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Screenshot  Bandicam Screen Recorder 5.0 screenshot | |
| Developer(s) | Bandicam Company |
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| Initial release | April 23, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-23) |
| Stable release | 8.0.0[1]  / 2 December 2024 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Available in | 5+ languages available is Spanish and English and French and Arabic and German |
| Type | Screencasting software |
| License | Freemium |
| Website | www |
Bandicam (stylized asBANDICAM) is a closed-source screen capture and screen recording software originally developed by Bandisoft and later by Bandicam Company that can takescreenshots orrecord screen changes.
Bandicam consists of three main modes. One is theScreen Recording mode, which can be used for recording a certain area on the PC screen. The other is the Game Recording mode, which can record the target created inDirectX orOpenGL.[2] And the last is the Device Recording mode which recordsWebcams andHDMI devices.[3]
Bandicam displays anFPS count in the corner of the screen while the DirectX/OpenGL window is in active mode. When the FPS count is shown in green, it means the program is ready to record, and when it starts recording, it changes the color of the FPS count to red. The FPS count is not displayed when the program is recording in the Screen Recording mode. This software has a maximum frame rate of 480 FPS.[4]
Bandicam isshareware, meaning that it can be tested free of charge with limited functionality (It is often calledcrippleware). The free version of Bandicam places its name as awatermark at the top of every recorded video, and each recorded video is limited to 10 minutes in length.[5] However, users can adjust the screen margin with the video screen so that the watermark is off-screen from the video.
The created video can be saved inAVI orMP4 formats.[6] Bandicam can also capture screenshots and save them asBMP,PNG, orJPG.[7] Bandicam features an autocomplete recording mode which can limit the video capture process to a specified size or time value.[8]
It supports hardware acceleration throughNvidia NVENCAV1/HEVC/H.264,CUDA,[9]AMD APPAV1/HEVC/H.264[10] andIntel Quick Sync VideoAV1/HEVC/H.264.[11]
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