There was an interesting question on the Warrior Forum regarding how to use Camtasia.

Sometimes we forget how difficult things can seem when first trying an application or installing a script. So what is obvious to some becomes a major road blog to others.

Apparently a new Camstasia user was having a tough time trying to get a video to show up on their website after spending an hour recording the video. They ended up with a .camrec file and weren’ sure what to do with it.

I can only speak from the experience of Camtasia ver 4 so, if ver 5 handles .camrec files differently then I just spread some misinformation. Anyway, here’s a copy of my post along with some of the other solutions. They just might help you go in the right direction when trying to produce a screen capture video.

Tiffany…what version of Camtasia are you using?

First you need to drop or import the “filename.camrec” into Camtasia Production.

Drag the “filename.camrec” to your timeline.

At this point…I would split the video into 4 to 6 different segments…thereby reducing the file size making the file sizes smaller and easier for slower connections to view.

There’s too many variables to discuss here that help to determine file size, but by splitting one large file into smaller ones it will help to keep your viewers attention amongst other things.

Let’s say you didn’t want to split the file. Next you need to PRODUCE the video. On the far left there is a section called PRoduce…click on “Produce video as” ….choose your production options and produce the video. Camtasia ‘renders’ the project and a 1 hour video will take quite a while…especially on an older machine.

You’ll get a folder with files. Upload the entire folder and and link to the .html file to play the video….I should backup and say, first try to play the video on your local machine by clicking on the .html file ….if it works then upload.

hope that helps

Scott

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Someone suggested:
Here is a pretty easy tutorial on how to do it.

http://distancelearning.owc.edu/tut…yWebsite.swf
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John Hocking mentioned:
The .camrec file is the raw screen capture data. It is only useful to loading into Camtasia for editing.

If you are planing to stream the video from your website, I would not use .avi

Open your project and produce the video as .swf or .flv.

The file size will be much smaller and will stream much better.

If you are using Camtasia 5. I would recommend using the ExpressShow Flash player. It has the ability to let the user expand the video to full screen.
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Someone else mentioned:

Basically if you want to produce an hour video, put it on CD….I totally agree, especially if its a 700MB file.
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Another Says:

They’ve had good luck with Flvproducer?

My Note: I don’t think Flvproducer works with camrec files.

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Then Doug Barger says:

Cut up the original video into some 10 min segments to post to YouTube putting backlinks to the original 1 hour video….I agree, good way to generate some interst.
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Camtasia can be tricky, I’ve used it from the very beginning and now that version is free

Although the new ver5 has a ton of new features, there’s a bit of a learning curve for anyone who’s never used it before. Camtasia has pretty good support, and they have a great forum. Also, there is a good selection of training videos on the Camstasia site.

As you get a handle on Camtasia, you’ll want to find out how to get the best looking video and audio while maintaining a small file size. Camtasia has a variety of tweaks that allows you to reduce frame rate, audio sampling and a few other tweaks that can cut a video size in half.

You can pick up a completely free version of Camtasia and give it a whirl if you haven’t used it before. Also, if you decided to upgrade, you can save a lot of cash by upgrading from this free version…..a little known secret.

Leave your name and email address and I’ll send you a report with the secret download link for a free copy of camtasia (completely legal & no affiliate commission for me)….I’m here to serve!

Tags: camrec file, camtasia video, producing camtasia video, screen recording, free camtasia

I love public domain and love to share sources for public domain material. I think I would think twice about sharing these resources but I know that only 2% to 7% of those reading this will actually take any type of action.

Check out Public Doman Advantage for more detailed information about Public Domain

I’m sure you know Walt Disney started his empire with public domain material…..his cartoons all came from public domain sources. I know of one guy who used public domain material, burned them on a CD took it to their local Walmart and ended up going country wide with the CD…..needless to say with a little effort public domain materials made him a small forutune and changed his lifestyle overnight.

Here’s a list of some public domain sites that I know you’ll find interesting

=> Instructional Design Materials
http://www.instructionaldesign.org/public_domain.html

=> Defense Visual Information Center
http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/

=> Public Domain Clip Art
http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/

=> Natural Resources Conservation Service
http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/Index.asp

=> Army Heritage Collection Online
http://www.ahco.army.mil/site/index.jsp

=> US Geological Survey’s Digital Data Series 21
http://gliff.org/usgs/

If you’d like to find out more about Public Domain and how to use it, I have a great ebook that will help get you started if you’re a beginner and might even remind you of a few things if you’ve been around for a while. The book is called The Public Domain Advantage …….and here’s a secret code to use at the bottom of the page…..just put “pd50″ without the quotes and you’ll get the book at half price.

Here’s some of the things covered

Don’t forget to check out the Public Domain Resources Book for Free Content…….. The book is called The Public Domain Advantage …….and here’s a secret code to use at the bottom of the page…..just put “pd50″ without the quotes and you’ll get the book at half price.

