Taksi (software)

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Taksi
Developed by	Anton Jouline, Dennis Robinson
Latest release	0.7.6 / June 22, 2006
OS	Microsoft Windows
Genre	Screencasting
License	BSD Licence
Website	[1]

Taksi is a screencasting program that can take screenshots and record video clips of game sessions and other similar 3D-graphics applications. Originally inspired by Fraps, Taksi aims to provide an open source alternative for video capture (screencasting).

As of the version 0.7.6, DirectX versions 8 and 9, OpenGL and GDI-based applications are supported by Taksi. Fullsize or half-size video recording is also possible.

1 Features:
2 Limitations
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Features:

Live video compression possible with any VFW video codec installed and usable on a Windows system (including but not limited to Xvid, DivX, etc), which can reduce the usually heavy load (associated with video capture) on hard disks.
Supports user-specified key binding.
Custom video settings supported and available on a per-game basis.
Video capture
Real-time computing
Screencasting
Screen capturing, formats available are PNG or 24-bit BMP.