To build video tutorial, what software and tools do you use?
Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#2OBS has been useful, so has Overwolf, but I think the best tool I've used has been Quicktime on OSX. It's much easier to use than most things. My go-to on Windows is the XBox Game DVR recording functionality but I only use it because the alternatives are pretty slow.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#3http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/
my version only works with X11, not wayland though.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#4http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/ my version only works with X11, not wayland though.
This is a life saver, thanks for sharing.
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Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#6I have recorded many hundreds of hours of content. I first used Quicktime on MacOS, it worked well enough. Great quality, fast, and easy to use.
More recently I moved over to OBS, which I consider to be far superior to Quicktime for one important reason: more control over audio settings. With OBS I can use just about any mic and get reasonable sound quality with a few tweaks. At present, I'm using a $20 headset and it works just fine.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#7Screenflow or Quicktime.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#8My answers are platform-specific:
For Windows: Camtasia
For macOS: Screenflow
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#9shareX for windows! Been using it for prob 10 years and its donate-ware
https://i.imgur.com/qOQIWoi.png
records in MPEG or GIF and lots of screenshot options as well. auto-upload to lots of free sharing sites if you choose. for screenshots I use Windows10 built-in "snipping tool" you dont get any simpler than that.
Re: Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?
#10For simple recordings, I use https://screencast-o-matic.com