the Options button on the main interface See Section 3 Configuration of BSR for furthe
49. ation Setting Grid Window SOF mm 7 a LE NA S a H e nas EL Page 95 INTRODUCTION Object Duration Setting CESSES Se Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 Time seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of mirrors can be specified by user Properties AYI File Info Frame No 34 v Time 00 00 03 Object Info Object No E Type Miror Source eg T Zo Whig H fizo Change Source Destination elisa 1 128 w fies hipa Set To Original Size Transparency Oo l Effect No Effect a Border Show Objects I Zoom In M Length 11 Zoom Out w Length 1 1 Fadeln iw Fade Out Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object Source X Y Location of the mirror source X Y coordinates in pixel Source is the part of which will be displayed in the mirror Source Width Height Size of the source Change Source Click this button to change source location and or size from the video frame window Destination X Y Location of the mirror X Y coordinates in pixel Created mirror is displayed at this location Destination Width Height Size of the mirror Set To Original Size Click this button to set the mirror size equal to its source size Transparency Specifies transparency level of the object O Solid 255 Most Transparent Transparency is drawn in
50. bjects To delete the selected object s simply press the Delete key on your keyboard or delete button in the toolbar or from the object menu Deletion of object s can be undone by clicking the Undo button in the toolbar or by pressing Ctrl Z keys from the keyboard 7 3 6 Frame And Video Preview Some of the effects added into the video such as the transparency of the objects transitions fade in fade outs etc which will be added into the produced video are not displayed in the design mode but can be previewed by clicking the Frame Preview or press F12 key and Video Preview or press F11 key buttons located in the toolbar or from the View menu ZEI aN Since drawing these objects into the video keep longer times during the preview the preview will be slower than the normal playback speed of the video Once the final video is produced it will be played with its normal speed clear and all properties of the objects which are not displayed in the design mode will be displayed in the video Page 113 INTRODUCTION 7 3 7 Replace AVI The video which the user is working on and Movie Lab objects were added can be changed later by clicking Replace AVI in the Edit menu The AVI file which be replaced with the current one must have the same dimensions and video frame length id BSR Movie Lab SampleProject bmi Undo N Ctrl Z Redo Ctrl Copy Object Ctrl C Paste Object Ctrl V Add Text Object
51. bjects included in the project will affect Page 116 INTRODUCTION the process completion time You can press ESC key or click Cancel button to terminate the process In this case the processed part of the video will be saved Page 117 INTRODUCTION TROUBLESHOOTING Does this product record video from a video media player while playing on my PC BSR Screen Recorder can record anything you see on your screen Please try the trial version before you purchase You can download and install the trial version of BSR from the following link http www bsrsoft com downloadbsr as Texts are not sharp enough they seem blurry You should try to change the compression you re using for recording from Options gt Video tab gt Video Compression settings For instance the default video codec does not provide a clear display of texts in full screen mode You can try to record with Xvid or DivX codecs What is the maximum time that I can record a video with BSR Screen Recorder Can it record up to 8 hours non stop The only criteria for the limit of a recording is your harddisk capacity While recording when the file exceeds a specific size 1 9 GB by default BSR Screen Recorder saves the file and automatically switches to a new file Video Recording or snapshot feature does not provide sharp or smooth captures In the Other Settings you will see the draw mode options for video and picture captures Smooth will rec
52. c option is checked BSR automatically selects a codec installed on the computer Another video codec which is installed on the computer can be selected by unchecking the Automatic option and clicking the Change button Codecs are third party applications which can be downloaded and installed on the computer independent from BSR Screen Recorder In BSR these installed video codecs can be selected and configured by clicking this button For instance Xivd and DivX codecs can be selected here if they are installed on the computer For instance selecting the Xvid codec for recording will provide better quality and less file sizes These codecs can be downloaded from their websites Click Save Codec button to use the selected codec on all sessions When BSR is launched it will start up with the last saved codec Some codecs also supports the Quality setting The more quality causes more video file size When an AVI file is carried to another computer the video codec used for recording the video must also exist in that computer in order to display open the video Microsoft Video 1 is the most common existing video codec For distributing a recorded video file if you used a special codec or a codec which may not exist in the target computer converting AVI file to SWF WMV or EXE formats in the video convertor before the distribution and then distribute the video in SWF WMV or EXE format will overcome this problem 3 2 3 Output Video Dimension When Aut
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54. cked BSR will record audio from the selected audio source into the video 3 3 1 Audio Source You can select the audio device if you have more than one audio devices The default one is automatically selected Record Audio From Speakers what you hear If the sound card installed on the computer contains a channel which will provide audio recording of what is heard from speakers then selecting this option will automatically select the appropriate sound channel required for recording audio heard from speakers Initially you may need to do the settings once by clicking the Settings For Recording Audio From Page 25 INTRODUCTION Speakers button If such a channel is not supported by the sound card then see the Solutions section below Microphone If the sound card installed on the computer contains a microphone channel selecting this option will automatically select the appropriate sound channel required for recording audio from microphone Other The audio recording lines which the sound card installed on that computer supports are listed here BSR Screen Recorder uses the capabilities of the sound card installed on that computer You can select any of the audio sources listed Examples to the input channels are microphone line in CD audio What U Hear etc If the Speakers i e Stereo Mix Mono Mix What U Hear option is not listed it means that the sound card doesn t have such an input line I
55. cord audio with Microsoft Sound Recorder sndrec32 exe gt which is located in the Windows System32 directory You should make necessary settings such as unmuting and opening record volume of microphone If you can record at least from microphone and listen to it then close Microsoft Sound Recorder and try to record with BSR Screen Recorder Normally if Sound Recorder records audio from microphone then BSR should record audio too Even it returns the error message Page 124 INTRODUCTION 2 Second reason may be that your sound card is not Microsoft supported and its driver may need to be updated Audio is not synchronized with the video Capture performance is very important for audio synchronization To view and increase the capture performance After completing a recording an information window is opened which includes grading for the last capture performance You can click on the small button to view the capture performance graph Another way to open the capture performance graph is to click the Menu button on the main panel the button just below the red Flash button and click to Last Performance Report button That window will show you the performance of the computer during last recording Low performance will prevent audio synchronization since the computer omits many frames during recording There are two options just below the graph Set Higher Priority For BSR Screen Recorder this is already activated by default
56. d BSR will open a small textbox during recording Any text written in this text box will be displayed on the video as subtitles While screen recording This is the Subtitle Text Box Page 21 INTRODUCTION Recorded video This is the Subtitle Text Box Click Subtitle Text Settings button for further subtitle settings GA BSR Subtitle Text Settings Resice tke eee to te Ha change ih text pape SLL S 4 Font Dali j Moma x Text Color Semple Text Resize the window to see the change intext sze Backgrou P w None Transparent CO Solid e a O O f You can select font font size text color and the background of the subtitles v Disable Acceleration While Recording When this option is available since the operating system will not allow it is disabled in Windows Vista and Windows 7 it can be checked to prevent blank video recording BSR turns off the hardware acceleration automatically just before starting the recording and turns on again when the recording is completed Checking this option also increases the capture performance Page 22 INTRODUCTION vi Record Transparent and Layered Windows When this option is checked BSR will record transparent layered windows displayed on the screen Since this option may slow down the recording it should be used only when needed 3 2 2 Video Compression Codec If the Automati
57. d Computer performance may not allow BSR to capture video at the specified speed due to the computer performance during recording Also the playback speed of the video can be configured in this section If Automatic option is checked BSR automatically calculates the optimized playback speed of the recorded video If not the playback speed will be the value specified by the user between 1 to 30 frames per second If the playback speed is 1 fps then the user becomes able to select Play one frame every 2 seconds In this case BSR records every captured frame specified times per specified seconds Page 24 INTRODUCTION 3 3 AUDIO TAB BSR Screen Recorder Settings Pee Wideo Audio File Hotkeys Options About Audio Settings Audio Quality y Record Audio 22050 kHz Mono 16 Bits Ed bell Audio Source 100 4udia Device Default Audio Device interleave Even Brames Record Audio From Speakers what you hear i Volume Settings Microphone C Other ee 7 Recording Volumes what Ll Hear SB Audigy Playback Volumes Volumes Settings For Recording Audio From Speakers Rec Volume M Amplify Recording Volume Recording Options Fl Record mouse chck sounds Show volume control during recording Show sound level meter during recording Record keystroke sounds Teca Deiane ECP 85 10 whatis this In this tab the audio recording is configured When the Record Audio option is che
58. dd new features and or fix existing bugs if there are any It is recommended to check frequently if a new version of BSR is released Contact Click to contact BSRSoft About Opens the about window 2 13 3 Mouse Cursor Shortcut Button Joasecc Mouse Cursor Button Clicking this button opens the following menu Record Mouse Cursor By checking this option BSR will record mouse cursor movements into the video and photo capture Record Mouse Click Displays Checking this option will provide BSR to record mouse clicks to the video Left mouse clicks are animated as red and right mouse clicks are animated as green circle animation or fixed lines depending on the settings described below on the video Page 8 INTRODUCTION Record Mouse Click Sounds Checking this option will provide BSR to record mouse click sounds to the video Record Cursor Highlight Checking this option will provide BSR to highlight the mouse cursor with the specified color shape size and transparency Click Mouse Cursor amp Highlight Settings menu item to open the mouse cursor and highlight settings window below Page 9 Mouse Cursor And Highlight Settings Mouse Clicks F Record Mouse Click Displays Animation Display N Record Mouse Click Sounds blue Cursor Windows Cursi Custom Cursa Y HOO HAN CH Cursor Highhoht Activate Curea Highlight Highhght Shape Circle Highlight Colo Highlight Size meee
59. do a Record Screen Open Configuration Edit Produce Video In Movie Lab Wi d Produce tutorials presentations video for video shang izar weosbas such a oul ube ekc D Play Video File A D Movie Studio Tasks Join Tao Widens ExtechiGut A Viden traci parts ofab pichures hom moves Addita Sound Into A Video blake ideo From Pachsnes Make movie fom pichure files Open Sucko video Sunchorizer Resampe fun Ail Fie Change codec and speed of s mene Open Prete Sudio D Open Converter Troubleshooting Convent ay to SWT ae or ESE Photo Play Stop Pause i Crptions ery E Do not show this dialog again Clase lt Pieras Hert gt gt Page 41 INTRODUCTION 4 1 WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO Bi BSR Sereen Recorder What would you like to do Record Screen Edit Produce Video In Movie Lab Produce tutonmals presentabone video for video sharing webciles pach 24 rou ube ete 5 Play Video File 5 Movie Studio Tasks Jom ven vider birch Luba Video Extract parts gab pebres from movies Addthis Sound Into Video bake Wadeo From Pichures Make mowa from poures thes Open Audio ae Synchronize Resamale An ANI Fide Change codec and speed of a movia Open Phote Muda gt Open Converter Troubleshooting Convert Ayi bo TAF oor Awt bo ay F Do not show this dialog again 4s Plevaue OOO Net 4 1 1 Record Screen Select
