I have never experienced such bad software design. If you pass this size limit, the entire capture is lost.” To say the least, I was truly amazed. Looking on SnagIt’s website, on the “ SnagIt Learning Center” page, I see the following advise posted “The maximum size of an AVI file produced by SnagIt is 2 GB. I thought everything was fine until I tried to play the video, at which point I realized that no video player will play the video. I had even tested the software for about 5 minutes before using it for the web conference. During the entire process I got absolutely no warning or error messages indicating that anything was wrong. First, I made the mistake of capturing a very important web conference using SnagIt and I mistakenly left the default capture setting as “uncompressed” format. I had these issues with version 9.0 10.0 is now out so I’m not sure what, if anything, has not been addressed. Let me get started on why I am very annoyed with the Windows version of SnagIt. Camtasia Studio is also developed by TechSmith and is greatly superior to SnagIt, but it is also more expensive I have not played with it extensively so cannot comment much more on it. For Linux and Mac, I’d prefer the basic screen capture utilities that come with the OS. I have used a number of screen capture utilities and, for Windows, would much rather prefer HyperSnap for screen capture and Camtasia Studio (also developed by TechSmith) for basic video capture. I’m assuming most of those who use it are the “average Joes'” who know about it through word of mouth and its catchy, easy-to-remember name. After having been forced to use this software because of limitations on what I have access to, I am surprised it is as popular as it is. It does get the job done most of the time, but these days, especially with basic screen and video capture, I expect much better. TechSmith’s SnagIt is a popular screen/video capture software for Windows and Mac.
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