Screen2Avi

Screen2Avi is a simple-to-use tool for recording screen activity to a video with the AVI format. It features basic and advanced settings alike to meet the requirements of users from both categories.

Rapid setup and simple GUI

Installing the program takes minimal time and effort. As far as the GUI is concerned, the main app window has a well-organized structure and it is split into multiple panels for configuring various settings.

Configure recording options

So, you can capture the full screen, predefined or custom window, specify the capture position on the screen (e.g. top left, center, bottom right), as well as enable a background and customize the color.
When it comes to audio and video settings, you can select the compression mode and frames per second, along with the sound device and input lines. Screen2Avi supports hotkeys for starting, pausing and stopping the recording, as well as for toggling the background and taking snapshots. These can be remapped.
In addition, you may include or exclude the cursor in the recording, enable transparency, and set the tool to capture the screen at a regular time interval, minimize to tray, as well as modify the default saving folders for screencasts and screenshots. Settings may be restored to default.

Evaluation and conclusion

CPU and RAM consumption was low during Screen2Avi's runtime. It has a good response time and outputs quality video files. We have not come across any stability issues in our evaluation, since the app did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. All in all, it gets the job done and can be used by anyone.