60. e File File Size Wid File Destination File File Size Video Codec Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile Quality F0 0 100 Auto Kepframe Spacing z seconds 0 30 Default 5 Bitrate E Audio Codec Windows Media Audio 10 Professional 44700 KHz Mono 16 bits F Include Audio F Auto F Apply Multipass Play After Converted Restore Defaults Start Converting AVI File File to be converted to WMV WMV File Location of WMV file to be created Video Codec Lists installed Windows Media Video codecs in the computer Auto If checked the converter automatically selects a video codec for converting to WMV Quality Video quality of the movie The higher quality the higher file size Keyframe Spacing Keyframe spacing in seconds 1 30 Default 5 Bitrate Effects the quality of the resulted video The higher bitrate the higher quality and the higher file size By checking the box near the slider custom bitrate amount can be entered manually Audio Codec Lists installed Windows Media Audio codecs in the computer Only available if selected AVI file includes audio Page 66 INTRODUCTION Include Audio If AVI file contains audio and this option is checked audio will be included into the WMV file Auto If checked the converter automatically selects an audio codec for converting to WMV Apply Multipass Converter multipasses conversion process This may provide bet
61. e last recording s performance report Report displays the recording performance graphically BSR Screen Recorder Capture Performance N T N aT aN EEFE CETE VETE ETETE EIA E E 9 871 0 0 l Help Close Priority For BSR Screen Recorder Normal v Disable Video Acceleration During Recording It the capture performance is low you can change the priority of BSR among other applications in the system from here also Edit Recording Lists options for editing the video in the Movie Studio and Movie Lab of BSR Options Edit Movie in Movie Lab Synchronize Audio Change Compression Change Video Speed Change Audio Speed Add Audio Extract Sound Extract Video Extract Pictures Combine Video With Another Run Adviser Page INTRODUCTION Adviser for Video File Size Adviser is going to analyse your settings to reduce the size ot resulting video file Click on WES T button to start Note If video files you record seem reasonable in size then WOU may not change any setting Apply Enough Opens the file size adviser File size adviser analysis the current settings and recommends user some changes in the setting to reduce the video file size Help Opens the help file of BSR Purchase Opens purchase window to purchase BSR Screen Recorder and Movie Lab or to enter your license key Check For New Version Click this menu item to find out if a new version is released We continuously a
62. e main panel and click to Audio Source Settings in Windows VISTA Sound control panel of Windows will open 2 In the Recording tab select the device which you want to use for your audio recording and click Set Default Page 126 INTRODUCTION 3 Double click on the device or click on Properties Click on Levels tabs for setting the recording volume level of the device After setting the volume click OK If the green input level meter rises while the sound produced in the device you should be able to record audio from that device I ve followed the instructions but still cannot record audio of what is heard from the speakers BSR can record audio only from the sources that the sound card supports If your sound card doesn t have an input line for recording audio from the speakers BSR cannot record audio from the Speakers Usually the input audio line which provides recording from the Speakers is named as Stereo mix or mono mix or Wave Out or What U Hear or something similar If one of these lines doesn t exist in the list as explained above it means that your sound card doesn t have an input line for recording sound from the speakers Solution 1 You can try connecting a cable 3 5mm audio cable with a male plug at each end from the line out or audio out or headphone port of the computer to the line in and choose the line in as the recording source in BSR Or if a line in port doesn t e
63. e of the speed icon in design mode aoe Disabled When checked the object will not have any effect on the Y f182 Li er width gg Play Audio The user can specify whether the audio will be played Heit during the speed object or not Disabled i Play Audio Right click on speed object to display the Object Menu Page 106 INTRODUCTION 7 2 8 JumpTo Object Click button on the toolbar to add a JumpTo object into the video Movie Lab skips the part of the video where the users added a JumpTo object The To Frame value in the Properties window defines to which frame number BSR will jump to Duration of a JumpTo object is equal to the length of the part to be skipped and is set to 5 seconds by default Start Jump From and end frames Jump To properties and durations of a jumpto object can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Grid Window S FP E Z Lui iA SO Ooee 40 45 50 S5 60 E5 Aeee fo of fo Ye e oe fe foe PBI Po oe fo e Object Duration Setting DEERE Ss Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 Time seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of a JumpTo can be specified by user Properties AVI File Info Frame Ho 300 v Time ooo Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object m Object Info From
64. e played at the same time when synchronized Add markers as much as possible for getting better results Each marker consists of two pointers with same color one for video and one for audio By pressing the Synchronize To Markers button BSR Movie Studio will try to synchronize video and audio streams automatically according to your latest marker by changing the video stream s playback speed In order to get better results markers should be added towards the end of the video In case this auto synchronization does not provide an exact solution you can edit your movies audio stream by inserting silence in any length you desire or you can delete any part of the audio you selected And finally you can also change the speeds of video and or audio streams separately Clicking the Mark This Video Frame will mark the current video frame Click on the video and or audio scales in order to add or relocate the markers Enabling Force Audio Timing option will cause BSR Movie Studio to play audio on its real time during preview If audio skips during playing you can try to disable this option It has no effect on the original AVI file You should click on the Apply button in order to apply the changes into the AVI file you re working on Page 73 INTRODUCTION 6 3 EXTRACT In this window you can cut any part of the video change compression codec of the video save any frame of the video as picture save audio of the vide
65. ecording with it Page 28 INTRODUCTION Show Sound Level Meter During Recording BSR opens a volume level meter which shows the input audio volume during recording Page 29 INTRODUCTION 3 4 FILE TAB BSR Screen Recorder Settings Screen Video jil Audio File Hotkeys Options About File Settings Save Files Automatically To C Users Bulent Documents BSR Videos Change File Name Format Enable Multiple File Recording IFAM file size exceeds 1300 ME switch to a new file Temporary Folder Photos Folder lt i i Default BSR Photos Folder a eee eae ih eee A bn Pie otset Pew tide 5 Vista temp Screen Recorder 5 VistasPhotos oe Se Se Clear BSR Temp Directoy Take Picture File Format Photo Format JPG Jpg File Quality 30 Restore Defaults ECF 8 5770 What ts this When the Save Files Automatically option is checked BSR automatically saves the recorded video files into the specified directory The file is named automatically with the file format specified by the user The default file name form consists of the date and time of the completion of the recording Change File Name Format Page 30 INTRODUCTION File Name Format File Mame Format EBSR lt Date gt lt Time gt File Name Preview BSA 2010 10 02 15 47 54 avi Available Fields Selected Fields Autonumber Date Username Time fear 4 digits
66. ed are follows the mouse cursor softly Draw Modes Sets the image drawing mode of BSR for video and picture recording separately Smooth Halftone option provides smooth transition of color and Sharp ColorOnColor option provides sharp colors Start BSR With Watchit Mode On Starts BSR Screen Recorder with Watchlit mode activated Signal Sounds Turned Off Starts BSR Screen Recorder with signal sounds of BSR turned off Always Select Full Desktop As Source Starts BSR Screen Recorder with full desktop selected as video source Interface Settings Do not minimize BSR while recording Normally BSR Screen Recorder minimizes itself during recording Checking this option will not minimize BSR Screen Recorder when the recording starts Do not minimize BSR while playing Normally BSR Screen Recorder minimizes itself just before playing a video Checking this option will not minimize BSR Screen Recorder before the recording starts Page 38 INTRODUCTION Do not close red frame while playing Normally BSR Screen Recorder closes the red frame markers before starting to play a video Checking this option will not close the red frame on the screen when opening the video on the default media player Shadow Drop Shadow Of Main Panel Drops shadow under the main interface of BSR Shadow color and its width can be specified by the user Not available on Windows Vista and Windows 7 Fix Region Selection When this option is checked BS
67. elected from this menu If audio source input lines cannot be detected then Audio Source Settings on Windows VISTA Windows 7 option will display in the menu Audio Source Settings on Windows VISTA Windows 7 On Windows Vista and Windows 7 by clicking this menu item BSR will open the Windows sound setting window Starting with Windows Vista Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems doesn t allow programs to change the audio recording sources of the sound cards programmatically Users must change it manually from the Windows settings Therefore BSR opens the Windows Sound setting window and describes to the user how to change it On Other Windows Editions Including Windows XP In the Windows editions except Windows Vista and Windows 7 here in the menu you will see the input audio channel lists which the sound card installed on that computer supports BSR Screen Recorder uses the capabilities of the sound card installed on that computer You can select any of the audio sources listed Examples to the input channels are microphone line in CD audio What U Hear etc If the Speakers option is not listed or grayed out it means that the sound card doesn t have such an input line lf your sound card doesn t support recording audio from speakers then you have 2 alternatives Page 10 INTRODUCTION Solution 1 You can try connecting a cable 3 5mm audio cable with a male plug at each end from the line out or audio ou
68. en and Noise effects Density level of the effect and colors can be specified Apply To 1 All Applies effect to full frame 2 Internal Highlight Applies the effect only to the internal part of the specified area of the video 3 External Highlight Applies the effect only to the external part of the specified are of the video Internal and External options can be used for highlighting the user specified areas in the video Width l 37 Disabled Saturation 12 ET aE Apply To All bd Style 2 Colorize T ka l 0 sat io Height 32 Apply To Apply To Internal Highl Internal Highliqigt 1 All Applies effect to full frame 2 Internal Highlight Applies the effect only to the internal part of the specified area of the video 3 External Highlight Applies the effect only to the external part of the specified are of the video Internal and External options can be used for highlighting the user specified areas in the video n oM SIEI Click Frame Preview and Video Preview buttons n located in the toolbar to preview the effects which are not displayed in design mode Page 104 INTRODUCTION Example To The Partial Application Of An Effect ApplyTo property of the Brightness Contrast effect is set to External Highlight Screenshot of the effect object in design mode naa F Video Frame No 30 00 00 02 Sample Project Application of the effect Screenshot of the
