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Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by whalesalad » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 12:25 PM UTC

For those on macOS: the native QuickTime app will record some or all of your screen.

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by sbarre » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 1:25 PM UTC

dangelov wrote: post #50

trishmapow2 wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows 10 has it built-in too, try Win+Alt+R.

Or Win+Shift+S. I think you need to be on a newer Windows 10 release for it to work. Still not as smooth as on macOS, but getting there.

I believe Win+Shift+S is only for capturing images, not video.

I'm on the latest Windows 10 and I still only see static image capture options.

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by tambourine_man » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 1:47 PM UTC

whalesalad wrote: post #51

For those on macOS: the native QuickTime app will record some or all of your screen.

Cmd-Shift-5 offers a streamlined interface

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by Thorncorona » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC

hutzlibu wrote: post #25

CraneWorm wrote: post #19

if you need more options just use ffmpeg directly https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop

Do you know a easy way, to stop recording via a hotkey? Because my recorded videos via ffmpeg always had the last seconds showing me how to switch to the terminal and stop by hand, which is more work for editing, which is why I use OBS studio, which I can recommend.

Try ShareX

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by MortenToudahl » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 2:26 PM UTC

Are there any technical reason it is not written for net5?

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by Extigy » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 2:32 PM UTC

hutzlibu wrote: post #43

rcap wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Assigning `killall ffmpeg` to a hotkey does the job.

Hm, I think I tried that and it caused trouble with mp4.

You might have better luck sending SIGINT instead of SIGTERM using 'killall -INT ffmpeg' so that it exits cleanly.

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by spieglt » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 2:54 PM UTC

trishmapow2 wrote: post #23

hactually wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think that part is assumed as Gnome/Linux and MacOSX have it built in?

Windows 10 has it built-in too, try Win+Alt+R.

The Windows 10 screen recorder doesn't let you record Windows Explorer.

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by revolvingocelot » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 2:58 PM UTC

TekMol wrote: post #2

In Debian there is Simple Screen Recorder: apt install simplescreenrecorder

it's in the AUR, too, for those who use arch btw

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by smcameron » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 3:29 PM UTC

shaan7 wrote: post #40

TekMol wrote: post #2

In Debian there is Simple Screen Recorder: apt install simplescreenrecorder

Yep Simple Screen Recorder is my daily driver for recording screencasts. Works perfectly, I really like that you can start/pause/save recording from the systray button.

Nothing I've found works as well as OBS[1]. Everything else I've tried runs into performance problems for certain workloads (games, typically).

[1] https://obsproject.com/

Re: Show HN: A simple recording program with the ability to record the screen

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Post by thoughtpalette » Thu, Sep 02, 2021, 4:06 PM UTC

Felk wrote: post #45

dend wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might want to try ScreenToGif ( https://www.screentogif.com/ ) for Windows and Kap ( https://getkap.co/ ) for macOS.

I can also recommend licecap ( https://www.cockos.com/licecap/ ), which is quite minimalistic but gets the job done

been using LICEcap for a few years, works perfectly.