Save Time and Streamline Your Work with Auto Tasks
If you use My Screen Recorder Pro regularly, you
probably end up
repeating the same
actions over and over.
For instance, if your
job includes making
tutorials for computer
software, your routine
might be:
- Write the
narration
- Record the
tutorial
- Convert the
tutorial to Windows
Media format (WMV)
- Upload the new
WMV file to your
company’s intranet
server
Using Auto Tasks, you
can simplify your job by
making two of those
steps completely
automatic. My
Screen Recorder Pro can
take care of the
conversion and uploading
steps for you, which
leaves you more time and
attention for the rest
of your job.
You can set up Auto
Tasks in only a few
minutes, and that will
be the last few minutes
you spend worrying about
conversion and
uploading. Here
are the steps:
To enable Automatic
Conversion, first click
the
Auto Tasks button in the tool bar,
or open the
Tools menu and click
Settings, then
switch to the
Auto
Tasks tab.
You’ll see the window in
Figure 1.
Figure 1
The first step is to
check Enable
automatic conversion.
Next, you select a
folder to store your
converted movies in.
The Output folder drop-down list shows all
your existing Folder Shortcuts.
If you prefer, you can
create a New Folder
Shortcut specifically to store
your converted files in.
Next you can select the
Output format.
The choices are AVI,
SWF, and WMV. WMV is the
most commonly-used
choice, because it
almost always produces
the smallest files (for
a given quality level).
The
Properties button lets you select a
Windows Media
Profile (if you
choose WMV). Which
Profile to use for the
conversion depends on
your requirements.
For instance, if the
recordings will be
watched from a streaming
server over a
high-bandwidth
connection, you might
select “
Screen and
Voice (200 kpbs)”.
Finally, you can choose Resize Options by
clicking on Configure.
You can reduce the width
and height of the
converted video, which
will make smaller files,
and also make it easier
to view the files on
computers with
lower-resolution video
cards and monitors.
Lowering resolution too
much can, however, cause
the video to lose some
detail. Test this
setting before making a
final decision about
using it.
Automatic Publishing
If your work is
published to an Internet
server, you can set My
Screen Recorder Pro to
upload automatically
every time you make a
recording. On the
Auto Tasks window, check
the Enable automatic
publishing option.
Once that’s done, use
the Configure button to specify the FTP Address of the
server, along with your Login Name and Password.
Optionally, you can also
specify a Remote
Folder, which tells
My Screen Recorder Pro
which folder on the
server to put uploaded
recordings in. If
this FTP server doesn’t
require passwords to
upload files, then check Anonymous login (and don’t type a
password).
Figure 2
After entering the
server information, it’s
a good idea to click Test FTP Connection to make sure the
username and password
are correct.
Generally, you can leave
Use Passive Mode for
logging in checked.
Only change this if your
network manager advises
you to, or if passive
mode isn’t working.
Similarly, you should
only change the
Port if you know the server
uses a non-standard port
for FTP connections.
If your network uses a
SOCKS proxy server, you
can enter the necessary
configuration
information here by
clicking Configure
Proxy Server.
Consult your network
manager if you need to
enter proxy information.
Confirmation
If you only want to
convert and/or publish
some of your recordings,
check the
After
recording confirm Auto
Tasks checkbox.
If you do this, whenever
you finish recording, My
Screen Recorder Pro will
ask you if you want to
carry out Auto Tasks on
this particular AVI
file.
Figure 3
With My Screen Recorder
Pro’s Auto Tasks, a few
minutes of setup time
can save you hours of
repetitive work, by
having the program
automatically convert
and publish screen
recordings.