I'm wondering if anyone with software knowledge can help where Google has not helped. I've been having a conversation with one of my friends about image quality when using a screen capture recording program. He uses Bandicam on PC. I've used Screenflow on a Mac. To my eyes, a screen capture of a streaming HD video looks worse compared to a recording device like Avermedia, which is basically recording the stream and making an MP4 file (modem > streaming box like Roku or Amazon Fire Stick > Avermedia > portable HDD). My theory (and this is where I'm looking for some help from the braintrust) is that screen capture is basically recording the image and so the output is a lower quality. Kind of like playing music from your stereo and recording the music with your computer versus ripping/dragging and dropping the audio file with a computer and ending up with an exact copy. The screen capture is making a video, not pulling from the stream.
Is this an accurate summary of screen capturing or is a program like Bandicam actually grabbing a stream and my eyes are tricking me because I think the screen capture should look worse?
Is this an accurate summary of screen capturing or is a program like Bandicam actually grabbing a stream and my eyes are tricking me because I think the screen capture should look worse?
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