About 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 (TSC2).
• Requires installation of the basic Windows multimedia support for playing .avi files.

The TechSmith Screen Capture Codec (TSC2) is built into Camtasia Player. The benefits include:

• The ability to playback videos on the host PC without needing to install the TSC2.
• Preservation of nearly 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.

Make Camtasia Player the Default Player

1. Right-click on an .avi file in Windows Explorer.
2. Select Open With > Choose Program.
3. The Open With dialog box appears. Click Browse.
4. Find and select: C:\Program Files\TechSmith\Camtasia Studio 6\CamPlay.exe
5. Click Open.
6. Enable the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file option.
7. Click OK.