+1 for OBS +5 for ffmpeg/mplayer/mpv -T
On Sat, Apr 11, 2020, 17:09 Ben Koenig <techkoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > It helps to know what you are looking to accomplish. OBS is interesting > since it can be used to either record or stream. It also mixes audio/video > sources so it's useful for podcasting applications. For a communication > tool then your search will probably take you in a very different direction. > > As an example, if you were looking to create a tutorial where you walk > through using an application on your computer as you narrate what you are > doing, OBS is a very good solution since it can combine a video feed of > your desktop with a video feed of your face (webcam). Either live, through > a streaming server or recorded to a file on your hard drive for sharing > later. Works well on Slackware which is nice. > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2020 at 5:02 PM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > wrote: > > > On Sat, 11 Apr 2020, Alexander Case wrote: > > > > > As a possible alternative, I've been using OBS Studio for webcam > > > recording, in addition to streaming and recording some games, and it's > > > worked pretty well for me in that role, and that's available for Linux. > > > > Alexander, > > > > I installed it and looked at the introductory video for the Master Class. > > Looks really good. > > > > I need to better understand which software is better for recording from > the > > camera and which is better for displaying what's on the screen here. I > > don't > > know that I'll do any streaming. > > > > Since I'm new to all this I need to learn terminology, software, file > > formats, and what I don't know that I need to know (Rumfield's > > unknown-unknowns). > > > > All suggestions and pointers to resources is very welcome. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
