Windows 10 / 11 · Version 1.2

HireCast PRO

Everything in HireCast, plus your face. Record your webcam alongside your screen and it appears as a bubble you can shape, move and resize — or record camera-only talking-head videos. Auto-zoom, AI captions and 9:16 export included.

£9.99one-off · perpetual licence · no subscription
Buy Pro — £9.99 →
Already bought HireCast for £1? Upgrade for £8.99.

Paste the licence key from your HireCast purchase page and you only pay the difference.

Upgrade to Pro — £8.99 →
💡 Standard HireCast (£1) goes free for everyone when our YouTube channel hits 10,000 subscribers. Pro stays a paid upgrade — £9.99 one-off, and Standard owners only ever pay the £8.99 difference.
📷 Webcam bubbleYour face over your screen — circle or rounded, any corner, any size
🎙️ Camera-only modeTalking-head videos straight from your webcam and mic
Recorded in syncWebcam saved as its own file next to the screen — trims, splits and speed changes stay in step
🟩 Green screen removalJust you over the screen, or you in front of any image or colour — detected automatically
See yourself while recordingA floating camera bubble you can park next to your webcam — never recorded twice
🎵 Convert to MP3Any song or video to MP3 at 128, 192 or 320 kbps — keeps title, artist and cover art
📝 Song to textPull the words out of a song on your own PC — edit, then save as text, synced lyrics (.lrc) or subtitles (.srt)
Everything in HireCastAuto-zoom on clicks, AI captions, silence remover, transitions, 9:16 export
Real footage: HireCast playing back a recording with auto-zoom, cursor spotlight and AI captions.

Standard or Pro?

FeatureHireCast · £1HireCast Pro · £9.99
Screen recorder with computer sound + mic✓✓
Auto-zoom on clicks, cursor spotlight, click rings✓✓
Full editor, transitions, AI captions, silence remover✓✓
Export for YouTube, TikTok / Shorts and square✓✓
Webcam bubble over your screen recording—✓
Camera-only (talking-head) recording—✓
Bubble shape, corner, size, mirror and border—✓
Green screen background removal (transparent, image or colour)—✓
Convert songs and videos to MP3—✓
Extract text from a song (.txt, synced .lrc lyrics, .srt subtitles)—✓
Free when the channel hits 10,000 subscribers✓— (stays £9.99)

Already on HireCast? Standard owners upgrade for £8.99 with the box at the top of this page — same app, your Pro key simply unlocks the camera.

See it in action

HireCast editor with timeline, zoom regions and captions
The editor — timeline with filmstrips, waveforms and zoom bars
HireCast screen recorder dialog
Screen recorder — pick a screen or window, mix computer sound and mic
AI captions panel in HireCast
AI captions — fix any word before exporting
Clip inspector with colour, speed and transitions
Per-clip speed, colour, framing and transitions
HireCast previewing a 9:16 TikTok format
Switch to 9:16 for TikTok and Shorts — the preview matches the export

Built with AI — and tested by it

HireCast started as a single rough sentence typed to Claude Code: "I need to trim and all other edit." Claude built the editor, the screen recorder and the auto-zoom, then drove the real app itself to test it — finding and fixing 12 bugs along the way and finishing with 26 out of 26 automated checks passing. It's a working example of what AutomationHire builds for businesses.

Requirements

SystemWindows 10 or 11, 64-bit
DownloadHireCast-Setup-1.2.5.exe — about 120 MB, installs for your user account (no admin needed). Standard and Pro use the same installer; your key decides the edition
RecordingAny microphone Windows can see. Computer sound is captured directly — no virtual cables
WebcamAny webcam Windows can see, including phone-as-webcam apps. Recorded at up to 1280×720
AI captions (optional)Python 3.10+ from python.org, then once: pip install faster-whisper pysubs2. Everything else works without Python
LicencePerpetual, for your own PCs. Videos you make are 100% yours — personal or commercial use

Install in a minute

  1. Buy above — you'll come straight back here with a Download button and your licence key.
  2. Run HireCast-Setup-1.2.5.exe.
  3. If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click More info → Run anyway. This appears for new apps from small publishers that haven't bought a code-signing certificate yet.
  4. Accept the licence and click Install. HireCast opens from your desktop or Start menu.
  5. Paste your Pro licence key when HireCast asks for it — just once per PC. Upgrading? Install 1.2 over your current HireCast, then paste the Pro key under Record Screen → Camera → I have a Pro key.

FAQ

I already bought HireCast for £1. Do I pay £9.99?

No — paste your HireCast licence key into the upgrade box at the top of this page and Pro costs £8.99, the difference. You get a new Pro key; your videos and projects carry straight on.

Does Pro go free at 10,000 subscribers too?

No. Standard HireCast becomes free for everyone at 10,000 subscribers. Pro, with the webcam features, stays a paid one-off — it's what funds the next apps.

Can I move or hide the camera after recording?

Yes. The webcam is recorded as its own file alongside the screen, so in the editor you can change the bubble's shape, corner, size, mirror and border at any time — or hide it on some clips (split first to hide it for just part of a recording). The preview shows exactly what the export will look like.

How do MP3 conversion and song-to-text work?

Click ♪ Song tools in the top bar and choose any song or video on your PC (or use the ♪ button next to a file in the Media panel). Convert to MP3 saves an MP3 next to the original (it never overwrites it) and keeps the title, artist and cover art. Extract text listens to the song on your own PC with the same AI as the captions and gives you the words line by line, ready to fix, copy or save as plain text, synced lyrics (.lrc) or subtitles (.srt). It works best when the vocals are clear; with loud music some words need correcting. Song-to-text needs the same free Python set-up as AI captions, and the first use of the more accurate settings downloads the AI model once.

Does it watermark my videos?

No. There's no watermark and no export limit, in Standard or Pro.

Can I record system audio and my mic at the same time?

Yes. HireCast mixes your computer's sound and your microphone into one track, with separate volume controls and live level meters. If your chosen mic isn't sending any sound (common with Elgato Wave Link or NVIDIA Broadcast setups), it warns you before you record and suggests the right input.

How does auto-zoom work?

When you record a whole screen, HireCast also records where your mouse is and when you click. One button then adds smooth zooms around your clicks that follow the pointer. You can drag the zoom bars on the timeline to stretch or move them, or add your own.

Mac or Linux?

Windows only for now. Tell us if you'd like a Mac version.

Refund policy?

If HireCast Pro doesn't install or work as described on Windows 10/11, email hello@automationhire.co.uk within 30 days for a full refund.

What's included under open-source licences?

HireCast uses FFmpeg (GPL v3) for video processing, plus Electron and other open-source components. Their licences and the FFmpeg source link are installed in HireCast's licenses folder.

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