good screen/video capture program?

[rawr]

I'm looking for a good screen/video capture program i can use, preferably freeware, or at least one that's legal and doesn't have some kind of "you haven't registered yet, do it NAO!" watermark in the capture.
any suggestions? Ideally i would like for it to be green software (in other words, something i can install on my flash drive without having to do it on my hard drive.

 

[rawr]

:bump: anyone?

 

[NeverAmI]

Fraps is the defacto for video recording but there are some free alternatives which are listed at http://www.anewmorning.com/2009/01/06/5-free-alternatives-to-fraps/

I would suggest trying camstudio first http://camstudio.org/

I would think that they can function outside of games too, not 100% on that though.

 

[corvidae]

I use Fraps for video game recording, and Camtasia Studio for everything else. Fraps is small enough to fit on a USB drive, but you probably will have to write the video onto the hard drive. USB drives usually aren't fast enough for stuff like that.
They're not free though, I pirated them >.<