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

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Post by ffsm8 »

nico wrote: post #8

How long can the recordings be? Recently needed to do some 1-2hr long recordings. Look works pretty well for that, QuickTime + OBS could, but generates massive files, which are hard to share

Fyi, you can easily encode your obs recording via good old Handbreak or similar (editors usually also let you so that, but if you are not planning to edit.. )

https://handbrake.fr/

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

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Post by johnwheeler »

OP here: I'm looking for testers for my web-based screen recorder app—specifically product marketing managers or anyone regularly demonstrating software to clients. I'd love your feedback, and in return, I'll prioritize building or adjusting the tool based on your specific needs (within my technical capabilities). I'm particularly interested in exploring interactive demo features similar to Arcade or SupaDemo, so suggestions in that direction would be especially helpful.

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

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Post by johnwheeler »

pentagrama wrote: post #19

Seems cool! But for privacy reasons I prefer to do the recording locally and send the file myself. I've been using the extension https://cursorful.com/ (only for Chrome), which doesn't upload the video to the cloud, it just does everything locally, and the free tier features are enough for me.

Thanks! Hosting in the cloud lets me centrally manage assets and makes it easier to add interactive features like Arcade and Supademo, which require server-side components. It also simplifies analytics and customization. Currently, I store everything in S3 but purge the videos every few days. If this gains traction, I'm already experienced with implementing standards like SOC 2.

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

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Post by Daub »

I use screen recorders all the time. Question: what format does it capture in? Some screen recorders capture as mov files, which get janky in high zoom. A pro app like Camtasia captures in what I assume is the raw screen data, and for this reason zooming in on a clip works really well.

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

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Post by jofzar »

pentagrama wrote: post #19

Seems cool! But for privacy reasons I prefer to do the recording locally and send the file myself. I've been using the extension https://cursorful.com/ (only for Chrome), which doesn't upload the video to the cloud, it just does everything locally, and the free tier features are enough for me.

I have used cursorful before but make sure you aren't using it for commerical use, need to buy a license for that.

I really want a free version from commercial use tbh, not that cursorful is expensive

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

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Post by johnwheeler »

Daub wrote: post #26

I use screen recorders all the time. Question: what format does it capture in? Some screen recorders capture as mov files, which get janky in high zoom. A pro app like Camtasia captures in what I assume is the raw screen data, and for this reason zooming in on a clip works really well.

I use getDisplayMedia which is a JavaScript API that lets you capture recordings as large as your computer can handle, but the format is fixed to either MP4 or WebM.

Here is the JS-based player: https://screenrecorder.me/projects/s3hx9YRgXNsrN1s/player

Here is a video that I rendered: https://screenrecorder.me/player/s3hx9YRgXNsrN1s

There are definitely artifacts, especially in the latter, but in practice the videos I've been creating have been working well. Also, it's primarily because the zoom is so high.

In practice, I usually set the zoom much lower and it doesn't have as much artifacting. Check out the homepage video

https://screenrecorder.me/

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

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Post by johnwheeler »

pratio wrote: post #28

Congratulations on the release, is there a plan to opensource it? I've been using https://snapify.it/ , it's opensource but I haven't been able to selfhost it.

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, please contact me at john@screenrecorder.me

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