5 ms·

Ask HN: What is your favorite screen recorder?

9 points by franca 8y ago

To build video tutorial, what software and tools do you use?

RandomGuyDTB 8y ago
OBS 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.
lixtra 8y ago
http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/ http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/ my version only works with X11, not wayland though.
- RandomGuyDTB 8y ago
  This is a life saver, thanks for sharing.
- oblib 8y ago
  I took at look at this and had to try installing it on my Raspberry Pi. It worked great! I couldn't get it to recognize my microphone but I didn't fiddle with that much. It was easy to capture an audio track on my Mac while recording the screen on the Pi and bring the movie over into Quicktime and sync them up. I've been looking for a way to record the screen on my Pi so I thank you too!
deleted 8y ago
[deleted]
sgslo 8y ago
I 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.
simonebrunozzi 8y ago
Screenflow or Quicktime.
akulbe 8y ago
My answers are platform-specific: For Windows: Camtasia For macOS: Screenflow
BorisMelnik 8y ago
shareX for windows! Been using it for prob 10 years and its donate-ware https://i.imgur.com/qOQIWoi.png 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.
tothrowaway 8y ago
For simple recordings, I use https://screencast-o-matic.com https://screencast-o-matic.com

9 points by franca 8y ago

To build video tutorial, what software and tools do you use?

OBS 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.

lixtra 8y ago

http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/ http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/ my version only works with X11, not wayland though.

RandomGuyDTB 8y ago
This is a life saver, thanks for sharing.
oblib 8y ago
I took at look at this and had to try installing it on my Raspberry Pi. It worked great! I couldn't get it to recognize my microphone but I didn't fiddle with that much. It was easy to capture an audio track on my Mac while recording the screen on the Pi and bring the movie over into Quicktime and sync them up. I've been looking for a way to record the screen on my Pi so I thank you too!

deleted 8y ago

[deleted]

sgslo 8y ago

I 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.

simonebrunozzi 8y ago

Screenflow or Quicktime.

akulbe 8y ago

My answers are platform-specific: For Windows: Camtasia For macOS: Screenflow

BorisMelnik 8y ago

shareX for windows! Been using it for prob 10 years and its donate-ware https://i.imgur.com/qOQIWoi.png 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.

tothrowaway 8y ago

For simple recordings, I use https://screencast-o-matic.com https://screencast-o-matic.com