Screen Recorder

Screen Recorder

Records a narrated video of your computer screen

What is Screen Recorder?
The 'Screen Recorder' is a Chrome extension that allows easy recording of short videos of your computer screen. It is ideal for creating screencasts, tutorials, or recording user testing sessions, simply by clicking 'End Recording'. Note that it is not suitable for recording videos longer than 30 minutes. The project code is open source and its privacy policy is available for review.
Merlin
Stats
Rating: 2.85 (55)
Version: 0.20.4 (Last updated: 2023-03-06)
Creation date: 2018-09-12
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • desktopCapture
  • notifications
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • downloads
Size: 222.21K
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Not available on Firefox
Screen Recorder
Screen Recorder (v3.2.4)
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Summary

This extension provides a simple way to record short videos of your computer's screen. To stop recording and download your video, tap the extension's icon and click "End Recording". This provides an easy way to create a screencast or tutorial of how to do something on a computer. Perfect for recording user testing sessions as well. Great for UserBob HITs on mturk.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE THIS TO RECORD VIDEOS LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES. Many users have reported that the extension won't save videos that are longer than that.

The code for this open source project is available at: https://github.com/JohnWeidner/ScreenRecorderExtension

Privacy Policy is available at: https://userbob.com/screenRecorderPrivacy.html

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • No time limit for recordings
  • Convenient for User Bob's HITs on MTurk
Cons
  • Does not work for durations longer than 1 hour
  • Crashes when saving or processing longer recordings
  • Low or poor video quality at times
Most mentioned
  • Crashes when saving or processing longer recordings
  • Not suitable for durations longer than 1 hour
  • Low video quality
Recent reviews
Very simple, exactly what you need for a screen recorder.
by Sean El Sean El, 2021-06-29

This works best on a chromebook but it wont let you edit videos and there is no face cam will give 5 stars if you update this like that
by Logan Frisbee Logan Frisbee, 2018-01-04

So Working up and running
by ITEM ITEM, 2017-11-15
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Safety
Risk impact

Screen Recorder may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Screen Recorder is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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