Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
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Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#2Looks awesome. I typically use and recommend ScreenFlow[1] for mac but it is a bit expensive at $99. ffscreencast looks like a great option for quick recordings.
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#3Glad to see pulseaudio-support is on the roadmap (shouldn't be too hard really). On Linux I have never had a proper ALSA recording with ffmpeg, due to ALSA "xruns", i.e. bad buffers. Pulse may be using a bulldozer to drive in a nail, but it doesn't yield this problem.
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#4Very good, works as expected on my Gentoo box, multiple monitors and camera. Solid ffmepg wrapper
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#5I spent a couple hours playing with voctomix to get a similar setup going last night (way overkill but seemed the main tool I could find to do a webcam overlay in realtime)
Will check this out.
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#6Looks awesome. I typically use and recommend ScreenFlow[1] for mac but it is a bit expensive at $99. ffscreencast looks like a great option for quick recordings. [1] - https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm
Not as cool as this or Screenflow, but if on macOS, QuickTime Player can do screen recording as well :)
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#7I spent a couple hours playing with voctomix to get a similar setup going last night (way overkill but seemed the main tool I could find to do a webcam overlay in realtime) Will check this out.
With GStreamer you can put together a processing pipeline for that on the command line:
“gst-launch-1.0 v4l2src ! timeoverlay ! xvimagesink” gives you a webcam overlay.
For more info: http://wiki.oz9aec.net/index.php/Gstreamer_cheat_sheet
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#8I really wish there were something like this for Windows. Free/Open source, not requiring me to use someone else's service (i.e I can host my own server to stream to and from) etc.
I want to stream games on Windows, but the games I want to stream aren't allowed on various streaming services, or those services require proprietary software in some capacity.
I haven't had much luck with ffmpeg and ffserver; it's very hard to configure for me.
Perhaps this is the only time I'm asking if there's a Windows alternative to something for GNU/Linux :)
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#9I really wish there were something like this for Windows. Free/Open source, not requiring me to use someone else's service (i.e I can host my own server to stream to and from) etc. I want to stream games on Windows, but the games I want to stream aren't allowed on various streaming services, or those services require proprietary software in some capacity. I haven't had much luck with ffmpeg and ffserver; it's very ha…
If you are on Windows, why do you have a problem with “proprietary software in some capacity”?
Are the games you want to stream also proprietary software?
Re: Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD
#10I really wish there were something like this for Windows. Free/Open source, not requiring me to use someone else's service (i.e I can host my own server to stream to and from) etc. I want to stream games on Windows, but the games I want to stream aren't allowed on various streaming services, or those services require proprietary software in some capacity. I haven't had much luck with ffmpeg and ffserver; it's very ha…
ShareX uses ffmpeg on Windows for screencast recording (similar to ffscreencast), but ShareX doesn't seem to care much about streaming.