Screen session recorders are basically used to record what is going on on your screen. This can be useful when you are explaining to someone, over the internet, how to do something or if you have your own site and want to post video tutorials. Below are my personal top three screen session recorders
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 CamStudio is a freeware application for Windows that allows a user to capture video, sound, or both. It can save videos in both AVI and FLV format. I like the UI of this program; it is simple and easy to use. Of course, as with most video capture programs, you can set the recording area. This program has a lot of useful features such as annotations, watermarks, and customizable interface. You can also set it to either stay on screen while recording or you can hide it to pull up later. As for how the program runs, it ran pretty well for me which says a lot because I am running Windows XP with 256MB of RAM, so it should run on any computer. I did however, experience frame lag when I watched the video back, but this is correctable if you play with the settings. This is probably my favorite Windows capture program.
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Istanbul is an application for Linux released under the GNU/GPL license. It is a very lightweight application; in fact when it is running it shows up only as a symbol in your notification area. I personally like this program because it is very light on resources, it has a simple UI, and it has all the features you need. It doesn't have a lot of features like annotations and watermarks, but it is still more than enough for the average user. It also has a simple menu for saving your videos. Some very good things about this program are that you do not need to compile tarballs to install it (though you can if you want), it is available for every Linux distribution, and it produces good recordings. My only complaint is that it only records videos in .ogg format which are not uploadable to YouTube.
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 Fraps is a Windows only application that has both a free and a paid version. The only difference is that the paid version gives you access to looping features and removes the barely noticable Fraps watermark. Anyway, Fraps is OK if you only plan to record games because that is all you can do with it! You can't record your destop session with it. Another downside is that Fraps uses a lot of resources however, it produces really good looking videos. Also, if you are going to install Fraps make sure you have either DirectX 9.0c or 10.0 because it is required. One really nice feature is that in addition to recording, you can take screenshots or run recording benchmarks to tell you how well your recordings will turn out. All in all it isn't too bad, it just doesn't serve the purposes I need it to.
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CamStudio is a freeware application for Windows that allows a user to capture video, sound, or both. It can save videos in both AVI and FLV format. I like the UI of this program; it is simple and easy to use. Of course, as with most video capture programs, you can set the recording area. This program has a lot of useful features such as annotations, watermarks, and customizable interface. You can also set it to either stay on screen while recording or you can hide it to pull up later. As for how the program runs, it ran pretty well for me which says a lot because I am running Windows XP with 256MB of RAM, so it should run on any computer. I did however, experience frame lag when I watched the video back, but this is correctable if you play with the settings. This is probably my favorite Windows capture program.
Fraps is a Windows only application that has both a free and a paid version. The only difference is that the paid version gives you access to looping features and removes the barely noticable Fraps watermark. Anyway, Fraps is OK if you only plan to record games because that is all you can do with it! You can't record your destop session with it. Another downside is that Fraps uses a lot of resources however, it produces really good looking videos. Also, if you are going to install Fraps make sure you have either DirectX 9.0c or 10.0 because it is required. One really nice feature is that in addition to recording, you can take screenshots or run recording benchmarks to tell you how well your recordings will turn out. All in all it isn't too bad, it just doesn't serve the purposes I need it to.
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