I’ve been using Winzip for ages. It’s a good program for zipping files but I found a better one called WinRAR.

You can find it at WinRAR

Download the trial version and discover a program that is much better than WinZip. You can break up a large file automatically into smaller files and upload them. Once the guy downloads the split files he can easily recompile the split file. has a ton of features…. WinRAR many more than WinZip.

I’ve been using WinRAR exclusively in place of Winzip. Download the trial version and give it a try….I guarantee you’ll like it.

WinRAR is a 32-bit Windows version of RAR Archiver, an archiver and archive manager. RAR files can usually compress content 8 percent to 15 percent more than ZIP files. WinRAR’s main features include strong general and multimedia compression, the ability to process non-RAR archive formats, ZIP compression and decompression, long filename support, programmable self-extracting archives (SFX), damaged archive repair, authenticity verification, embedded file comments, and encryption. Unicode is supported in archive filenames, allowing non-English filenames to be handled painlessly You can manipulate the parameters of many archives at once and view a volume sequence as a single archive. WinRAR is able to convert other archive formats to RAR. It supports the Find command, allowing search for specified text and files in archives.

Tags: winzip, zip files, winrar, shareware

I had a question regarding the minisites I design for the PLR membership site Niche Health Products. The member wanted to know how to work the the php version of the minisite….Each member gets 4 different versions of the minisite. Two versions for Xsitepro users and 2 versions for standard html editors like Dreamweaver or FrontPage ……below is my answer.

Welcome to the NHP Club!

You can open a php file or page on your local computer in a program like notepad….but all you will see is the html code for the webpage.

In order to see a php page you have to upload the .xse file first. In other words, open up Xsitepro and import the php version of the website. Now use the upload feature and upload the xsite php version to a folder/directory on your website and you will be able to see the php pages. The php version is used to dynamically insert content into the website….all of this is done from your server so you have to have the site uploaded to see it work.

I created the simple html version for those who are just starting. You can learn the basics of xsitepro since the sites are very simple. The php version has additional features that help to create a site that is unique to you….something that is important from an seo standpoint. But….everyone has to start someplace.

By the way, you don’t want to have both versions of the same site up at the same time. In other words you don’t want to have the .htm version and .php version of the same site up at the same time on the same website.

Here is a quick view of a non Xsite pro minisite provided by Niche Health Products for Elderly Depression 

And here is an Xsitepro Version of a .php minisite with rotating content, amazon links and other goodies for Elderly Depression 

Hope that helps….let me know if you need any further help.

Scott

Tags: minisites, xsitepro, private right label memberships, niche health products

The folks at PLR Video Depot have produced a free video tutorial on membership sites. These guys have been producing some very unique content in the form of videos and it comes with Private Label Rights….let me say that again. Videos with Private Label Rights…… that’s almost like having public domain videos!

You can view a free video on how to create a membership site for no cost using Joomla. It is an excellent tutorial on Joomla Membership sites and you’ll discover everything you need to get a very organized and complete membership site up and running.

Joomla can be a bit intimidating but Deep Arora does an awesome job in instructing you how to use joomla for a membership site.

You can view the video here:

http://howidid.com/node/33

You will probably have to sign up for a free membership status to view the video, but I can tell you his material is worth watching and learning from!

Don’t forget Instant Membership Creator is one of the easiest ways to create a quick membership site….you can have a membership site up in 60 seconds! The author of the script is a trusted friend and his material is superb when compared to others.

Tags: public domain video, plr videos, membership site

The Rhodes Brothers compiled an awesome list of resources that you can use to learn about creating website traffic. You know, visitors to your blog or website….everybody sooner or latter figures out without traffic your blog or website is next to useless…..something like a gravestone that’s there but never gets visited.

The Rhodes brothers are a couple of younger guys….at least compared to me, that have been pushing ahead and making waves. They aren’t big on hype but simply explain what they’ve learned to put themselves in a $10,000 and over a month category. Most of us start out thinking a couple hundred bucks a month would be nice. Most of us never even attain that…… well, the Rhodes boys have and there’s a very simple concept in life and business for success…..it’s called duplication.

That’s right, find the guys/gals that are successful and duplicate their efforts. For the most part super successful people make it hard for you to duplicate their efforts and journey in life. Not with internet marketing, most will share their footsteps but few will put the effort forth to get there. Well, once again, these guys…the Rhodes Brothers have been making strides and are sharing, so I heartedly recommend anything they put out.

Most of their reports are short and sweet. But I’ve found if I can get one idea from an ebook or recording that I’ll actually use ….then the purchase was well worth the effort. For example they have an ebook called Simple Traffic Generation Secrets, if you invested in that book and just picked up and practiced one of the traffic generation stratagies or traffic methods that started bringing more visitors or traffic to your site…..how many more sales or sign-ups do think you might have!

So….if that makes sense pick up a copy of Simple Traffic Generation Secrets today!

Tags: website visitors, website traffic, traffic generation, Rhodes Brothers