69. es port to be able to connect both the cable and a headphone D 3 5 mm Splitter Page 47 INTRODUCTION sound Solution 2 You should either install another sound card which supports that feature on your computer or use BSR on another computer which has a capable sound card Record Mouse Click Sounds When the user clicks mouse while recording BSR records click Record Keystroke Sounds When the user starts typing keyboard during recording BSR records keystroke sounds in to the video Amplify Recording Volume BSR automatically amplifies the sound volume in selected rate In the configuration wizard there exists only a part of the configuration options which are used more frequently For the other configuration options which don t exist in the wizard you should open BSR Configuration by clicking the Options button on the main interface See Section 3 Configuration of BSR for further information 4 3 2 Mouse Cursor Enabling Record Mouse Click Displays will provide BSR to record mouse clicks to the video Animation Display Left mouse clicks are displayed as red animation circles and right mouse clicks are displayed as green circles on the video Constant Display Left mouse clicks are displayed as red lines and right mouse clicks are displayed as green lines on the video The lines are displayed until the mouse button is released Both Mouse clicks are displayed with both animations and const
70. f File Staripa ka lo yh lo Width 32 0 0 Height 32 Border Transparency i 20 Fadeln iw Fade Out iw Set To Orginal Size Page 90 INTRODUCTION Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object File Name of the picture or video file When you move the mouse pointer over the file name its full path is displayed Click the button next to the file name to choose another file X Y Location of the picture video X Y coordinates in pixel Width Height Size of the picture or video Border Draws border for the picture object Border is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame Transparency Specifies transparency level of the object O Solid 255 Most Transparent Transparency is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click the Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame or Preview Video button to preview video Drawing transparent objects takes more time to complete processing during Produce Video process Fade In Fade Out Objects fade in or out in the produced video or previews not displayed in design window Set To Original Size Click this button to set the picture or video to its original size Right click on a picture object to display the Object Menu Paste Delete Bring To Front Send To Back Gr
71. f each device Close the volume setup window Click Record Audio From list box and select the audio source you want to record from such as microphone line in CD speakers etc Activate Record Audio option And now you can record with BSR Check if your computer receives audio signal from the audio source such as the microphone It will not record audio if the selected device can not transmit audio signals to your computer Page 122 INTRODUCTION If still not recording audio and you re sure that the recording volume is turned on then Click the Options button on the main interface of BSR Click the Audio tab Check Amplify Recording Volume option Try to record again If still not recording audio and you re sure that the settings are normal then Only on Windows XP Click the Options button on the main interface of BSR Click the Options tab Click Other Settings button Enable Reverse mixer audio lines option in the Audio Settings group Try to record again You can also do these audio source selection settings manually from Windows Settings Only on Windows XP For Windows Vista Windows 7 click here Open Volume Control of Windows This can be done by double click on Speakers icon in the system tray where the computer time is displayed Click Options in the menu and Properties select Recording option Select
72. g volume of the currently selected audio input channel can be set here For setting all lines you should click the Recording Volumes button Bl Recording Volume Levels Volume S PDIF In SB Audigy Volume What U Hear SB Audigy Pe i Volume Microphone SB Audigy E Volume Line In SB Audigy Warning Levels Zl Warn when volume level is lower than Vi Warm when volume level is higher than r Warning Levels Warn when volume level is lower than When this option is checked BSR will warn user if the recording volume of the selected audio source is lower than the specified volume here BSR will only warn if the volume control is closed during recording If it is open the user will already see and change the recording volume during recording Warn when volume level is higher than When this option is checked BSR will warn user if the recording volume of the selected audio source is higher than the specified volume here BSR will only warn if the volume control is closed during recording If it is open the user will already see and change the recording volume during recording Playback Volumes For setting the playback volumes you can click the Playback Volumes button Amplify Recording Volume BSR automatically amplifies the sound volume in selected rate Show Volume Control During Recording BSR opens a volume control on the desktop and the user can set the recording volume during r
73. gn mode Page 91 INTRODUCTION 7 2 3 Callout Arrow amp Various Object Image Object Click button on the toolbar to add an arrow object button to add a callout button to add a various object into the video Image object is used for adding ready built in images into the video Display duration of the added image object is set to 5 seconds by default starting from the current frame Start and end frames and durations of an image object can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Grid Window wF m Z7 40 45 50 Object Duration Setting Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 Time 4 seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of images can be specified by user Page 92 INTRODUCTION Properties AVI File Info Frame No 34 y Time 00 00 03 Object Info Object Ho hs Tope Imag ANo EE 216 3 128 Height i Border Fadeln D Fade Out Set To Orignal Size Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object No Number of the image Click the button next to the number to change the image with another one X Y Location of the image X Y coordinates in pixel Width Height Size of the image Border Draws border for the image objec
74. he files while switching to new files during multiple file recording and process all of them when the recording completely finishes Language Language of BSR user interface can be changed here Please note that some parts of the application accompanying files entire or some part of the product s website and support will remain English Page 39 INTRODUCTION 3 7 ABOUT TAB BSR Screen Recorder Settings Screen Video Audio Fie Hotkeys Options About About foj DS rsoft Check For New Yersion Help Wiebsite wew bsrsot com Email supportt bsrsoftcom Troubleshooting Credits Copyright C 2000 2010 BSASoft All nghts reserved Restore Defaults E C F 8 5710 What is this Check For New Version Click this button to find out if a new version is released We continuously add new features and or fix existing bugs if there are any It is recommended to check frequently if a new version of BSR is released Help Opens the help file of BSR Troubleshooting Opens the troubleshooting web page Credits Opens the Credits window Purchase Now Register Click this button to purchase BSR Screen Recorder and Movie Lab or to enter your license key Page 40 INTRODUCTION 4 CONFIGURATION WIZARD BSR has also a configuration wizard which opens at startup automatically by default This wizard provides users to configure BSR step by step Ha BSR Screen Recorder What would you like to
75. he mostly required BSR settings exist on the main interface 2 13 Shortcut Configuration Keys on the Main Interface of BSR On the main interface of BSR there exists the following shortcut configuration buttons which can be opened by dragging down or double clicking the colored part at the bottom part of the interface BSR Screen Recorder ks EJ Full Screen P Standby a Photo Play Stop Pause ae Options mule It can also be opened from Options gt Options tab gt Show Shortcut Buttons on BSR Interface an Markers Shortcut Button Video Codec Settings Shortcut Button Save Button Menu Button Mouse Cursor Button Audio Settings Shortcut Button 2 13 1 Save Button This button is only used when the automatic file saving is disabled Normally when the auto file saving is active BSR saves the video files automatically when the recording is completed Page 6 INTRODUCTION 2 13 2 Menu Button Menu button opens a setting menu Minimize Minimizes the interface Run At Corner Runs BSR at the right bottom corner of the screen Run In Tray Runs BSR in the system tray where the computer time is displayed on the screen and the main interface will disappear Keep On Top Keeps BSR on top of the screen over other applications Signal Sounds When checked BSR plays sounds when starting and stopping recordings and during countdown while starting recording Last Performance Report Will display th
76. ically display to indicate the selected region and will be closed when the recording finishes 2 13 6 Video Codec Setting Shortcut Button rod la bal y p A Video Codec Settings Shortcut Button If the Automatic option is checked in the Video Compression settings of BSR Options gt Video tab gt Video Compression BSR automatically selects a codec installed on the computer Another video codec which is installed on the computer can be selected by clicking this button Codecs are third party applications which can be downloaded and installed on the computer independent from BSR Screen Recorder In BSR these installed video codecs can be selected and configured by clicking this button For instance Xivd and DivX codecs can be selected here if they are installed on the computer For instance selecting the Xvid codec for recording will provide better quality and less file sizes These codecs can be downloaded from their websites When an AVI file is carried to another computer the video codec used for recording the video must also exist in that computer in order to display open the video Microsoft Video 1 is the most common existing video codec For distributing a recorded video file if you used a special codec or a codec which may not exist in the target computer converting AVI file to SWF WMV or EXE formats in the video convertor before the distribution and then distribute the video in SWF WMV or EXE format will overcome this problem
77. icient enough resulting rate will be lower In order to increase the capture speed you should reduce the load on CPU You should either close other applications running in your computer which keep CPU busy or wait their tasks finish such as backups virus scans and other CPU intensive background tasks You can try to select a smaller region on screen for recording or use size functions in Video Dimensions settings in Configuration Also computer s performance CPU speed RAM amount and harddisk space is an important factor on the capture speed rate Check Disable Video Acceleration When Recording option If the result is the same after these precautions then Set The Priority for Screen Recorder option to High from Click Congifure Click Options tab Page 128 INTRODUCTION Set Priority of BSR to High This will cause Windows to give the highest priority to BSR among other applications and its performance will clearly increase If you want to get the maximum capture speed you can also use No Compression Full frames option in Video Compression settings and record no audio if audio is not needed Compression of each frame and audio recording keeps CPU busier You can compress the video in the Movie Studio Resample AVI or in Movie Lab after you finish the recording and also add audio in the Movie Studio How can reduce sizes of video files record Converting recorded AVI files to SWF flash fi
78. ideo Creste Movie From Selected Picture Filas AL Picture Flea Iri Director Law Cees Febi Fiches aP CUser Pubic Ficweas iega Csabi Fws agd jog Cisa Pubi Pea 24056 joo C Weer Pubie Peer 20050621 123123 pg C Weer Pubbe Pebre 20090621 12362 pg C WU sens Pubble Pichares 2005 0621 124809 jpg Cige Pubhe Piche ss 2009 0621125539 jpg CU PublePichues 2009061130060 jpg C User4PblacsPiches 2005062113031 jpg Caer Preble Ficas 20090627 13043 jpg CMa Pubes Pictures 20090627131 522 joe Li ETE pies Wrasse LS a j Orin Sime 12 x 1024 a E gt Tela 23 bes Remove Selected Remove Al Duplicate Sot Properties of kh Size Giga Speed 7 tne tai Compression gt wih 1028 TT Microsclt Wideo 1 iz 2m Y Dipa One Fitina Pa 2 Seconds Keep Aspect Ratio Record Test On Video Locate Figh Select picture files or the folder including the pictures you want to include into the video You can specify the speed of the video from the slowest 1 picture display for every 60 seconds to the fastest 30 pictures per second For 1 picture per 60 seconds you should set Display One Picture Per Seconds to 60 seconds For 30 pictures per 1 second you should set uncheck the Display One Picture Per Seconds option and set Speed to 30 fps You can select any compressor codec installed in your computer to create the video and specify video dimensions You can also record any text you specify by checking the Reco
