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

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I love the youtube series... raw, watching you build in the open is great. This would be a killer app to make youtube videos, but without the ability to download the video, you won't be able to post them. I can "Export" but then it just gives me a specific link that can be shared instead of the raw mp4 file.

Do you plan on adding this feature?

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

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I love the youtube series... raw, watching you build in the open is great. This would be a killer app to make youtube videos, but without the ability to download the video, you won't be able to post them. I can "Export" but then it just gives me a specific link that can be shared instead of the raw mp4 file. Do you plan on adding this feature?

Absolutely I will. In Chrome, you can right click the video and save it. Thank you for the kind words about the YouTube series - the idea is to build a tool I myself can use, so I have all sorts of things I want to add like title pages, text, etc.

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

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Cool tool, but I would make it a local desktop app that hooks the browser.

I tried first using a browser extension and I couldn't get traction, thus making it completely sign-up free and available right from the homepage. However, I'd eventually like to transition into desktop software because there are so many more options. This is what I want to do for the rest of my life hopefully or for a great while. I want to make screen recording software for people.

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

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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

Indeed. I think a number of free renders or something like that would be a great idea once it becomes cost prohibitive for me. I hope that becomes a problem ;-)

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

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I love this tool, but I am pessimistic because the following is probably going to happen next: 1. At some point, the app will be covered with tonloads of ads to the point of impossibility to use 2. The core functionality will be hid behind sign-up/sign-in walls. The email addresses will be collected and then spammed to the brim 3. To add an insult to the injury, the app features will be gradually crippled unless you…

I do want to charge but if you have valid use cases and will function as a beta-tester I would work out free service technically forever. I am open to discussions about this. I'm still experimenting and nothing is set in stone, but I actually quit my job a while ago, and this is what I want to do full time. I have a bit of runway.

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

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Well 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…

Also - I want to add speed up and slow down of clips

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

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both are possible

That's a fantasy of the hobby FOSS developer. "If I make something so great then people will still pay me even if I give it away for free!" A tiny percentage of people might still pay for it, but the vast majority will not, and will complain loudly about any attempts to monetize.

> A tiny percentage of people might still pay for it, but the vast majority will not, and will complain loudly about any attempts to monetize.

This is true of all products though, in ecommerce 1% conversion is pretty average... generally the path is to increase the top of the funnel because it's always small at the bottom... some products get by with 0.5% or less

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Thank you pratio! I quit my job and this is my full time gig now. I've got about three years of runway, so if I can't get it to PMF soon--then yes and I'll move on to something else. I'm super passionate about this though. Totally up my alley as a Dev and aspiring Growth Hacker, Product Marketing Manager. The idea is to build a tool and use it to grow itself. Also, anyone want to talk offline about anything at all, p…

Hey! Great product you released. Don't feel pressured by the people asking you to release everything for free, it's a terrible strategy to create a profitable business.

Ha thanks for your vigilance owebmaster. I can see your support on some of the other comments! It's just the venue though, and I would expect nothing less. The fact that HN didn't shit all over it is a big enough bar for me for now ;-)

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The same reason we call the computer in our pocket a phone?

What? That not the same reason. It's a name of a service. Then we should call Vercel Zeit because it was always Zeit and Vercel name is just a founder joke.

My point is that once a word get's adopted in the global lexicon, it's not easy to unseat it. Doesn't matter if that word is a brand, a misnomer, slang, or even derogatory to someone, it will stick for quite some time. Companies and websites get rebranded all the time and can be done so overnight. Language doesn't move at that speed.

I'd argue that it doesn't help that X is such a stupid name that many people actively oppose calling it that. Twitter (noun) and tweet (verb) were hardwired into language, my guess is you'll still be hearing them in decades to come.

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

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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.

Sent!
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