Screen recording software
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I need some decent screen recording software. I tried Camstudio (I thought it would be good enough but doesn't work with Windows 10 or my multiple monitors, I am not sure which I don't want to spend time trying to figure out the problem) and many of the free alternatives are shit.
I just want to record video from one screen and save it something like mp4/mkv or any popular video format that I can convert easily ffmpeg or similar. I have a side-job (as part of my contract) at the moment to produce some training materials, I thought it would be good for me to show a video of how everything is setup.
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@masonwheeler Oh comon man.
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@lucas1 Having said that... the Game Bar's built-in screen recording can be used for things other than games.
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@lucas1
Open Broadcaster Software
You can set up the source of recording to be a window / screen / specific application / camera.
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@lucas1 said in Screen recording software:
I need some decent screen recording software. I tried Camstudio (I thought it would be good enough but doesn't work with Windows 10 or my multiple monitors, I am not sure which I don't want to spend time trying to figure out the problem) and many of the free alternatives are shit.
I just want to record video from one screen and save it something like mp4/mkv or any popular video format that I can convert easily ffmpeg or similar. I have a side-job (as part of my contract) at the moment to produce some training materials, I thought it would be good for me to show a video of how everything is setup.
What you should do is take screenshots (or use Windows's Snipping Tool, or a similar program) and paste each one into a separate layer with GIMP (or your favorite alternative to Paint), save the result as an animated JPEG, then run that through ffmpeg to get an mp3 vidideo.
Filed Under: Is this Enterprisey enough?
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Argh ... will give that a try.
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@djls45 There is a bad ideas thread :-D.
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@Adynathos I will give it a go.
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@Adynathos said in Screen recording software:
@lucas1
Open Broadcaster Software
You can set up the source of recording to be a window / screen / specific application / camera.Seconded.
After having problems with Cam Studio, I used OBS and it was pretty sweet.
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I've used
which installs a directshow filter, and I then record using something like
ffmpeg -framerate 10 -f dshow -i video=screen-capture-recorder -filter:v "crop=W:H:L:T" -r 10 output.mp4It includes the mouse pointer in the capture, although it doesn't appear to work for mouse pointers that use inverting pixels.
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after you finish recording, don't forget to film it being played in a tablet over a wooden table
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I am such a dumbass with this stuff. I dunno how to make it, play back what I just recorded.
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@lucas1 last time I had to do something like this on windows, I used the trial version of Camtasia, IIRC
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Argh, I am getting somewhere now. I need to add a source of video. This makes more sense now.
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@groo said in Screen recording software:
Camtasia
I will try this out if this Open Broadcast Software doesn't work for me.
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I also recommend OBS Studio, it works very well 99% of the time.
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@LB_ said in Screen recording software:
I also recommend OBS Studio, it works very well 99% of the time.
Well, until your laptop decides it's too hot and limits the CPU to 500 MHz single-core mode. But I think that's a Linux Hardware problem...
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@masonwheeler Bear in mind, it will only work on one window. If your app pops message boxes or other windows, those won't be recorded.
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@FrostCat I only want to do Git and maybe a text editor so that will be good enough.
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@lucas1 said in Screen recording software:
I dunno how to make it, play back what I just recorded.
Find the MP4 in Explorer and double-click on it.
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@FrostCat yeh I worked it out, I thought the would be a play button in the app ...
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@lucas1 You should be fine then.
I wanted to use it to record specific tasks in my company's application, for user training, but there's a LOT of secondary windows, so the game bar's useless for me.
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@Adynathos said in Screen recording software:
You can set up the source of recording to be a window / screen / specific application / camera.
Note that OBS is designed for games, the compression'll kill you for screen content.
I'd use SnagIt myself, but it costs $$$ and I'm sure you're asking this because you're cheap and want something open source-y.
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@FrostCat You can crop a display capture to just the window and then it will capture everything within that rectangle.
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@LB_ Some of those secondary windows don't fit entirely in the rectangle of the main window, though.
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@FrostCat I'm not sure what you're expecting then?
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@Adynathos said in Screen recording software:
@lucas1
Open Broadcaster Software
You can set up the source of recording to be a window / screen / specific application / camera.If you can't use OBS, the next best alternative is UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2.
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@LB_ said in Screen recording software:
I'm not sure what you're expecting then?
That I'll have to use something else if I ever make these videos!
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@ben_lubar said in Screen recording software:
UNREGISTERED HYPERCAM 2.
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@FrostCat I mean, you want to record a window, and any windows it spawns even if they don't fit in the rectangle of the parent window, but how do you want that to work? Just have each window output to a different video file so you have to edit it manually? IMO you should just get a second screen specifically to record everything on said screen, then use the application on that screen while recording.
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@LB_ said in Screen recording software:
@FrostCat I mean, you want to record a window, and any windows it spawns even if they don't fit in the rectangle of the parent window, but how do you want that to work? Just have each window output to a different video file so you have to edit it manually? IMO you should just get a second screen specifically to record everything on said screen, then use the application on that screen while recording.
That should be the default rule for screen recording anyways, especially for livestreamers. So many people get doxxed online because they accidentally clicked the wrong window into focus on accident, or got a message that popped up with their real info.
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@LB_ said in Screen recording software:
IMO you should just get a second screen specifically to record everything on said screen, then use the application on that screen while recording.
You mean, how you would otherwise do it? That's what I'll do, if I ever do it. Already have the second screen.
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@blakeyrat said in Screen recording software:
Note that OBS is designed for games, the compression'll kill you for screen content.
I tested it on recording the forum here and on default settings the text indeed was blurred, because the video was downscaled.
So, to record text, disable downscaling (set output resolution equal to input resolution - see image), then it looks much better. ( @lucas1 that could be useful for you )
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@Adynathos It should be noted that you are using OBS Studio (which is versioned at 0.15.4 or something), not OBS.
On OBS the default setting should not downscale at all (unless you change it on your scene-layout):
@lucas1 I would probably advice you to use the "normal" OBS (v0.658b, according to my laptop install)Filed Under: Gaze in awe at my shitty laptop graphics card
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@Adynathos Well I was more talking about bitrate... MP4 is terrible at compressing text at lower bitrates.
on screen capture recorder to video free
