I admire CamStudio, for a freeware software and them doing this in their free time, its amazing, but it still doesn't beat a team of coders and programmers getting paid lol. Now technically Camtasia is generally not "built" for gaming, but I have figured out ways to get 27-30 frames with almost anything I record now.
Dimensions: Now on the record bar I usually set this to 1280 (top) x 720 (bottom) But some emulators have a set resolution, a list to pick from and they don't support custom resizing, and in some cases, they support a more 4:3 based resolution (more box then rectangle) Like Project64 doesn't support 1280 x 720, but it does support 1280 x 960, thats when I change my dimension's, then when editing, my Video Encoder automatically makes the video 1280 x 720. Remember you can always scale down with no visual defects, but scale up, and your gonna make your video look like s***.
Tools Options > Inputs
Right away you'll see video, and audio. Here you can check off "Record System Audio", then select your microphone, Where it says Screen Capture Frame Rate, set it to 45. When I had mine on 30 it capture around 19-24, on 45 it captures 28-31. Don't ask why, but remember its not built for gaming, but this helps get a full 30 frames. Sometimes you'll capture 31+, and the recording bar WILL report a lot of lost frames (because technically its target is 30) but don't worry about it.
Video Settings: Go over to the DivX website and download their Video Code 6.9 c (Free or Pro both have the video recording codec). Once its downloaded select it in the compressor box then select Config.
On the Certification Profile slect 1080HD Profile. Now this next part is a bit subjective based on your PC, and I have a fairly decent and fast PC. You can select Encoding Presets and move the slider for a simple way to customize (mine is all the way to the left under speed) and thats all I left it at, or you can leave it un checked and go to the Codec tab and customize it even further, but that requires a bit more knowledge.
Sound Settings: Format is PCM and Attributes is 44.100 kHz 16 Bit Stereo 172kb/sec
Now remember these settings are based around uploading to YouTube.
Encoding and Rendering: For a long time when I Produced my files, I thought that only .mov would carry the HD far... I was wrong, and the DivX Codec does not like the .mov contrianer at all (every single time I try to produce in .mov Rendering failes 50-75% of the way for me)
When you produce and share, a window will pop up asking for more settings, click the drop down box and go to Add / Edit settings. Create a New one. Name it anything you like, but I named mine YouTube AVI 1280x720 because I still have my Mov preset, and I have a 1080p preset aw well in case I get a faster processor or a bigger monitor (and my monitor is already 1080 but just barely) and 30 Frame Rate (this is why I said don't worry if you shoot over 30 frames).
Under the video compression here I have x264vfw - H.264 / MPEG-4 AVC Codec, this is what truley makes it HD, when googling this (unless you already have it) google x264vfw and it should be a fairly simple search, just remember x264 abd h.264. Under File Format select AVI then next. Under video select True Colors (24-bit)
Under audio make sure Encode Audio is selected and under audio format select the same setting as we did for the recording settings, PCM Format, Attributes 44.100 kHz 16Bit Stereo, 172kb/sec.
Click next, and you'll be on the video Size, here select Custom Size and make it 1280 width by 720 height. Background color is a personal and optional setting. Next is a visual watermark, again personal and optional setting.
That's what I use on my video's, though it took me a long time to figure it out, you can clearly see my first video's sucked then got gradually better
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