What I Wanted

I was searching for good video capturing software to create a demo video for the game I’ll release soon. Looking for some simple functionality to capture on-screen video and place it to YouTube I thought it will take no more then an hour.

The Reality

However I ended with about three hours spent on this for several reasons:

• First I had a problem recording audio from the game
• Then many tools I tried were creating strangely wrong avi files

Happy End

I finally have it working with BB FlashBack Express like a charm with their function to export to YouTube

One bonus about it is how nicely it captures WP7 emulator window (with and without frame). No need to position capturing region. Perfect region is one click away with BB FlashBack Express highlighting the window.

Resolving audio recording issue

It turned out that I need to enable so called “Stereo Mix” in sound settings:

1. Select “Sound” from the control panel.
2. Select the “Recording” tab.
3. Right click on the background of the tab and choose “Show disabled devices”.
4. Right click on “Stereo Mix” and click “Enable”.
5. Right click on “Stereo Mix” and click “Set as Default Device”.

I was surprised when didn’t found “Stereo Mix” it at all. Anyway after some web search and trials I solved this issue by updating sound card driver.

Dealing With Strangely Wrong Avi Files

I couldn’t resolve issue completely, but I found a great workaround. I’m uploading video to YouTube directly from BB FlashBack Express.

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Developing for Windows and Windows Phone

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