Camtasia Player Camtasia Player is a standalone video player, optimized for playing screen recordings. Plays videos at 100% of their original size to maintain readability. Runs on any 32-bit Windows platform, with no dependencies on runtime libraries, OS version, or DirectX. Player is a single .exe file. No setup required and Player does not use the registry or any configuration files. Use command line options to invoke Player in various ways from CD-ROMs, multimedia authoring tools, and scripting languages or batch files. Only plays .avi files and includes built-in support for the TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC). Requires installation of the basic Windows multimedia support for playing .avi files. Player does not set up any shell associations to become the default .avi player. However, you can provide an install program or the end user can set up Player to be the default .avi player. See Make Camtasia Player the Default Player. The TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSCC) is built into Camtasia Player. The benefits include: The ability to playback videos on the host PC without needing to install the TSCC. Lossless preservation of 100% of the video quality Optimized for screen capture, resulting in small and highly compressed files. Exceptional compression speed at all color depths. Camtasia Player System Requirements Microsoft Windows« 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista™ or later Windows-compatible sound card and speakers (recommended) 470 KB of hard disk space for program installation Installation of basic Windows multimedia .avi file support Installation of any audio or video codecs required by the .avi files To view the codecs installed, select Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Hardware tab.
