BTW this program and exact same version is listed on their site as:

"Old and deprecated software.

[red]Use it on your own risk! No updates, fixes or support is provided[/red]

Screen Video Capturing – Record video from a screen in AVI or WMV formats with sound.
Windows XP/Vista/7; 32/64-bit compatible.


Direct download (EXE, 1MB) "

On page: https://bytescout.com/download/download_freeware.html

I have already found significant bugs in it so yes USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK! It is not modern software at all and definately was never designed for Vista and above!

DL, installed & registered without problem. As with many GOTD offerings, Avast/AVG-type anti-virus must be suspended but MalwareBytes & anti-root kits do not.

No positives on VirusTotal.

Recording video was problem-free. The resolution was surprisingly good, just about matching the quality of the Youtube sources.

But audio was a no-go. Multiple attempts to record audio failed. There is an audio dialog box on the screen under Settings which supposedly allows audio to be toggled on & off. There are two options for audio input - microphone & virtual-audio-capturer. A "line" option must then be selected. The choice for mic is “Master Volume” only and for virtual-audio-capturer it's blank.

The program will not proceed unless a line option is selected displaying the message "Please select Audio line." Since there's no possible selection, in order to record video the audio box must be deselected. This apparent defect severely limits the usefulness of this program.

For those having trouble with the Themidia wrapped installer today and do not want to remove their anti-malware protection just to install a giveaway you can get the same installer unwrapped at:

https://cdn.bytescout.com/ScreenCapturing.exe
or
http://cdn.bytescout.com/ScreenCapturing.exe

Compatibility in the installer says it requires XP or later with .NET 2.0 or higher so is unlikely to be using anything advanced like WASAPI so will be bound to the limitations of the hardware and drivers installed for the sound subsystem.

That version accepts the registration information provided in the readme.txt in the giveaway bundle zip so you will need that. I get an exception reported whenever I try to press the gear settings button so cannot see what it offers in the way of settings which does not bode well for the SDK installer they bundle with all their "products" which are really just proof of concept demos for their byteScout SDK which is their real product! The exception data follows:


"System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException: External component has thrown an exception.
at ScreenCapturing.SettingsForm..ctor()
at ScreenCapturing.MainForm.(Object , EventArgs )
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8762 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
ScreenCapturing
Assembly Version: 3.0.0.61
Win32 Version: 3.0.0.61
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/ByteScout%20Screen%20Capturing/ScreenCapturing.exe
----------------------------------------
?
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 3.0.0.61
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/ByteScout%20Screen%20Capturing/ScreenCapturing.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4257 (VistaSP2GDR.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8770 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.4261 (VistaSP2GDR.050727-4200)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
Interop.BytescoutScreenCapturingLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/ByteScout%20Screen%20Capturing/Interop.BytescoutScreenCapturingLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.8773 (QFE.050727-8700)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------

I have version 3.0.0.61 from a another offer. Since this offer is advertised as version 3.0, which is how the 3.0.0.61 version was advertised, this one may be the exact same, or possibly a larger minor version number. If it is the same, there is no need to install this offer. Could someone that has installed it see what version is displayed when the console is open, or check the "About" screen, or check the Properties of the executable and see if it shows a specific version number? I cannot find a single thing on the Bytescout website that informs users what version this is.