79. indow when a change movement in the window scene occurs Otherwise it pauses itself and waits for any change in the window s contents This feature can be used in order to record a video stream from the internet The program only records when there is action in the video stream and pauses unpauses itself automatically according to the incoming stream 2 3 Open Wizard Opens the configuration wizard Open Wizard Keep On Top Select Source Record Button Take Picture Ora il Photo Play Stop Pause D Oations Open Configuration Movie Lab Movie Studio 2 4 Play Button Opens the last recorded video with the default media player 2 5 Stop Button Stops recording Also closes the red frame region markers when opened just after region selection 2 6 Record Button Starts recording 2 7 Pause Button Pauses and unpauses recording Page 4 INTRODUCTION 2 8 Take Picture Button Takes picture of the selected region of the screen and by default saves them into Photos directory as JPG files Photo format can be changed to JPG PNG or BMP These files are kept in the Photos directory until you delete them You can handle these photos in Photo Studio The drawing mode smooth or sharp used during the picture capture can be changed in Other Settings in Options gt Options tab gt Other Settings The location of Photos folder can be changed from the File tab in configuration The number of the photos you have t
80. ions E Start recording on 02 10 2010 00 00 7 Display All Information Messages amp Dialogs F Stop recording on 02 10 2010 00 00 Disable Help Balloons BSA Signal Sounds Show Shortcut Buttons on BSA Interface Disable Screen Saver While Recording 30 Zoom Settings Run At Comer Run In System Tray Keep On Top C Stop recording at 100 th frame Hide Screen Recorder while recording Priority For BSA Screen Recorder Normal a Fea tere Deiane ECP 85 10 whabis thie Start Recording on When set BSR will automatically start recording at the specified date and time Stop Recording on When set BSR will automatically stop recording at the specified date and time BSR Signal Sounds When checked BSR plays sounds when starting and stopping recordings and during countdown while starting recording Disable Screen Saver While Recording When set BSR disable the system screen saver BSR Screen Recorder records whatever visible on the screen during recording If the screen saver runs while recording it will record the screen saver Run At Corner When this option is checked BSR will run at the right bottom corner of the screen Page 34 INTRODUCTION Run In System Tray When set BSR will run in the system tray where the computer time is displayed on the screen and the main interface will disappear Keep On Top This option keeps BSR on top of the screen over other applicatio
81. it If the aspect ratio of the destination video dimension is not same with the original one this option can be selected to stretch the video to the borders In that case the video will not be in the Original aspect ratio Backcolor If the aspect ratio of the destination video dimension is not same with the original one the color specified here will be used as the background color Par Produce Video AY Compression Original Codec Microsoft Video 1 C Custom Codec Dive 6 5 7 Codec 1 Logical CPU Ay Speed a f Original Playback Speed 11 136 fps Produce Video Close AVI Compression The original codec or a different one can be selected for creating the new video AVI Speed The original speed of the selected AVI file or a custom speed can be selected Reconstructing Video For A New User Specified Playback Speed Movie Lab can also be used to reconstruct the video to a selected fps amount between 1 to 30 It reconstructs file by adding new frames or removing existing ones For example when converting 30 fps to 15 fps it removes one frame from every two Or when converting 15 fps to 30 fps it duplicates each frame According to the video format selected WMV SWF and EXE Settings can be done by clicking the related setting button Click Produce Video button to start the creation of the video BSR Movie Lab will draw objects into the video frames Number of objects and number of transparent o
82. ize BSA while recording Do not minimize BSA while playing Do not close red frame while playing Shadow _ Drop Shadow of Main Panel Shadow Color I width 35 Fix region selection F Allow region resize during recording Fix BSA interface display Audio Settings _ Reverse mer audio lines E Use Audio Delay Shift 0 75 sec File Processing F Leave video and audio files unmerged Don t move the files fom the Temp Dir Process files after multiple recording finishes Capture Settings Take Picture Hotkey Sensitivity Set the sensitivity for the Take Picture hotkey Increasing the sensitivity may cause multiple shots in one hotkey Default Video Size For Full Desktop Recording This is not available when Output Video Dimension setting in the Video tab is set to Auto Otherwise this option provides BSR to set the output video dimension to 70 of the entire desktop size when full screen recording is selected Capture Speed Level This option may be used for reducing the capture speed slightly on computers with very high speed processors Modify video dimensions to multiple of 4 Changes output video dimension to multiples of 4 which provides more compatibility to most of the video codecs Zoom Disable Zooming If this option is checked zooming will not be available during recording Play Beep Sound If checked zooming in and out will play a beep sound during recording Slow Camera Motion Zoom
83. l Time 00 00 18 Codec Microsoft Video 1 Speed 11136 Width 500 Properties ae Height AVI File Info eight 360 Frame Mo g5 Frame No 65 000000 Time 00 00 05 o Time 0000 05 Control Panel Control Panel is located at the bottom of the screen which is used for navigating through the movie and for editing the currently selected objects start end frames and their durations by seconds or frames E lt m gt gt oa Go To 65 O F Play Audio Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame EE Time seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Page 85 INTRODUCTION Video Display Window Video frame window is the window which the frames of the video and added objects are displayed Some object properties such as their location sizes display orders can be set in the video display window Sample Project Toolbar Located at the top including shortcut buttons for many controls of the Movie Lab Sate ac ese Ta LS n SSeS a Bex oj SS ae gie him gt oe C TA aOR n ot D ST ee Page 86 INTRODUCTION 7 2 OBJECTS Objects which can be added into the video are textboxes image files video AVI files arrows callouts transitions effects mirrors zoom in JumpTo object to skip any part of the video speed object and highlights Objects can be added into the video by clicking to or dragging from the toolbox or from the Edit menu Toolbo
84. le or WMV format will reduce the file size significantly You can convert AVI files to SWF and WMV with the converter of BSR Screen Recorder Reducing the AVI file size The most important factor is the codec compression you use Only the change to a better codec will provide a significant decrease in file size For instance DivX or XviD codecs will provide smaller file size and high quality The second important factor is video dimension In full screen recordings you can use Video Dimension function in Options gt Video Tab in the old version Configuration gt Page I For instance set the ratio to 70 This will shrink video to its 70 in size and will provide a smaller file size Another factor is the audio quality Increasing audio quality will also increase the file size You can use Adviser of BSR from Options gt Options tab gt Run Adviser in the old version Configuration gt Page Ill gt Run Adviser to reduce file sizes You can also reduce the file size after your recording by opening the recorded file in Movie Lab Click Make Movie and set your new codec such as DivX XviD new video dimension and reconstruct the video to a lower fps rate It will produce a new video file according to your settings What are the settings for better quality For better quality you can configure BSR as follows Select DivX or XviD codec for recording which will provide better quality and smaller file size if DivX or
85. lecting 32 bit colors will increase the quality and the file size 32 bit setting will also remove unwanted lines from the video if there are any Keyframe Every Keyframe rate setting for SWF file 1 80 Default is 15 Playback Rate Frame per second setting of SWF file 1 80 Default is 30 Use ADPCM Audio Compression Compresses audio in ADPCM format Adapt Audio If audio format sample per second of the AVI file is not appropriate for SWF it changes audio format before converting to SWF Split To Several Files When Exceed 16000 Frames When SWF file exceeds 16000 frames which is the frame number limit for SWF files it splits the movie into several parts Connect Ends Of Splited Files To Each Other When the movie is splited into several parts it connects movies to each other When the playing one ends the next one starts automatically Load Another Flash Movie When Finishes When checked SWF player loads a specified other SWF Movie file If the new loaded file is set to play automatically when loaded it will start playing automatically Create Html File Creates html file to play the converted SWF file in the default internet browser Html Title Title for the html file to be created can be specified by user Add Hyper Link To Html Adds an hyper link to the end of html file just after the movie Text Text of hyper link Link Link of hyper link Page 65 INTRODUCTION 5 3 WMV CONVERTOR Al File Sourc
86. m speakers on Windows Vista Windows 7 How can set audio source and recording sound levels on Windows Vista Windows 7 Click Options button on the main interface of BSR Click Audio tab Click Settings For Recording Audio From Speakers button It will direct you to find out if the sound card on your computer is capable of recording audio from speakers and then how to activate recording audio from speakers Steps are also explained below a Enabling Sound Recording From Speakers on Windows Vista Windows 7 In order to be able to record from speakers you should first activate it from Windows settings which is deactivated by default on Windows Vista and Windows 7 1 Right click on the microphone icon on the main panel and click to Audio Source Settings in Windows VISTA Windows 7 Sound control panel of Windows will open 2 In the Recording tab you will see your devices enabled for audio recording Right click anywhere on any device or in the white blank area Click on Show Disabled Devices in the popup menu 3 If your sound card supports Stereo Mix Mono Mix Wave Out What U Hear or something similar will appear Right click on that device and click Enable 4 Now select the device you enabled or another one which you want to use for your audio recording and click Set Default b Setting Audio Source and Recording Sound Levels on Windows Vista Windows 7 1 Right click on the microphone icon on th
87. m the main interface of BSR Click Options Click the Audio Tab Page 121 INTRODUCTION Check if the Speakers option is listed under Record Audio From list yy tt If the Speakers option or one of Stereo mix mono mix Wave Out What U Hear or something similar is not listed the following link to our related part of troubleshooting web page will help http www bsrsoft com troubleshooting asp SpeakersGrayedOut B If you ve found that your sound card has an input line for recording from the speakers but it is still not recording it means that you either didn t activate the right input channel or the recording volume levels are too low For help you should read related parts of our troubleshooting web page 1 For Windows Vista Windows 7 http www bsrsoft com troubleshooting asp AudiolnVista 2 For other Windows OS including Windows XP http www bsrsoft com troubleshooting aso SoundMuted C If you ve found that your sound card doesn t have such an input line for recording from the speakers http www bsrsoft com troubleshooting aso AudioVista2 It doesn t record audio or the sound comes in very muted It can hardly be heard You should check the recording not playback volumes by doing the following Click the Options button on the main interface of BSR Click the Audio tab Click to the Recording Volumes button and increase the volumes o
88. n click on the Resample AVI File in order to choose a name for the new file and resample it You can press the ESC key to terminate the resampling process Check Change only the speed of the video option if you don t want to change the codec This will only change the speed of the video very quickly After resampling you can play new AVI by clicking on the Play New Movie File and display information about the new file by clicking on the Display New File s Info option Page 80 INTRODUCTION 6 7 CONVERT TO SWF See section 5 2 6 8 CONVERT TO WMV See section 5 3 6 9 CONVERT TO EXE See section 5 4 6 10 PHOTO STUDIO In this window you can view the captured pictures by BSR Screen Recorder save all or any of them to another folder delete all or any of them play captured pictures as slide show with the specified speed pass all captured photos to the Picture To Video module of the Movie Studio for creating video from the captured picture files H BSR Photo Studia Picture Farat IPG Photo 16 66 ME spect 2 fos Ged WE B Fama ra b 6 11 MOVIE LAB See section 7 Page 81 INTRODUCTION 7 MOVIE LAB BSR Movie Lab is an AVI editor which mainly designed for editing screen recording videos However it can also be used for other externally recorded AVI files when it is compatible with its audio fo
