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I agree that modern OBS is pretty good for screen captures, even if you don't need to stream. You can record 4k60 without too much overhead on modern systems di
by minimaxir 5y ago
I agree that modern OBS is pretty good for screen captures, even if you don't need to stream. You can record 4k60 without too much overhead on modern systems directly into a .mp4 which plays nicely with other software/services without an extra conversion from a proprietary format. On macOS at least, recording with OBS is substantially better than working with expensive video recording software like ScreenFlow.
The weakness with this workflow is that OBS only allows saving one video at a time, which may be an issue if you want to composite video/mix audio better in post-production (e.g. computer screen recording + webcam + secondary screen recording such as iOS), although you can record audio in separate tracks. Of course you can run multiple instances of OBS simultaneously in this use case and save them together.
- shados 5y ago> The weakness with this workflow is that OBS only allows saving one video at a time Not anymore thanks to plugins! https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/source-record.1285/ https://obsproject.com/forum/resources/source-record.1285/ You can still only record one scene AFAIK, but you can still record multiple standalone sources. Its great if you want to record your screen or some complex scene, but still record your face camera separately to do whatever you want with in post production instead of doing it during recording.
- nemosaltat 5y agoYou can also spawn multiple instances of OBS (it’ll warn you to be sure you want to). I’ve used that to do Desktop Capture of my presentation screen, while doing video effects and Desktop capture of my Teams Meeting on the other screen.