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Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by DoctorOW »

jitbit wrote: post #109
torarnv wrote: post #82

Does anyone have suggestions for tools similar to this/Screen Studio that works as a webcam on macOS? I'd like to share 2-3 windows, with those fancy backgrounds, and a camera overlay, in a 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratio, without needing to change the resolution of my ultra wide monitor or move/close all other windows etc.

cam.so (opensource, free for personal, local)

I've tried the domain as well as searching DDG and Github and can't find this software. But I'm intrigued by it. Where I can find this?

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by birdman3131 »

So unless I am missing something this seems much less useful than windows builtin screen recorder. Any mouse movement causes it to zoom in and cut off large portions of the screen and I don't see a way to prevent this. (I can see the occasional use case but the fact that there appears no way to turn it off is a deal breaker.)

One potential useful (And I have no clue how hard to implement) thing I could see implementing would be the ability to mask out private details and have the mask follow the details as the screen is scrolled. It feels like something an LLM/AI could do.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by pell »

93po wrote: post #104
perpil wrote: post #103

The fact you've copied screen.studio so closely leaves a bad taste in my mouth. On the landing page you apply formatting in Google Sheets, just like screen studio does. It's ok to be inspired by screen studio but remember they are mostly a solo dev too so try and be more original.

we live in capitalism. capitalism is competing with others to make money. there are legal protections in place for intellectual property, and those protections are already far too damaging to innovation and creativity. he's operating within legal boundaries and doing the same thing everyone else does in business. i don't see the problem as long as it isn't illegal. if we want to talk about ethics and morals in capita…

No one said it's illegal. They said it leaves a bad taste. I also don't think this particular comment was necessarily a critique of capitalism as a whole.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by danudey »

johnwheeler wrote: post #25
pentagrama wrote: post #19

Seems cool! But for privacy reasons I prefer to do the recording locally and send the file myself. I've been using the extension https://cursorful.com/ (only for Chrome), which doesn't upload the video to the cloud, it just does everything locally, and the free tier features are enough for me.

Thanks! Hosting in the cloud lets me centrally manage assets and makes it easier to add interactive features like Arcade and Supademo, which require server-side components. It also simplifies analytics and customization. Currently, I store everything in S3 but purge the videos every few days. If this gains traction, I'm already experienced with implementing standards like SOC 2.

I'd love a self-hosted version for no other reason than to be able to customize encode quality and video size. I'd like to do some video casts for my coworkers on workflows I developed/use, but sharper text would be convenient.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by lacoolj »

yashness wrote: post #89
monkeywork wrote: post #31

Would love to be able to self host this tool - I'd be fine with purchasing a license to do so but I'd really rather not have this running on hardware that isn't mine - wrapping this up in a docker container that I can deploy would be mint.

How much would you pay for it for lifetime value? Context: I had built very similar tool myself & can implement a few more features to make it self host possible to sell license.

$15-20

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by [deleted] »

owebmaster wrote: post #45
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #41

Hey! What are your opinions on open sourcing this tool considering privacy considerations and simply I would love it if I can host my own data/ not have to worry about what proprietary thing is running! Thanks in advance

> What are your opinions on open sourcing this tool What are your opinions on the best way for you to pay for it as an open source tool?

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Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by owebmaster »

Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #90
owebmaster wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> What are your opinions on open sourcing this tool What are your opinions on the best way for you to pay for it as an open source tool?

Probably having the license AGPL or some certain restriction where you can only attract the big business users on this product. Let's be honest, you can make money from the small guys but they are little cents as compared to giving corps self hosting guides / licenses like docker..., I know they may not come under pure open source, but the question is tricky, and so is the answer. So this becomes "fair source" I gues…

> I just want the code itself to be readable & buildable from scratch, I want to trust in the process that there are atleast some person who have searched this code and found no malicious use. I want it so that I can modify your program if I really want to, maybe even redistribute that modifications.

Yes. You want, want, want. But I asked what you are willing to give to get what you want and it seems to be nothing.

Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio

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Post by 93po »

pell wrote: post #113
93po wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

we live in capitalism. capitalism is competing with others to make money. there are legal protections in place for intellectual property, and those protections are already far too damaging to innovation and creativity. he's operating within legal boundaries and doing the same thing everyone else does in business. i don't see the problem as long as it isn't illegal. if we want to talk about ethics and morals in capita…

No one said it's illegal. They said it leaves a bad taste. I also don't think this particular comment was necessarily a critique of capitalism as a whole.

i'm saying the bad taste is misplaced. i know it isn't a critique of capitalism as a whole - i'm saying it should be
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