Screen Recorder SDK Features Comparison FeaturesOther Screen Recorder SDKZD Screen Recorder SDK Screen capture Windows standard GDI BitBlt screen capture✔✔ Windows Vista/7 DWM hook accelerated screen capture✘✔ Windows 8/8.1/10/11 DXGI desktop duplication capture✘✔ Windows 8/8.1/10/11 rotated desktop capture✔✔ High DPI-aware screen capture✔✔ Multi-monitor screen capture✔✔ Capture region selection interface✘✔ Dynamic changing capture region✘✔ Dynamic zooming capture region✘✔ Screen capture preview✘✔ HD screen recording frame rate< 15fps> 30fps HD screen recording CPU usage> 50%< 20% Noticeable system lags when recordingYesNo Game capture Direct3D/OpenGL game screen capture through API hook✘✔ Direct3D/OpenGL game screen position detection✘✔ Direct3D/OpenGL game rendering frame rate detection✘✔ Direct3D/OpenGL game executable file path detection✘✔ Direct3D/OpenGL game window handle detection✘✔ Dynamic custom DIB overlay in game✘✔ Audio capture Capture from speaker source only✔✔ Capture from microphone source only✔✔ Capture from both speaker & microphone mixed✘✔ Enable/Disable an audio source capture at any time✘✔ Microphone audio delay correction✘✔ Audio source capture volume control✔✔ Audio source volume level monitoring✘✔ Webcam capture Webcam capture preview✘✔ Capture full webcam video✘✔ Free switch between webcam capture and screen capture✘✔ Add a webcam overlay to video✘✔ Add multiple webcam overlays to video✘✔ Enable/Disable webcam overlay at any time✘✔ Dynamic custom DIB webcam overlay✘✔ Video output Arbitrary video resolution✔✔ Resolution rescaling qualitypoorgood Arbitrary video frame rate✔✔ Variable frame rate (minimize CPU usage)✘✔ Supported video codecsXvid / WMVH.264 Supported audio codecsMP3 / WMAMP3 / AAC Supported file formatsAVI / WMVMP4 / FLV / AVI A/V sync on normal-loaded systemssyncsync A/V sync on heavy-loaded systemsout of syncsync Audio output Separate audio file output✘✔ Supported file formats✘MP3 / WAV Live streaming Live streaming to a website / server✘✔ Supported streaming protocol✘RTMP / RTMPS Screenshot Take screenshot images✔✔ Supported file formatsBMPBMP / PNG / JPG / TIFF Watermark logo Add image watermark logo✔✔ Add text watermark logo✔✔ Add custom DIB watermark logo✘✔ Dynamic updating watermark logo✘✔ Mouse cursor effects Add mouse cursor✔✔ Highlight mouse cursor position✘✔ Custom mouse cursor highlight image✘✔ Add mouse cursor click animation✘✔ Custom mouse cursor click image/animation✘✔ Add mouse cursor track effect✘✔ Add mouse cursor click sound✘✔ Miscellaneous Countdown box✘✔ Built-in settings dialog✘✔ Load/Save/Delete settings✘✔ Standard SDK APIs (DLL)✘✔ ActiveX SDK control (OCX)✘✔ .NET Framework dependencyYesNo Get SDK Now SDK APIs
