Screen Recorder

Records a narrated video of your computer screen

Screen Recorder - Chrome Extension for Simple Video Recording

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.
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Extension stats

Users: 40,000+
Rating: 2.80
(59)
Version: 0.20.4 (Last updated: 2023-03-06)
Creation date: 2018-09-12
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • desktopCapture
  • notifications
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • unlimitedStorage
  • downloads
Size: 222.21K

Other platforms

Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension 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

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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
  • Convenient for Userbob reviews
  • Used to work fabulously before recent updates
  • Easy to use interface
Cons
  • Records do not save properly, especially long recordings
  • Crashes frequently after updates
  • Limited to recording durations of 30 minutes or less
  • Low audio volume
  • User support issues for recovering lost recordings
Most mentioned
  • Recent updates have broken functionality
  • Recordings not saving leading to loss of important content
  • Long recording durations crash the app or don't save
User reviews
jelek
by Zahra, 2024-09-30

by sushil killedarpatil, 2024-07-22

yang saya juga tidak tersimpan, padahal ini tugas penting.
by Vicky Wulandari, 2024-06-07
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Screen Recorder requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Screen Recorder has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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