Greetings,
I wanted to ask a question regarding the Camtasia 9 Recorder; How much would my file-size increase if I were to enable "Capture Keyboard Input" in my settings (for a .trec file type)?
For example; if I were to record a 20-minute long tutorial video, would the file-size be significantly larger than ones without the Keyboard Input?
Attached below is a screenshot of what I'm referring to;

Cheers,
Nicollo
I wanted to ask a question regarding the Camtasia 9 Recorder; How much would my file-size increase if I were to enable "Capture Keyboard Input" in my settings (for a .trec file type)?
For example; if I were to record a 20-minute long tutorial video, would the file-size be significantly larger than ones without the Keyboard Input?
Attached below is a screenshot of what I'm referring to;
Cheers,
Nicollo
Nicollo Abe
I had the chance to test this out for myself, and here are the results;
Recording settings for each .trec file:
+ 2 minute length
+ Fullscreen (1920 x 1080)
+ System Audio Enabled
+ Framerate @ 30
And here are my findings:
+ 72MB total (without Recorded Keyboard Input)
+ 84MB total (with Recorded Keyboard Input)
+ 12MB difference between the two .trec files
If I were to predict how much file-size I would expect for a lengthier video, I could put these findings into a ratio of 72:84, simplified to 1:1.17 ratio for a 2-minute video.
I can then use this ratio to predict the file-size for a 40-minute video;
40 min. / 2 min. = 20 x 1.17 (ratio) = 23.4 x 84MB (original file size) = 1,965.6MB for a 40-minute video with Recorded Keyboard Input.
Versus; 40 min. / 2 min. = 20 x 72MB = 1,440MB for a 40-minute video without Recorded Keyboard Input.
Therefore, having 565.6MB difference.
I could definitely be wrong with my calculations, so feel free to correct me! However, it is also really cool to know how much data it consumes by just enabling that feature.
- Nicollo
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Thanks again for posting back and have a great day/night.
Best Regards ~ Fred.