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screencast recorder

SHOW HN2017

CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD

Shown by everythingcli on Mar 5, 2017. Click the card to turn it over.

76points

16comments

#581of 2,242 in 2017

Top 26%of 2017 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against

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Works well as a solid ffmpeg wrapper, including with multiple monitors and camera
From 1 comment
- Very good, works as expected on my Gentoo box, multiple monitors and camera. Solid ffmepg wrapper
  edoceo on HN
Looks like a great option for quick recordings
From 1 comment
- Looks awesome. I typically use and recommend ScreenFlow[1] for mac but it is a bit expensive at $99. ffscreencast looks like a great option for quick recordings. [1] -…
  nodesocket on HN

Windows alternative for free, self-hostable game streaming
From 1 comment
- I really wish there were something like this for Windows. Free/Open source, not requiring me to use someone else's service (i.e I can host my own server to stream to and from)…
  ue_ on HN
PulseAudio support
From 1 comment
- Glad to see pulseaudio-support is on the roadmap (shouldn't be too hard really). On Linux I have never had a proper ALSA recording with ffmpeg, due to ALSA "xruns", i.e. bad…
  klaxa on HN

Differences between PulseAudio and ALSA
From 1 comment
- thanks. Btw do you guys have any good article links about the differences between pulse and alsa and why one might be superior to the other.
  everythingcli on HN

ScreenFlow
From 1 comment
- Looks awesome. I typically use and recommend ScreenFlow[1] for mac but it is a bit expensive at $99. ffscreencast looks like a great option for quick recordings. [1] -…
  nodesocket on HN
QuickTime Player
From 1 comment
- Not as cool as this or Screenflow, but if on macOS, QuickTime Player can do screen recording as well :)
  petercooper on HN
ShareX
From 1 comment
- ShareX uses ffmpeg on Windows for screencast recording (similar to ffscreencast), but ShareX doesn't seem to care much about streaming. https://getsharex.com/
  j_s on HN
OBS
From 1 comment
- For capturing, encoding, and transporting the stream, you can use OBS https://obsproject.com/ , which is what tons of streamers use. Are you looking for a web frontend for RTMP…
  daxelrod on HN
VLC
From 1 comment
- VLC too. Media -> Capture/Save -> Capturing device -> Desktop.
  Nullabillity on HN