89. n such a case see the Solutions section below BSR is also capable of changing audio recording line in Windows Vista and Windows 7 If somehow BSR is not able to change audio input line selection only the selected audio source will be displayed In that case for changing the audio source BSR will open the Windows sound setting window Starting with Windows Vista Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems doesn t allow programs to change the audio recording sources of the sound cards programmatically Users must change it manually from the Windows settings Therefore BSR opens the Windows Sound setting window and describes to the user how to change it If the sound card doesn t support recording audio from speakers then there are 2 alternative solutions Solution 1 You can try connecting a cable 3 5mm audio cable with a male plug at each end from the line out or audio out or headphone port of the computer to the line in and choose the line in as the recording source in BSR Or if a line in port doesn t exit you can also connect the cable from the line out or audio out or headphone port to the microphone port and choose microphone as the recording source Page 26 INTRODUCTION When you connect the cable to the headphone port you may not be able to hear the computer sound To solve this you can connect a 3 5mm splitter to the headphones port to be able to connect both the cable and a headphone
90. nd Height text boxes The second region can be located to any part of the video by dragging at the screen diagram on the right The second region is demonstrated with the light gray color on the diagram BSR will record anything seen in the selected regions during recording INTRODUCTION Page 17 3 1 5 Auto Pan With this option selected a red transparent frame appears on the screen which will follow the mouse cursor BSR will record where ever the mouse cursor goes F4 key sets the size of the video Esc key stops recording F9 and F10 keys zooms in and out while recording by default 3 1 6 Enable Zooming During Recording F9 F10 When this option is enabled BSR can zoom in and out during recording by pressing F9 and F10 keys by default Zoom in and out can be used in A Region of the Screen recording Multiple Regions Entire Screen and Auto Pan recordings 3 1 7 Display Monitor This option opens a monitor to display the selected region on the screen The video display can be previewed from the monitor 3 1 8 Show Region Markers Ctrl M If this option is checked or Ctrl M is pressed the region markers red frame will be displayed When this option is not checked and when a region is selected on the screen the markers will automatically display to indicate the selected region and will be closed when the recording finishes INTRODUCTION 3 2 VIDEO TAB HE ESR Screen Recorder Set
91. ns Stop Recording At 100 Frame When set BSR will automatically stop recording at this frame Hide Screen Recorder While Recording When this option is checked BSR will completely hide during recording You should be aware of that there may be no sign about its activity during recording and may finish the hard disk empty space Priority For BSR Screen Recorder This options sets BSR Screen Recorder s priority among the other running programs during recording Setting this option to High will provide BSR high priority among other running applications and BSR will gain more CPU resource which will increase the capture performance Meanwhile it may cause other applications run slower during recording Display All Information Messages amp Dialogs This option will reset all the messages BSR pops up If the user set BSR not to display any message before it will start to display again Disable Help Balloons This option prevents BSR to display help balloons Show Shortcut Buttons on BSR Interface When checked the shortcut buttons on the BSR main interface will be displayed 3D Zoom Settings BSR 3D Zoom Settings 7 Activate Dynamic 3D Zoom Angle i oom Rate Defaults 30 oom Show When 30 oom ls Actve During Recordi Time Limit For 30 Zoom seconds goa NOR Page 35 INTRODUCTION Activate Dynamic 3D Zoom When this option is checked during 3D zoom the camera angle changes
92. nto the folder where the audio file is saved Mix Audio Add Audio Append Audio Mix Audio If the video already includes an audio stream then the selected or recorded audio will be mixed with the existing one This can be used to add narration to the video which already has an audio Or this option can be used for adding a background music Add Audio This option will overwrite the existing audio of the video with the selected recorded new audio Append Audio If the video has an audio stream this option will append the new audio at the end of the existing one Volume When clicked to the Apply button it will change increase or decrease the volume of the audio from the specified rate Mute It will mute the audio when viewing the video Play and Stop Buttons Press Play button to start playing the video and audio And Stop button to stop playing Add Mix Audio Into The Movie Click this button to add or mix the audio into the video It will ask a filename to create a new video with the new audio Play New Movie File Click this button to open the new created video in the default media player Page 71 INTRODUCTION 6 2 AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION In this window you can change speeds of the video and audio streams insert silence to anywhere in the audio stream delete any part of the audio to synchronize the audio with video BSR Mowe Studia What would you like to do Synchronize Audio And video O
93. o enter the license key 1 You can either click Enter License Key button in the directory selection window during the installation Or 2 Enter the license key from Options gt About tab gt Purchase Now after the installation Is there any limitation to the trial version of the software How long does the trial period last There is no time limit you can use it as long as you want Only limitation of the trial version is that it records watermarks on the video Page 131 INTRODUCTION Is it possible to remove the watermarks from the previous videos recorded with the trial version No the watermarks on the videos already recorded with the trial version of BSR cannot be removed since they are already produced with watermarks on them The purchased version of BSR stops recording watermarks on the new videos If purchase the 39 95 version now what would I do if I then decide need the 89 95 version You can add BSR Movie Lab later by paying the difference 49 95 Purchase link for adding the Movie Lab to your existing BSR Screen Recorder license http www bsrsoft com purchasebsr asp pt 4 want to purchase BSR Screen Recorder on Windows XP wil it be possible to change to Windows Vista or Windows 7 Yes you will be able to download and install any of them Will be able to download the XP and Vista or Windows 7 versions of BSR with one purchase Yes If change my computer with a new one or format my ha
94. o file Click on NEST button to start Note IF video files You record seem reasonable in size then nou map not change any setting Apply Enough This button opens the file size adviser File size adviser analysis the current settings and recommends user some changes in the setting to reduce the video file size View Last Performance Report Will display the last recording s performance report Report displays the recording performance graphically Page 36 INTRODUCTION BSR Screen Recorder Capture Performance 9 8 10 0 Priority For BSA Screen Recorder Hormal Disable Video Acceleration During Recording It the capture performance is low you can change the priority of BSR among other applications in the system from here also Other Settings Will open other settings which are not required very often Screen Recorder Settings Capture Settings Take Picture Hotkey Sensivity 5 1 49 Default 5 Default Video Size for Full Desktop Recording 0 Fe Capture Speed Level 1 1 20 Default 1 Modify video dimensions to multiplies of 4 Zoom E Disable Zooming Play Beep Sound Slow Camera Motion Draw Modes Video Capture Smooth Halftone Picture Capture Sharp ColorUnColor start BSR w ith F watchlt Mode On Signal Sounds Turned Off Always select Full Desktop as source Page 37 INTRODUCTION Language Interface Settings Do not minim
95. o into a wave file BSR Movie Studio What would you like to do Cut Extract Video Portions Grab Pictures From Movies Extract Sound From Movies w Open Awl File File Sddvrnzoome awi Compression vid MPE G 4 Codec Marke Lett Marker Right Marker Frame Ho 34 Frame No 120 Time 00 00 02 Time 00 00 14 Left Marker Right Marker BSR Screen Recorder E she Alot ple vet EE WA ihi Mien Scorer niii sae ated printers plea wou Lake pru ves mili pours H Lint has ch pout scheme Any cart o thee E eT wen fane by mama od het DJAA a Weeder ot iar urea L p A i dku mpaya pele x the anye daniop on be teorii i wae To oe coe ioe Extract Opti Yoo u uomi put seb cam cm Cre a mi ee bgp ge BUDE Gos gares any Scheer fo pou yin Prepem futon n pan Geek acy wie dhipley TPL THT and wh wiht incu hs x SEL tik L Compression Tr alr Weer renond spodi r avid MPEG 4 Codec E Do not extract audio 00 00 02 00 00 14 ee E Select the part between the two markers bel bel Open Photos i n p b Save Sound Tol Save Picture Of Folder Play New WAM File This Frame Copy Selected Part To A New File Created File Click Open AVI File button to open a video Here you can extract parts from the opened video Mark the beginning and the end points with left and right markers green markers You can extract either inside or outside part of the markers Select any compression codec installed in your computer for c
96. olbar to preview transition effects which are not displayed in design mode Page 100 INTRODUCTION 7 2 6 Effect Object P t Click d button on the toolbar to add an effect into the video Available effects are a e Grayscale amp Color Filter e Colorize Grayscale Colorize Contrast Blur Sharpen e Brightness Contrast Color ae e Blur Moie Brush Emboss Mosaic A Mosaic e Sharpen e Noise e Brush e Emboss e Rounded Mosaic e Mosaic Screenshots of Video Effects Grayscale Color Filter Blue Color Filter Red Page 101 INTRODUCTION Recta GOO Fie Sea Prate SS d Blur Noise fo ferharks 4 aa SGP EET ooh OD Frew tit aia Frou Tires TOL TH Fii dias Prod E Brush Emboss Page 102 INTRODUCTION ee LEE dd a nE Ea FIRT EPFE ee TEE ET E aAa EEE i FFF SECC ERE EB Id EEE bo E E a a h DE E EEEE S PE a E hs E L ee E t E E BREESE RRR REE ee eee ee eee ee eee ee ee ee ee me a a4 i see trtttttte PPP Pee 4 oC eee eee eee ee ee ee E i E BR ttettittthk BRR ee 24 38 BEtPPEPEERE RE R BRR Eee 4 2d e i a E e eS PE C i a ee EENI th a ane PE CLL is p tY ae se mie a a ot i at 5 oe oda tE ni i h TE a SSS FP CREREREE ie BEBE e ieie ie iee SER ESPADA ES THESES THE PEER Rounded Mosaic Mosaic Display duration of the effect is set to its default value starting from the current frame Start and end f
97. omatic option is enabled BSR sets the output video dimension rate automatically for a better capture speed fps When the selected region on the screen for recording is larger BSR automatically reduces the output video dimension to increase the capture performance The output video dimension rate can also be changed to a value up to 500 by the user The output video dimensions can also be entered as pixel width and height instead of a percentage The small check box near the Height textbox provides BSR to maintain the aspect ratio of the source Clicking the small square button just under the Auto option will open the Output Video Size Dialog When the Auto option is disabled a small circle appears which provides BSR to save the settings for all sessions when turned on Page 23 INTRODUCTION apens iow gt Sepet nw Orignal Size 602400 prels Oueput Video Size 4804320 pixels V Set Automatically 80 of the ongimal size You can zoom in amp out dwing recording 3 2 4 Recording And Playback Speeds Capture Speed When the Automatic option is checked BSR automatically sets the recording speed Bu unchecking this option video capture speed can be configured The fastest capture speed can be set to 100 frames per 1 second The slowest is 1 frame per 24 hours Click on the red button figure ii to lock the current speed settings for use in all sessions In Watchlt Mode speed settings are not use
98. on to the callout box Frame No 56 00 00 05 ese tae Satay 3 Add the tail from the Callouts 4 Group all into one by clicking the Group in the Toolbox option in the right click menu lt n i LAS pes Riya 7 res a i Ai 9 30 UUUU U5 Video Fri e No OOF00 05 pi Gras ere orcs eee DiS GoTo Copy Paste Delete Bring To Front Send To Back Group aD Ungroup Duration Preview Video Preview Frame Page 94 INTRODUCTION 7 2 4 Mirror Object 1 _ _ Click button on the toolbar to add a mirror object into the video Mirror object is used for adding a mirror of a user specified region of the video Select a region on the video frame window by dragging mouse pointer while CTRL key left mouse button is pressed A green border will appear to indicate your selection Click right mouse button to display the menu and click Create Mirror of Selection Mirror object can also be used for zoom in and for emphasizing any part of the video Create Mirror of Selection Save Selection as Picture File Save Selection as Picture And Paste Into This Frame Copy To Clipboard ES Rad OM Ped Ld Ld LL Display duration of the added mirror object is set to 5 seconds by default starting from the current frame Start and end frames and durations of a picture object can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Dur
