Thursday, June 16, 2005

Screencast - recording microphone and audio output at the same time

This demonstrates how you can record what you say into your microphone as well as the sounds from your pc - for example winamp.
This is relevant to podcasting as well as screencasting.
http://www.myscreencast.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=51#51
http://www.myscreencast.com/nev/audacitytest.wmv

Monday, June 13, 2005

Screencast - AuctionSieve - eBay search and filter

I've created a quick introduction screencast for AuctionSieve, my eBay search and filter tool.

Check it out here : http://www.auctionsieve.com/screencasts/

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Screencast - Windows Media Encoder encoding itself

See WME encoding itself : http://www.auctionsieve.com/blog/wmesquared.wmv
Windows Media Encoder can record footage of itself - or rather, another instance of itself.

Screencast - Optimal Windows Media Encoder settings

Here's a screencast showing how to set up Windows Media Encoder for optimal screencasting.
http://www.auctionsieve.com/blog/wmesettings.wmv

The first thing I did when I heard about screencasting was try to find what tools were out there. Turned out Windows Media Encoder fit the bill quite nicely - being free and all.

The next step was to figure out how to set it up nicely - it has the proverbial 101 options so I went searching and found this blog entry by John Howard (no - not the prime minister of Australia) : http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2005/01/24/359391.aspx
But the irony was - he didn't create a screencast showing how to set it up!

So I thought I'd do it myself as my first screencast. Hope you enjoy it!

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Screencasts rock!

Check this out : http://www.myscreencast.com/

I'm excited by the potential of screencasts. I've enjoyed watching and learning from what few there currently are.

I thought "Wouldn't it be nice to have a central place where people can share and find screencasts rather than having to scour blogs."

So I set up myscreencast.com