Screenium 3 4+

Looks good so far...BUT,

UPDATE: (5 weeks of use)
Problem: I can't adjust sound once a recording starts. I can't use the touchbar, nor the System Preferences ... Sound app to increase the volume. I can't find a way to do this within the Screenium active recording either. Therefore, drop 1 star again.

Wanted something more than Viola/Capto or Quicktime so I picked up Screenium. So far, I like its capabilities. Editing is enough for most, but I work video in FCPX so that's not a gating item if I can't do something in Screenium itself.

Issues I don't like: Choose to record a specific Window, but if you move the Window during recording, the camera does not track with the Window...strange. Knowing that, its wiser to just use a specified area or whole screen. Seems that unique choice should have Window tracking assigned to it's specs.

Also, for a Mac Store macOS app, I find it disturbing to see the default hot keys reference "alt" rather than "⌘". Had to remap them all.

..hence the 1 star deduction

vs. Screenflow and Camtasia...

Have licesenses to almost everything that records a screen. Big part of my workflow. Grew up using Camtasia on Windows, over a decade at this point. Camtasia 2020 is a decent recorder, outstanding editor on both platforms (but weaker on the Mac). But, in terms of codecs, quality of compression, and output, I would rate it the weakest of these three, on the Mac. If I am animating or annotating, this remains my fave of the 3. No HEVC though. Boo.

Screenflow 9.0.3 is a solid little product, much more tightly coded from a native OS X perspective. It captures and outputs very well, but have never quite liked it much as an editor. I usually just output and dump in to DaVinci resolve Studio. It's only $100 or so per year, but this is likely my last year updating.

Screenium 3 has made huge leaps since I purchased 3 years ago. Intuitive little interface, tightly integrated with the OS. I use Screenium for one thing, capture and output. I do not edit in it, although you could if it was all you had. I do not animate, annotate or do anything but capture. But, WOW, it absolutely rocks in terms of quality and control. The best of breed, for screen capture and screen output on the Mac, IMHO. Fast, and the developer really keeps up with new OS and OS X beta releases. Well, worth the money, IF, you edit in other programs.

NO Audio

I just bought this after researching, so that i can record a very important video conference. Went to play it for my colleague and NO audio. Is this too much information to relay, when selling it?! I'm demanding a full-refund, rather than download a stupid add-on (free) that I have to track for updates... it's just stupid. They need to come from a customer perspective when advertizing... or designing, for that matter. I mean, seriously?!!!!! No audio. Hmmmmm... maybe I should get another program, or maybe I'd be more open to downloading a free piece of additional software to get the audio. Fact is, I wouldve just started an audio recording on Quicktime and dropped it in later. What a dissappointment that they were NOT thinking of the Average Customer. People that do screen recording for a living already have the knoweledge that they didnt share, or at least they'd know to look. I mean, it's sold on apple store and it doesnt record audio, unless you want to speak into microphone for overlay... oh, gee... why wasnt' i told before I lost the whole video conference?

Developer Response ,

Jim, the first time Screenium is launched, it displays a hint that our free audio driver needs to be installed to record system audio. Then, when selecting the audio sources to capture, another hint is displayed. For technical reasons it is impossible to ship the audio driver with Screenium. This is true for all screen recorders on the App Store.