congrats on the launch!
how are you rendering the video? is it browser based (wasm ffmpeg for example) or is it on cloud using aws lambda?
Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio
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#82Does 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.
Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio
#83congrats on the launch! how are you rendering the video? is it browser based (wasm ffmpeg for example) or is it on cloud using aws lambda?
Thank you - It uses AWS Lambda. I started out using remotion, but I ran into some issues and just wanted control over it so I wrote my own rendering engine similar to remotion targeted towards my use case. This part took me about 1 1/2 months and still needs work with the UX.
Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio
#84It is cool but I thought it was client-side only - it turns out the videos are exported and stored remote. Can you confirm?
Yes this is correct - they are stored in s3 and deleted every few days.
Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio
#85congrats on the launch! how are you rendering the video? is it browser based (wasm ffmpeg for example) or is it on cloud using aws lambda?
Thank you - It uses AWS Lambda. I started out using remotion, but I ran into some issues and just wanted control over it so I wrote my own rendering engine similar to remotion targeted towards my use case. This part took me about 1 1/2 months and still needs work with the UX.
but this will cost you money, you need to charge users. Maybe give a number of renders for free (like 50 render every month for free) and charge for extra renders
Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio
#86Does 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.
OBS can always get you there, but you will be doing the scene work on your own.
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#87Well done! Just tested this out and it's great but some feedback: I couldn't successfully trim my recording. I could get into "trim mode" but couldn't figure out how to do it. That's a really important feature to me and the UX needs a lot of work there. A feature that I always use with Screen Studio is changing the speed of clips. For example, if I'm typing in the recording, I like to speed it up super fast. Also, I…
Hey thank you so much for this feedback. What are your use cases for a tool like this? Right now, there is a button with scissors on it that doesn't work. I apologize for not removing that, but I didn't think this post would even make the front page. (as an aside - I've tried several times posting this without success, but a change to the landing page much have done it) I am definitely going to add the ability to add…
John, this is spectacular. I'd love to go back and forth with you on this...I've wanted something like this for a long time and I'm super impressed. Could you email me? stephen@bate-man.com.
Re: Show HN: I made a web-based, free alternative to Screen Studio
#88Cool tool, but I would make it a local desktop app that hooks the browser.
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#89Would 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.
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#90Hey! 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?
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 guess.
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.