99. op or right click to the blank area black bar below just near to the play button section Or right click to the blank bar above the menu area 2 In the Tools menu click Options and then click the Performance tab 3 Uncheck Turn On DirectX Video Acceleration for WMV files option Or if the Advanced button exists click the Advanced button In the Video Acceleration area clear the Use overlays check box 4 Restart Windows Media Player and try to record again If the video acceleration cannot be deactivated then you should use another media player which doesn t use video acceleration to play the video you will record Can the recorded video be saved in a wide screen format BSR Screen Recorder can produce recorded video in any video dimension in its Movie Lab After you record the video you should open it in the BSR Movie Lab click Produce Video in the File menu and specify the dimensions of the video in pixels For wide screen the ratio of the video is important The ratio should be 16 9 such as 800 x 450 pixels 400 x 225 pixels How can I delete a section of a video You can either do this in Movie Studio gt Extract You can open the Movie Studio by clicking the Studio button on the main interface Here you can select the part of the video you want to delete Or you can do it in Movie Lab by adding JumpTo object anywhere on the video The video will skip the frames you added JumpTo objects Page 120 INTR
100. ord with blurring on them Sharp will produce sharp pictures video displays SWF file plays fine to a point and then the screen goes completely red Red playback shows that Flash Media Player consumes too much memory to play the swf This is related to the Flash Media Player s memory handling Reducing the Playback Rate will help Flash Player to consume less memory For reducing the Playback Rate click Advanced button in the SWF convertor and reduce Playback Rate value Why the recording video is blank black screen cannot record video from a media player DVD etc Page 118 INTRODUCTION Screen recorder applications cannot record overlaid video from the screen unless you do some settings Some videos like DVD videos are overlaid on screen by the media players which prevents screen capturing On Windows Vista amp Windows 7 Right click to your desktop on the wallpaper Click Personalize Click Display Settings Click Advanced Settings button Click Troubleshoot tab Click Change Settings button Turn off the hardware acceleration if the option is disabled then you should try to turn off the video overlay from the media player s settings as described below You may also need to turn off the hardware acceleration video overlay from the media player s settings Or you can try to play the video with another media player for recording from screen You can turn off the video overlay in Windows Media Pla
101. oup Ungroup Duration Preview Video Preview Frame Saving any part of the video frame as picture Select a region on the video frame window by dragging mouse pointer while CTRL key left mouse button is pressed A green border will appear to indicate your selection Click right mouse button to display the menu and click Save Selection as Picture File to save the selection as a picture file or Save Selection as Picture And Paste Into This Frame to paste the saved picture into the frame Important File Locations of Pictures Videos Existing In The Movie Lab Projects When picture and video files are added into the video BSR Movie Lab saves their file location on the hard disk to the project file When a previously saved project is open in the Movie Lab it will open the picture files existing in the project from their saved locations Therefore it is important not to delete or move these files from their locations Otherwise the Movie Lab will not be able to find those files when opening the project If the Movie Lab cannot find a picture or a video file existing in the project it will display a question mark in the video instead of that picture or video In such a case you can manually set the location of the picture or video file from the Properties of the picture object Click Frame Preview and Video Preview buttons an located in the toolbar to preview effects such as transparency which are not displayed in desi
102. ows that the configuration of BSR through the wizard configuration wizard has ended The user can click the Start Recording button to start the recording immediately or Done button to close the wizard and activate the main interface In the configuration wizard there exists only a part of the configuration options which are used more frequently For the other configuration options which don t exist in the wizard you should open BSR Configuration by clicking the Options button on the main interface See Section 3 Configuration of BSR for further information Page 60 INTRODUCTION 5 VIDEO CONVERTOR Pay Convert AVI To AVE Select Output ideo Format Q C AWI Video Resample C Flash Movie File StF C Windows Media Video wih EXE Executable File EXE Convertor can be used to convert AVI files to SWF Flash WMV Windows Media Video and EXE Executable File format videos Page 61 INTRODUCTION 5 1 RESAMPLE AVI VIDEO AVI files can be resampled with a new codec and or playback speed Completed sucpessiully A Fie 5 ource File i BSA Videos BSA 200902 14 14 57 50_Flesempled avi Fde soe Iyar KB AVL File Destraton Fie BSA 2008 02 14 14 57 50 Resampled Revamped avi ial File Sezer Onigral a4 dnfonivatice wah Eem Height p ipd MPEG 4 Codec Audio Fopetes of Maw dsl Codec DWX2 6 51 Codec 1 Logical CPU Speed 6261 frames per second 1 30 Change Both
103. p Pause ja O ptions a 2 1 1 Preset Regions Preset regions can be defined by the users BSR Screen Recorder a f N E E Fulscreen gt E Ful Sereen Standby A Region A window Picture In Picture Configure Preset Regions YouTube Photo Play Stop Pause id Options Stout Page 2 INTRODUCTION Click Configure Preset Regions option to open the settings el Preset Regions BSR Screen Recorder Presel Regions YouTube Preset Properties Preset Name Youl ube 999 Width B40 249 Height 356 bok the bonta elect Select Region the Egen POL Wert bo record on Screen Delete Save ee Click New Preset button to create a new region Enter the screen coordinates of the regions you want to save or click Select Region button to select it on the screen Finally click Save button to save the preset region 2 2 Watchit Mode BSR Screen Recorder e a Standby A Region n A Window Pdu in Soue E Auto Pan Tel fec Preset Regions P Watchlt Mode Orau Photo Play Stop Pause i ptions Click this option to activate the Watchlt mode During recording when the WatchlIt mode is activated BSR Screen Recorder watches the selected source for any change and records only when the content of the source changes For example when a window is selected for recording BSR Screen Recorder records Page 3 INTRODUCTION the w
104. pens a monitor to display the selected region on the screen The video display can be previewed from the monitor Page 53 INTRODUCTION 4 5 VIDEO OPTIONS BSR Screen Recorder Video Options Lomonsson Wl Aubomatic vid HPEG 4 Codec Aecording Opboans Disable Screen Saver Durning Recording Fiai For BSA Screen Recorder Caplin Speed V Automatic Hames re Dimers Sire 100 amp of the onginal size Fiw 528 Height 1360 Troubleshooting Do not show this dialog again Start Recording Done i Froris 4 5 1 Compression If the Automatic option is checked BSR automatically selects a codec installed on the computer Another video codec which is installed on the computer can be selected by unchecking the Automatic option Codecs are third party applications which can be downloaded and installed on the computer independent from BSR Screen Recorder These installed video codecs can be selected and configured here For instance Xivd and DivX codecs can be selected here if they are installed on the computer For instance selecting the Xvid codec for recording will provide better quality and less file sizes These codecs can be downloaded from their websites When an AVI file is carried to another computer the video codec used for recording the video must also exist in that computer in order to display open the video Microsoft Video 1 is the most common existing video codec For distributing
105. ptions can be entered for each object These names are displayed next to the grid window rie Com MIYE VIEW Mep gin we ii Video Frame No 58 t Display Order Of The Objects By clicking the Bring To Front and Send To Back in the object menu display orders of the objects can be changed Grouping Objects More than one object can be selected for grouping Click Group and Ungroup in the object menu or from the toolbar to group or ungroup the selected objects Multiple selected or grouped objects can be moved resized deleted copied and pasted together Wi 15 The following properties will be available for the multiple selected objects Properties AVI File Info Frame No 60 v Time 90 00 05 Multiple Selection Transparency f 20 v Change Color Fade In Fade Out Page 110 INTRODUCTION Example Grouping A Callout Object With Text 1 Add a box from Callouts in the Toolbox 2 Add a text object on to the callout box 3 Add the tail from the Callouts 4 Group all into one by clicking the Group in the Toolbox option in the right click menu GoTo Copy Paste Delete Bring To Front Send To Back Group oto Ungroup Duration Preview Video Preview Frame Undo Redo Functions All changes can be undone by clicking the UNDO button in the toolbar or by pressing the Ctril Z buttons from the keyboard REDO button or Ctrl Y keys will redo 10 15 Page 111
106. r information Start Recording Clicking this option immediately starts recording Page 49 INTRODUCTION 4 4 RECORDING OPTIONS Date And Time selina q _ include Watermark Watermark Setbngs _ Record Subtitle Text D abe Accelershon prevents blank necordinal Record Transparent Layered windows Show Markers Show Morito Troubleshooting F Do not show this dialog again Start Recording lt lt Previous 4 4 1 Options i Include Date Time When this option is checked BSR will record date and time into the video Click Date amp Time Settings button for further settings Page 50 INTRODUCTION Record Date Time Format Preview Date And Time O Only Date Only Time Date Format dd mm yyyy T Properties V Transparent 15 02 2010 00 52 25 Transparency mmf Font Times New Roman Position Font Size F Auto 24 v Text Color J Bold V Background i Border Color Restore Defaults Format of the date and time can be set from the Format settings Properties of the date and time display can be configured from the Properties Position of the date and time display on the video can be set from the Position The display of the date and time can be previewed in the Preview Enabling Record Mouse Click Displays will provide BSR to record mouse clicks to the video Left mouse clicks are animated as red lines and right mouse clicks are
107. rames and durations of a transition can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Grid Window Object Duration Setting OBJECT DURATION START END Frame 5 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of an effect can be specified by user Page 103 INTRODUCTION Properties AYI File Info Frame Mo 300 v Time opono2 Object Info Object No HE o Tope Effect Object No Shows the object number of the selected object Type Shows type of the selected object Style Type of effect X Y Location of the effect icon X Y coordinates in pixel When ApplyTo property is set to Internal or External then these X and Y values defines the X Y locations of the effect to be applied on the video Width Height Size of the effect icon in the design mode When ApplyTo property is set to Internal or External then these values defines the width and height of the effect to be applied on the video Disabled When checked the effect will not be applied to the video Color Bar Colorize Color is selected in color bar for applying the Colorize effect Preview Window Effect can be previewed here if Preview In Properties option is checked in the View menu Density Settings Applicable to Saturation Red Green Blue Contrast Brightness Blur Sharp
108. rd Mouse Click Displays will provide BSR to record mouse clicks to the video Animation Display Left mouse clicks are displayed as red animation circles and right mouse clicks are displayed as green circles on the video Constant Display Left mouse clicks are displayed as red lines and right mouse clicks are displayed as green lines on the video The lines are displayed until the mouse button is released Both Mouse clicks are displayed with both animations and constant lines on the video Enabling Record Mouse Click Sounds will provide BSR to record mouse click sounds to the video Enabling Windows Cursor will provide BSR to record the mouse cursor with the current shape Enabling Custom Cursor will provide BSR to record a custom mouse cursor by selecting the cursor file BSR includes four custom cursors Page 19 INTRODUCTION Enabling Activate Cursor Highlight will provide BSR to highlight the mouse cursor with the specified color shape size and transparency Restore Defaults button restores the default values for the cursor highlight ii Record Date amp Time By enabling this option BSR will record date and time into the video Click Date amp Time Settings button for further settings Record Date Time Format Preview Date And Time OO Only Date Only Time Date Format dd mm pppy foo Properties Transparent Transparency m Font Haaien Font Size F Auo 24 Text Color 07 52
