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Ask HN: Why isn't there a simple, seemless Windows screen recording app?
Seriously, I looked everywhere and I couldn't find anything that does the following in a straight forward way and with minimalist UI:
- Shortcut to show region selection (Something like taking a screenshot in Windows (SHIFT+WIN+S)
- After region selection, start recording immediately
- Stop recording and save in a predefined location
Features:
- Configure in advance whether to save as MP3 or GIF
Every tool I tried is either too bloated or has some extra steps that ruins the fluidity of the UX.
The closest thing I found is LiceCap, but this tool is GIF exclusive and has extra UI steps.
For someone that takes screen recordings every day, any tool becomes too tedious.
I wish I could build it myself, but time constraints.
- WhaleClub 5y agohttps://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif
- PaulHoule 5y agoIt may be more than you want by I swear by https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html I use it for screenshots, demos, bug reports and other software dev tasks. For other work I think the capture functionality is great but if I really need to edit video I will load it into Adobe Premier.
- BraverHeart 5y agoThank you for the suggestion, but I would file this under too bloated for the job in terms of features and size. I mean LiceCap is less than 1MB in size and it does a third of what's needed, Snagit is a 300Mb+ download!
- PaulHoule 5y agoHow does the bloat really affect you?
- BraverHeart 5y agoI don't have a rational answer for this, it just seems that such a simple task, would need a simple solution. Just downloading and installing this took minutes and kind of stressed my computer and when I finally tried to launch it, it asked me to sign up before I can use it, so I abandoned and uninstalled it. I can't recommend this to someone else, when it has such a barrier to entry.
- PaulHoule 5y agoI see it as a valuable tool I use for my work. I paid for a license when I was self employed and my current employer has a procurement deal with TechSmith and bought me a license for my work laptop.
- lp0_on_fire 5y agoSnagIT is a great tool - I just found it myself this year.
- ianceicys 5y agoHands down recommend SnagIt. It works like a dream has integrated cloud storage options, so save on 1 machine and edit on all others instantly, plus with SnagItX all your file formats are editable across windows and mac. It's a no brainer. https://www.techsmith.com/snagit-workplace-communication.html https://www.techsmith.com/snagit-workplace-communication.htm...
- z3t4 5y agoI use the built in screen recorder: Window+Shift+S to take a screenshot Window+G to bring up recording mode, then Window+Alt+R to start recording
- runjake 5y agohttps://betanews.com/2015/07/19/windows-10-secret-screen-recording-tool/ https://betanews.com/2015/07/19/windows-10-secret-screen-rec...
- rococode 5y agoShareX can do this. It lets you select a region + record with one hotkey, detects window borders and snap to those as regions, optionally converts between gif/mp4, and uploads to a variety of sites. Also handles screenshots with a quick built-in image editor, file uploads, and more. <10MB total size so fairly lightweight. It's open source, too! https://getsharex.com/ https://getsharex.com/
- thomastay 5y agoConsider Captura: https://mathewsachin.github.io/Captura/ https://mathewsachin.github.io/Captura/ and if that doesn't work for you, you can always fork it. Warning: there are a lot of Captura clones in the Microsoft store, download it only from Github.
- BraverHeart 5y agoNot bad! The closest solution to what I wanted, unfortunate that it's no longer maintained :-(, any idea what happened?
- Saris 5y agoShareX fits the bill. Also a fantastic screenshot tool. And will auto upload to tons of different online services, your own services, or just store locally.
- BraverHeart 5y agoThank you, this looks interesting, though it has a lot of other features.