ShareX VS obs-studio

Best For Screenshots/Recording: ShareX

ShareX [1] is my other "must install" app. I never would have guessed how much my branch of engineering consists of "take a screenshot and draw lines, arrows and circles on it." Being able to customize my workflow to do all of that is really great.

[1] https://getsharex.com/

Incase you are having a hard time with sharing screenshots use this https://getsharex.com/

Oh yeah, and it's totally free.

ShareX is the tool you want. I don't know why it never gets a mention.

If only OBS was somewhat lighter, I'd have used it. You need an Intel i5 or Ryzen 1300x processor for a "minimum requirements", imagine what would it take for a decent performance!

Instead, I use another app called ShareX [1] which is much lighter on the OS and processor. It may not have all the features but you can easily create a screencast or recording session with ease.

[1]: https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX

sharex for sharing stuff/screenshots

ShareX. No macOS alternative (which I would have tried) comes close in terms of usability for uploading (parts of) screenshots automatically.

Best For Streaming: OBS Studio

Or https://obsproject.com/

Ther is a thing called obs you can get it here and it's easy to use https://obsproject.com/

I used OBS to capture my screen, shotcut to edit the video, and this command to create a gif (Shotcut also supports exporting to a gif, but it seems to take longer to process)

Opting for things you already use. For example, if you use OBS for live streaming, think about contributing to the project

I don’t have to, but I pay for Open Broadcaster Studio’s software through their Patreon page because learning to use it to stream was fun, made me learn valuable skills, and helped me make new friends and keep in touch with old ones.

https://obsproject.com/

Quite tangential, but during lockdown I was looking for a way to use my iPhone as a webcam and came across this project:

https://vdo.ninja/

It started out as being a means to send a video feed into OBS[1], which is how I rigged the webcam input, but as the project grew, it expanded to being a way for me to spin up desktop video and audio sharing in a browser, sorta like Zoom, etc. This let me run virtual movie nights with people remotely.

Whilst it's possible to use it via the 'create a room' interface, you can also do it all via URL parameters which I found much more flexible and robust. See here[2].

You create source and recipient URLs and then it just automagically makes it all work via WebRTC. I was able to for example make a source that captured my VLC window and sent out the video and audio, and then two destination URLs which received the source video and audio, but also sent their own audio to one another. This meant we could hear the and watch a movie but also talk to each other via our microphones.

I've got no relation to this project besides thinking it's really awesome.

[1]: Used for streaming your computer online, e.g. on Twitch. https://obsproject.com/

[2]: https://docs.vdo.ninja/master/how-does-it-work

RTMP Using OBS or Wirecast: Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) is a streaming technology that allows the sending of audio and video over the internet. Our iOS Video SDK provides gapless support for RTMP. Instead of publishing live streams with an iOS device camera feed, you can use any software that supports RTMP, such as OBS Studio and Telestream’s Wirecast.