109. rd Text On Video option such as a date or a title etc You can set the vertical location of the text on the video and the font size Page 78 INTRODUCTION Uncheck the Keep Aspect Ratio option if you do not want to keep the pictures original aspect ratios Click on the Make Movie button in order to create the video While creating new video all pictures in your list will be displayed on your screen at top You can terminate this process by pressing the ESC key Page 79 INTRODUCTION 6 6 RESAMPLE In this window you can resample a video by changing its compression codec and the speed change only the speed of the video Gd BSR Mowie Studio What would you like to do Resemople An Av File Open An AV Fie b Fie Sdzoom1_an AVL Informa Propernies Of New width Compression Mictosall Video 1 Hepghl S54 Gpeed 5 56 Ips Length 507 frames Changs only the speed of the video Speed 5 663 9 frames per second 1 3 Filesize 772 659 EA Compression Hierso Video 7 Audio es Displev New Pie s Inia a Hesemple AV Fie Pisy Hew Moves Fide Click Open An AVI File button to open a video When you open an AVI file the information about this file will be displayed under AVI information part You can press on the play button in order to play it with your default AVI player You can specify new speed and or compressor codec for the new AVI file The
110. rddrive will be able to use the same license key Yes you can use the same license key when you change your computer with a new one Error message on Windows Vista Runing BSR Screen Recorder with Administrator rights should fix the problem Right click on the BSR Screen Recorder 4 that you click to launch BSR in the Start Menu Click to Properties Click Compatibility tab At the bottom enable Run this program as an administrator option Page 132 INTRODUCTION Click OK Launch BSR by clicking on the BSR Screen Recorder 4 in the Start Menu Vista will ask you to use the administrator account Click Allow Now it should work properly Doesn t save video as WMV doesn t convert to WMV You should try to install Windows Media Encoder on your computer from htto www microsoft com windows windowsmedia forpros encoder default mspx How can I select a video file to play back Right click to Play button it is the button with the black triangle icon on the main panel to select the media file you want to play How can close disable tooltip balloons You can enable disable tooltip balloons from Options gt Options tab gt Disable Help Balloons I have Windows Vista Windows 7installed on my computer and BSR doesn t run on it BSR Screen Recorder has a separate installation for Windows Vista Windows 7 which you can download from the following link http www bsrsoft com do
111. rding Edt M Pan Region Stop Recording Edt F Volurne Controletes V PauseRecodng Edit 7 Take Picture Zoo In E Edit V Show Hide bakes F Zoom Ou FA Edt Drow To Sereen Vl Toggle 2D Zoom FS Edt 30 Mouse Control Cirl Siuh 30Z00m Tit Increase Cil Plight l Edit M 30 Zom In Ctri Up 3DZoom Tit Decrease Cin Left Edt V30 Zoom Out Clr Down Before stating to record pause and wait cc The key to start recording Etg ombir from number 10 ten stark recone Restore Defauts ECP 91 10 What is thie In this tab all BSR hotkeys are configured Start Recording This hotkey starts recording e Stop Recording This hotkey stops recording e Pause Recording Pauses and unpauses recording e Zoom In Zooms in while recording e Zoom Out Zooms out while recording e Toggle 3D Zoom Opens 3D zoom while recording e 3DZoom Tilt Increase When 3D zoom is opened this hotkey increases zoom tilt e 3DZoom Tilt Decrease When 3D zoom is opened this hotkey decreases zoom tilt Page 32 INTRODUCTION Page 33 Pan Region When recording a region on the screen pressing this hotkey will move the region red frame to the mouse cursor location on the screen Volume Control Meter This opens and closes the volume control and volume level meter during recording Take picture This hotkey takes
112. reating the new extracted video file You can also enter the frame numbers for the left beginning and right ending markers Click Copy Selected Part To A New File button to extract the select part of the video into a new file If audio exists in the movie audio will be extracted with the video If you want to extract the video without audio check Do not extract audio option Save Sound To WAV File Click this button to extract the sound of the video into a WAV file Page 4 INTRODUCTION Save Picture Of The Frame Click this button to save the currently displayed frame to as picture file Open Photos Folder Click this button to open the photos folder where BSR is saving the picture files Play New Created File Click this button to open the new created video in the default media player Page 5 INTRODUCTION 6 4 MERGE In this window you can merge two AVI files change compression codec of the new video specify the speed and size of the new video What would you like to do Merga Two Moies ee isi i i iOl Video 1 yn ms Openavi Filet P Owaa Fie2 De File Seeooml an 1 Seeooms avi Compression Mistoeall Video 1 i Han Micioeall Video T Dimensions 1152x 054 Dimensions 1752 564 Speed 5 66 bps Speed b222 Ips Tatal Frame Ho 507 Tolal Frame Mo 178 Total Time 0001 25 Total Tome 0000 25 File Size
113. rmat and video codec 7 1 BRIEFLY MOVIE LAB INTERFACE Ba ESR Movie Lab File Edt Movie iew Help PELOT 28 22 38 ea g i Properties AVI File Info Frame Mo F Time 00 00 Object Info Object Mo 4 Tepe Eiet J A Fiam ih Fiama E JF e lt m p gt 3 cmTr5 Puiu am fees Baal a Tims dal ol Click New Project Open AVI File option in the File menu and select the AVI file you want to open for editing Hid BSR Movie Lab SampleProject bmil File Edit Movie View Help New Project Open AVI File K H l l Open Project Ctri O0 save Project Ctri S Save Project As Close Project Produce Video Page 82 INTRODUCTION Various objects can be added into the opened video These objects are textboxes image files video AVI files arrows callouts transitions effects mirrors Zoom in JumpTo object to skip any part of the video speed object to slow down or speed up any part of the video and highlights Objects can be added into the video by clicking to or dragging from the toolbox or from the Edit menu Toolbox Edit Menu Be BSR Movie Lab SampleProject bml Toolbox Movie View Help Undo NS Ctrl z Redo Ctri Copy Object Ctrl C Paste Object Ctrl V Add Text Object Add Picture Object Add Arrow Object Add Callout Object Add Various Objects Add Mirror Object Add Transition Object Add Effect Object Add Speed Object Add JumpTo Object Replace A
114. t Border is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame Transparency Specifies transparency level of the object O Solid 255 Most Transparent Transparency is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click the Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame or Preview Video button to preview video Drawing transparent objects takes more time to complete processing during Produce Video process Fade In Fade Out Objects fade in or out in the produced video or previews not displayed in design window Set To Original Size Click this button to set the image object to its original size Change Icon Click this button to change the object another image Change Color Click this button to change the color of the image Click on Pick Color and then an image object existing in the video frame to pick the same color Right click on an image object to display the Object Menu Page 93 INTRODUCTION GoTo Copy Paste Delete Bring To Front Send To Back Group Ungroup Duration Preview Video Preview Frame Click Frame Preview and Video Preview buttons on located in the toolbar to preview effects such as transparency which are not displayed in design mode How To Add A Callout With Text 1 Add a box from Callouts in the Toolbox ame No 50 00 00 05 TP pe 2 Add a text object
115. t Ctrl V Add Text Object Add Picture Object Add Arrow Object Add Callout Object Py HOB Va J Add Various Objects Add Mirror Object Add Transition Object Add Effect Object Add Speed Object Add JumpTo Object Replace AVI Select All Ctrl A DINYA Page 108 INTRODUCTION Objects can also be added with copy paste functions by either pressing Ctrl C keys for copying and Ctrl V keys for pasting or clicking the copy and paste buttons in the toolbar or from the object menu by right clicking on the object GoTo Copy Paste Delete Bring To Front Send To Back Group Ungroup wii LEL CALEL TL YTY irc Duration Preview Video Preview Frame 7 3 3 Editing Object Properties Properties of a selected object are displayed in the Properties window which is located at the right of screen You can enter new values or change the options for an object from the Properties window Example properties of a text object Properties AYI File Info Frame Ma 34 Time ooa Object Info Object No fi Type Tet Text write Your Text Font Name Verdana vl Font Size 20 aE Alignment Center Text Color p e0000 Bold Italic Fil O Border BackColor L EAFE FE Transparency la r 451 vfa Width ao Height fgg Fadeln M Fade Out M Page 109 INTRODUCTION You can move and resize the objects on the Video window Custom names descri
116. t or headphone port of the computer to the line in and choose the line in as the recording source in BSR Or if a line in port doesn t exit you can also connect the cable from the line out or audio out or headphone port to the microphone port and choose microphone as the recording source sound a When you connect the cable to the headphone port you may not be able to hear the computer sound To solve this you can connect a 3 5mm splitter to the headphones port to be able to connect both the cable and a headphone 3 5 mm Splitter Solution 2 You should either install another sound card which supports that feature on your computer or use BSR on another computer which has a capable sound card Record Mouse Click Sounds When the user clicks mouse while recording BSR records click Record Keystroke Sounds When the user starts typing keyboard during recording BSR records keystroke sounds in to the video Page 11 INTRODUCTION Playback Volumes Setup For setting the playback volumes click this menu item Recording Volumes Setup For setting the recording volumes of all input audio lines click this menu option The following window will open Bi Recording Volume Levels Volume S PDIF In SB Audigy Volume What U Hear SB Audigy Po cll ea a Volume Microphone SB Audigy Volume Line In SB Audigy Warning Levels 4 Warn when volume level is lower than J Warm
117. ted it means that the sound card doesn t have such an input line In such a case see the Solution section below Page 46 INTRODUCTION BSR is also capable of changing audio recording line in Windows Vista and Windows 7 If somehow BSR is not able to change audio input line selection only the selected audio source will be displayed In that case for changing the audio source BSR will open the Windows sound setting window Starting with Windows Vista Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems doesn t allow programs to change the audio recording sources of the sound cards programmatically Users must change it manually from the Windows settings Therefore BSR opens the Windows Sound setting window and describes to the user how to change it If the sound card doesn t support recording audio from speakers then there are 2 alternative solutions Solution 1 You can try connecting a cable 3 5mm audio cable with a male plug at each end from the line out or audio out or headphone port of the computer to the line in and choose the line in as the recording source in BSR Or if a line in port doesn t exit you can also connect the cable from the line out or audio out or headphone port to the microphone port and choose microphone as the recording source When you connect the cable to the headphone port you may not be able to hear the computer sound To solve this you can connect a 3 5mm splitter to the headphon
118. ter quality and lower file size Play After Converted Converted file WMV file starts to play in default WMV player just after the conversion completed Restore Defaults Restores WMV converter to its default values Page 67 INTRODUCTION 5 4 EXE CONVERTOR Bj Convert AVI to EXE AMT Fio Sono File Documerts BSR Videos E5R 2010 04 04 18 29 18 avi Fle See SSS KB EXE File Chestination File locumenlsABSR Videos BSR 2010 04 0418 29 18ene a File Sie Include Audio Video Quality 30 Auto Play F Auto Loop Video Crested By BSASoft Message To Vier AVI File File to be converted to EXE EXE File Location and name of EXE file to be created Include Audio If AVI file contains audio and this option is checked audio will be included into the EXE file Auto Play If checked the EXE video player is set to play the video automatically when launched Auto Loop If checked the EXE video player is set to play the video repeatedly Video Quality Specifies a value between minimum quality 1 and maximum quality 100 Default Value is 80 Video Created By Name of the user who converts AVI to EXE This information will be displayed in the Info About Video option in the About menu of the BSR Video Player Message To Viewer Message from the user who converts AVI to EXE can be entered to be displayed in the Info About Video option in the About menu of the BSR Video Player Restore Defaults Res
