Screen capture codecs and tools

I have been looking into codec's for capturing the screen into videos. The reason for doing this is to produce videos from the screen wich are both small in size and with the best possible quality. Codecs for movies do not have the optimal characteristics for screen videos.

You can search your self with Google.

Codec	Comment
MSU Screen Capture Lossless Codec	Codec that produces the smallest files possible without loosing quality.
FM Screen Capture codec	Codec from the producers of ScreenVirtuoso. Outputs are about twice as big as with MSU.
TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC)	This codec can only be used to encode movies when you have a valid license for Camtasia Studio. You can download this codec free of charge to decode movies.

Capture programs

To use the codec's you need a program to capture the screen to a movie. Google can help out here as well.

Program	Comment
SnagIt	Good to capture still images. With videos you can only capture it, not manipulate it. Read my review here. You can encode with any installed codec.
ScreenVirtuoso	Capture tool with some options. Captures  media output as well. (DVD's, media player etc.)
ALLcapture	Another capture tool. They seem to have their own codec. And their own tool TurboDemo to create something useful out of the capture.

Good luck!