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mathewsachin/captura

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TLDR

Captura is a no-longer-maintained Windows screen recorder that captures video, screenshots, and webcam footage, the author now recommends their newer browser-based tool instead.

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    What it does
      Screen recording
      Screenshot capture
      Webcam recording
    Output formats
      AVI video
      MP4 video
      GIF animation
    Features
      Audio mixing
      Click indicators
      Hotkeys
    Install
      Releases page
      Chocolatey
      Portable build
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USE CASE 1

Record a specific window, region, or the full screen as an AVI, MP4, or GIF on a Windows PC.

USE CASE 2

Capture screenshots or screen recordings with mouse click indicators and keystroke logging overlaid.

USE CASE 3

Install via Chocolatey for a quick Windows screen recorder without a manual download.

Tech stack

C#Windows

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Project is no longer maintained, the author points to a browser-based successor at the top of the README.

MIT license, use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

Captura is a Windows screen recording and screenshot tool written in C#. It can record your screen as a video file in AVI, MP4, or GIF format, capture still screenshots, and record from a webcam. You can choose to capture the full screen, a specific window, or a region you draw manually. Alongside the video, it can mix in audio from both your microphone and your system speakers at the same time. Additional options include showing or hiding the mouse cursor in recordings, overlaying visual indicators for mouse clicks, and capturing a log of keystrokes. The application has configurable keyboard hotkeys so you can start and stop recordings without switching windows. A command-line interface is also available as a beta feature for scripting or automated workflows. The app has been translated into multiple languages. The README prominently notes that this repository is no longer actively maintained. The author has since built a browser-based successor that requires no installation, linked at the top of the README. New users are pointed there rather than to this project. The last copyright date listed is 2019. For anyone who still wants the original desktop version, installers and portable builds can be downloaded from the releases page. It can also be installed on Windows via Chocolatey, a package manager for Windows. The project is open source under the MIT license.

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Prompt 1
How do I use Captura's command-line interface to record a specific region of my screen and save it as an MP4?
Prompt 2
Set up Captura to record my screen with system audio and microphone mixed together, and show mouse click indicators.
Prompt 3
What are the Chocolatey install commands for Captura on Windows, and how do I configure hotkeys for start and stop recording?
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