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120. this option for screen recording 4 1 2 Edit Produce Video In Movie Lab Opens BSR Movie Lab With BSR Movie Lab users can add texts images videos callouts mirrors zoomins effects transitions soeed objects skip frames JumpTo objects into the recorded videos In BSR Movie Lab videos can be resampled with new codecs in new dimensions with new speed and in new other video formats SWF WMV and EXE With BSR Movie Lab users can prepare tutorials presentations video for video sharing websites etc See Movie Lab section for further information Page 42 INTRODUCTION 4 1 3 Play Video File Select this option to play a previously recorded video 4 1 4 Movie Studio Tasks Join Two Videos Opens Merge screen of BSR Movie Studio for joining two separate video AVI files Extract Cut A Video Opens Extract screen of BSR Movie Studio in which the user can extract any portion of the video into a new file extract sound of the video into a wave file and save picture of any frame of the video Add Mix Sound Into A Video Opens Add Mix Audio screen of BSR Movie Studio for editing the audio of the video Users can add new audio or mix audio with the existing one Make Video From Pictures Opens Picture To Video screen of BSR Movie Studio for creating video from the picture files Open Audio Video Synchronizer Opens Audio Synch screen of BSR Movie Studio for editing video for the audio synchronization Resample
121. tings Video Compression Codec W Automatic head MPEG 4 Codec O g Record Date amp Time QDulpul Video Dimarison EE of Automatic Date amp Time Settings w 100 Sof the onginal size FF trade Weatermaak m wieh 528 Height 360 E Watena Senge Recesdng and Playback Spend Caplure Speed Automatic Recend Subtle Sie Toa otis Digable Acceleration hen Recording H Capture jauko frames per 1 Second gt L i Plajback Speed of video 7 Automatic Ca F Reco Transparent And Lapered Windows Restore Defauts ECP 83 10 Wha ie ths In this tab the recording options video codec video dimensions and video speeds are configured 3 2 1 Recording Options i Record Mouse Pointer By enabling this option BSR will record mouse cursor movements into the video and photo capture Click Mouse Cursor Settings button for further mouse cursor and highlight settings Page 18 INTRODUCTION Mouse Cursor And Highlight Settings acne Mouse Chicks Record Mouse Click Displays Animation Display Record Mouse Click Sounds Phase Curso Windows Durs I Custom Cursor Heg aOc Cursor Highiiighit F Activate Curso Highlight Highhght Shape Cinete m Highlight Colo Highlight Size gt Transparancy Sj This window includes settings for mouse cursor and cursor highlight Enabling Reco
122. to the produced video not displayed in design mode click the Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame or Preview Video button to preview video Drawing transparent objects takes more time to complete processing during Produce Video process Effect Negative effect can be applied to mirror Border Draws border for the mirror object Border is drawn into the produced video not displayed in design mode click Preview Frame button in the toolbar to preview the frame Show Objects Check this option in order to display existing objects such as texts callouts pictures in the mirror Objects located behind the mirror will be displayed in the mirror If this option is not checked objects will not be displayed in the mirror Zoom In If checked zoom in effect is applied for the frame length specified in the Length Zoom Out If checked zoom out effect is applied for the frame length specified in Length Fade In Fade Out Objects fade in or out in the produced video or previews not displayed in design window Right click on a mirror object to display the Object Menu w Click Frame Preview and Video Preview buttons m5r located in the toolbar to preview the mirror effect and other effects on the object such as transparency which are not displayed in design mode Page 96 INTRODUCTION 7 2 5 Transition Object d Click d button on the toolbar to add a transition into the video
123. tores EXE converter to its default values Page 68 INTRODUCTION 6 MOVIE STUDIO BSR Screen Recorder ga ojs y Full Screen p Standby Photo Play Stop Fause TE Options Open Movie Studio Clicking the Studio button on the main interface of BSR will open the following window BSR Screen Recorder Studias Screen Recorder Movie Studia F Pif pee kia Bi J LEJ S Paii iai fac Photo Studio Movie Lab Add Mix Audio Help Check New Version Visil web Page Picture To Video Support Contact Troubleshooting Convert To EXE Deseription What would you like to do Audio Synch 5 niise Resample Convert To SWF Photo Studia T tie IE 1 F i F i ID f li 1 ees a ee m a Movie Lab Convert To WMV Extiacl arid save potions fom videos Extract save audio of video Grab picture from video V Don t show at startup Page 69 INTRODUCTION 6 1 ADD MIX AUDIO In this window you can record audio such as narration or use an existing sound file wave file to add or mix or append it into the opened video change the volume of the audio of the existing audio merge separate video and audio files Ba BSR Movie Studio What would you like to do Addie Audio Into A Movie Add Voice Narration Add Background Audio Openavifile Wide Audio a Open Sound File gt E Audio From Sound File Record Audio
124. ves the recorded video files into the specified directory The file is named automatically with the date and time of the completion of the recording BSR automatically switches to a new file or stop recording when the AVI file exceeds the specified file size Start Recording on When set BSR will automatically start recording at the specified date and time Page 58 INTRODUCTION Stop Recording on When set BSR will automatically stop recording at the specified date and time Slow Camera Motion Zoomed are follows the mouse cursor softly In the configuration wizard there exists only a part of the configuration options which are used more frequently For the other configuration options which don t exist in the wizard you should open BSR Configuration by clicking the Options button on the main interface See Section 3 Configuration of BSR for further information Page 59 INTRODUCTION 4 8 CONFIGURATION COMPLETED Aid BSR Screen Recorder cie exten on BSA main irteiface to start recording Clik tion or F7 key to stop recording Use FS FIC buttons to Zoom bry snd Zoom Out aunng recording FS Button hor 30 zoom Note During recording pou should keep the window youre recoding visible on top of the screen Configuration completed Please chick the Done button to activate the main interface Troubleshooting E Do not show this dialog again Start Aecording Close o e Previous It sh
125. when volume level is higher than In this window you can set the recording volumes of each recording channel of the sound card Warning Levels Warn when volume level is lower than When this option is checked BSR will warn user if the recording volume of the selected audio source is lower than the specified volume here BSR will only warn if the volume control is closed during recording If it is open the user will already see and change the recording volume during recording Warn when volume level is higher than When this option is checked BSR will warn user if the recording volume of the selected audio source is higher than the specified volume here BSR will only warn if the volume control is closed during recording If it is open the user will already see and change the recording volume during recording Audio Quality Audio quality settings can be done here You can select the frequency kHz bits 8 or 16 and whether audio will be stereo or mono Save Quality Settings Saves current audio quality settings for the future sessions Other Settings Opens Other Settings Page 12 INTRODUCTION 2 13 5 Markers Shortcut Button Markers Shortcut Button Displays and hides the region markers red frame If it is activated or Ctrl M is pressed the region markers red frame will be displayed on the screen When this option is not checked and when a region is selected on the screen the markers will automat
126. wnloadbsr as Page 133 INTRODUCTION 8 CREDITS Perspective image transformation features of this product were created using Anti Grain Geometry Version 2 4 K K KK K K OK OK K K K OK K K K K K K K OK OK K K K K K K K OK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K OK K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K K OK KK K K XK K K K K K K Anti Grain Geometry Version 2 4 Copyright C 2002 2004 Maxim Shemanarev McSeem Permission to copy use modify sell and distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies This software is provided as is without express or implied warranty and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose Anti Grain Geometry Version 2 4 Copyright C 2002 2005 Maxim Shemanarev McSeem Redistribution and use in source and binary forms with or without modification are permitted provided that the following conditions are met 1 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer 2 Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and or other materials provided with the distribution 3 The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AS IS AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIE
127. x Edit Menu Ji BSR Movie Lab SampleProject bmi i Movie View Help Undo Chez Redo Ctri Copy Object Ctrl C Paste Object Ctrl V Add Text Object Add Picture Object teen Add Arrow Object Add Callout Object 0 Add Various Objects Add Mirror Object Add Transition Object Add Effect Object Add Speed Object Add JumpTo Object Replace AVI Select All Ctrl A 7 2 1 Text Object PET Click ma button on the toolbar to add a text object into the video Text object is used for adding any text into the video Display duration of the added text object is set to 5 seconds by default starting from the current frame Start and end frames and durations of a text object can be easily changed from the Video Grid Window by sizing and moving object s bar or by entering values to Object Duration Setting Page 87 INTRODUCTION Grid Window S F mm Z Lui iA SE O_o 40 45 50 55 60 65 Object Duration Setting EA E Frame 40 frames Frame 45 Frame B4 Time seconds Time 00 00 04 Time 00 00 07 Following properties of text can be specified by user Properties AYI File Info Frame No a4 Time 00 00 03 Object Info Obiect Mo f4 0 Type Test Text fwrite Your Test Font Mame Verdana Font Size jap gi Alignment Center al Text Color H 800000 Bold Italic Fil Border BackColor E EAFE
128. xit you can also connect the cable from the line out or audio out or headphone port to the microphone port and choose microphone as the recording source E When you connect the cable to the headphone port you may not be able to hear the computer sound To solve this you can connect a 3 5mm splitter to the headphones port to be able to connect both the cable and a headphone Page 127 INTRODUCTION 3 5 mm Splitter Solution 2 You should either install another sound card which supports that feature on your computer or use BSR on another computer which has a capable sound card Low Performance Poor Playback Jumpy Videos Capture speed rate of the recording capture performance is very low If you receive the low performance message or the video you record comes up with poor playback jumpy videos then your computer s performance was not enough to do all those tasks at the same time For example if you re trying to record a video from internet your computer tries to download and play it and at the same time BSR records it The computers performance seems not enough to do all these three tasks perfectly at the same At least you can try to wait until the video is downloaded and then record Low capture speed is mostly related to the computer s performance during the capture For instance when you set the recorder to record 30 fps it will try to capture 30 frames per second and if computer s performance is not suff
129. yer by doing the following 1 On Windows Media Player to open the popupmenu click Now Playing on the top or right click to the blank area black bar below just near to the play button section Or right click to the blank bar above the menu area 2 In the Tools menu click Options and then click the Performance tab 3 Uncheck Turn On DirectX Video Acceleration for WMV files option Or if the Advanced button exists click the Advanced button In the Video Acceleration area clear the Use overlays check box 4 Restart Windows Media Player and try to record again If the video acceleration cannot be deactivated then you should use another media player which doesn t use video acceleration to play the video you will record On Windows XP Page 119 INTRODUCTION Check Disable Video Acceleration When Recording option in Options gt Video tab This will provide BSR to disable and enable hardware acceleration of the system except on Windows Vista or Windows 7 for Vista 7 see below automatically and should prevent blank recording But if still you get blank video then you should also turn off the hardware acceleration video overlay from the media player s settings Or you should try to play the video with another player for recording from the screen You can turn off the video overlay in Windows Media Player by doing the following 1 On Windows Media Player to open the popupmenu click Now Playing on the t

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