VOVSOFT - Vov Screen Recorder

A screen recorder can come in handy for both the individual and the business user. While the first category use it mostly to create tutorials or share their desktop activity online, the latter may employ it to show new employees how to use certain utilities or reveal best practices in certain situations, as well as create product demos for sales or attracting investment.

Needless to say, businesses might have certain requirements that a simple screen recorder cannot provide so more complex and multi-feature software might be required. On the other hand, recording a video tutorial at an acceptable quality might be enough for home users so an application such as Vov Screen Recorder might be exactly what they are looking for.

One must say from the start that it doesn't get more simple than Vov Screen Recorder. This particular application has a single function, namely to record the entire screen and save the resulting video locally (on the desktop, to be more specific, as there is no option to change this default location).

Given its narrow functionality, don't expect to see a lot of configuration options or a modern-looking user interface. Developers kept everything at its core, as uncomplicated as possible, aiming to create an application that performs its one job without too much of a hassle.

The one-window interface comprises two buttons, one for starting the recording and the other for terminating it. On the bright side, each of these two basic commands has a key combination assigned, which one can use to control the workflow better. However, these hotkeys cannot be changed, which is unfortunate.

Vov Screen Recorder saves the output in MKV format only, providing users with no control over the video quality. It lacks even the most basic set of customization options and, unlike its competitors, it does not allow the recording of active windows or a specific desktop area, but only the entire screen. Many might see all these as drawbacks, but when looking for a straightforward manner to record the activity on the whole screen, this application might do the trick.