Isn't this just the same thing as kap getkap.co except that this cap is not free?
Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#92Earlier quoted context omitted.
People may well use Loom-like functionality that’s integrated into other tools they use without knowing the name “Loom”. Loom had a head-start, but other companies (e.g. Vimeo) copied the feature pretty quickly. And also, more importantly, this is a “Show HN” post, so reasonable for people here to question the comparison.
Loom in the title got my attention. It is the only reason I clicked on the link. It is unfortunate this is being discussed rather than the product.
+1 same. If this was a generic screen recording software I’d have skipped it.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#93hi, it's open source and not free. the Lite plan allows you to do the same things as Loom it seems. I would have preferred a video showing the app.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#94Some honest feedback: describe your product/tool without using a competitor’s name. I’m on mobile and the landing page only tells me “recording software” and “Loom” before it drops into Twitter like 3rd party comments. I honestly have never used Loom. I don’t know what it is. Do you really want me to have to go look up “the competition” just to know who you are?
I disagree - the fact you don’t know what Loom is probably means you’re not in the market for this kind of software. Better, at this stage, to focus on users who will immediately get it rather than explain to folks who don’t currently have a need.
I think that might be true for a small group of people.
Calling it a replacement screen recording tool like Loom is probably ideal to hit both markets.
Loom made the work around the recording step easier, something that other options seem to be adopting.
Still, lots of people recorded lots of screens before Loom, kind of like loom.
Camtasia, Jing, and plenty of other tools out there. Jing in particular would record and upload automatically and put the link to the video in your clipboard, years in advance of Loom registering potentially questionable patents to parts of that.
Loom was ultimately acquired by Atlassian as a video capture tool for JIRA, etc an won't likely grow much feature wise for the masses. It will be great for that. I'm still a paying customer of loom.
There are a lot of features missing in Loom though that is going to spark a lot of alternatives to continue from where Loom left off. If anything Loom's growth seemed to have stalled relative to how much they were acquired for.
Average people are using apps like tiktok to produce videos instead.
Calling it a screen recording tool is a good thing. A lot of people don't even know how easy it is to do a screen recording on a computer.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#95Feedback: can there be a big “loom” on the homepage showing how it works or what differentiates it? Right now we only see tweets but nothing that gives me the “aha” moment to want to try it out. Make me remember the pain, and show me really clearly how your software will fix it right now. Screen studio does a good job of this.
An animated gif video with a ticker on the side going through each step would be great.
Also being able to launch recording it without an account would be a great way to get someone to create a video, invest enough to create an account instead of come back to it later. Veed.io seems to have used this approach to great success.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#96How does it compare to using either of the following on macOS - OBS - The built in screen recording functionality in macOS itself - ffmpeg (see http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop for details on doing screen capture with it)
Way simpler and quicker than those options.
Being able to reply to an email with a video quicker than typing is often a line I consider.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You’re right it doesn’t have upload though. That's surprising considering how Apple pushes iCloud integration...
Apple also pushes privacy and on-device processing; But as for the feature itself: why on earth would you want a video uploaded somewhere else before you've even had a chance to watch it back at least once?
Because you’re showing a colleague how to use a simple inventory tracker that you’ve created in Google Sheets. Or how the new multilingual Figma templates work. Or how to batch rename a folder full of files using the command line. Or whatever, really. You already know what’s in the video because you literally just recorded it. And it doesn’t need to be polished because it’s probably just going to one coworker, who will only view it once.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#98How does it compare to using either of the following on macOS - OBS - The built in screen recording functionality in macOS itself - ffmpeg (see http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop for details on doing screen capture with it)
Loom is software that, in one click, overlays your face in a bubble as you can narrate your screen recording, uploads it as it's recording, and when you press stop it copies a link to your clipboard you can share immediately with whoever you are showing. It's a very polished and complete experience. OBS is for streamers. It could be set up in a similar way if you already have a twitch channel hooked into it. It won't…
OBS can record videos pretty similarly, and automatically save, stream, or even be compelled to upload it somewhere.
I'm not sure if there's a simple way to get the link of the video hosted online back into your clipboard automatically. That is one feature Jing was superior to Loom on.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
With any of those you need to upload the video directly into Slack, or something like YouTube, Vimeo, etc. Plausible for short videos, but can become a pain if recording for more than a few mins. If you record with Cap, we'll auto handle the segmentation of the video so it can be played back efficiently (so the whole video doesn't have to be download in one go). You can also receive comments on your Cap link, reactio…
That makes sense. How about if I already run a PeerTube instance. In that case I already have segmentation of videos so people can watch without downloading the whole file, and they could also comment on the video on my PeerTube instance if I allowed them to. How does Cap compare to using a PeerTube instance to host screen recordings?
It is better than peertube because it doesn't require an extra piece of software to be learned and setup and maintained to host and deliver recorded videos.
The 98% will not self host.
Re: Show HN: I made an open-source Loom alternative
#100How does it compare to using either of the following on macOS - OBS - The built in screen recording functionality in macOS itself - ffmpeg (see http://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Capture/Desktop for details on doing screen capture with it)
One of the benefits of Loom is the convenience of video messaging. So it’s less about screen recording in the same way as OBS but more about replacing Slack with something more efficient. I’m not sure Cap is a replacement for Loom in that sense.
I thought so too until I used the "video messaging" of loom and found it to be a reorganized use of existing loom features instead of first class video messaging.
Video messaging can also waste both parties times if the videos are too long compared to the message.
Video messaging can be infinitely priceless where a video can explain quicker what words can't.
Other platforms have been able to get a bit further, I think there is one made by vimeo or someone used for sales that is quite good at the video messaging itself.