oRipa Screen Recorder 1.2.2

There’s a low tech way of letting others know what’s displayed on your monitor: you could take a screenshot. To do so you need only press the Print Screen key, then open an image editor (Paint will do if you don’t have anything else), hit Paste (Ctrl + V), and save the image. You could send that image to someone else to let that person know what’s displayed on your monitor.

That is an incredibly low-tech approach. The only thing you can send is an image, a simple screenshot. By turning to specialized software you could take things to the next level. You could capture everything that’s displayed on your monitor, movement included, and you can even record sound.

One application that offers this sort of functionality is the EjoyStudio-developed and aptly named oRipa Screen Recorder. It allows you to come up with a video that you could send to others, movie that includes the movement on your monitor and the sound from your speakers or microphone.

Say you have a problem. Instead of sending someone a screenshot and a lengthy piece of text explaining your problem, you could come up with a video that covers your problem. The person trying to help you will surely better understand what’s wrong when he or she watches the video.

Before you go get oRipa Screen Recorder and put it to the test, take a look at the technical details presented below.
Download – the download weighs in at 1.8MB. It will only take a moment to get the application off the web and onto your computer.
Supported OS – at the time of writing this and according to the developer, oRipa Screen Recorder works with Windows 2000, XP, and 2003.
Limitations – there are none; oRipa Screen Recorder is freeware.

Pros

• Lightweight download
• Capture video and audio
• Easy to use
• Freeware

Cons

• No support for Vista and Windows 7
• May crash

About EjoyStudio
Details on EjoyStudio and the programs it has to offer are available here.

oRipa Screen Recorder has been reviewed by George Norman on 05 Apr 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated oRipa Screen Recorder 3 out of 5 stars, naming it Very Good