Solved Need video recording software for Fedora
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I'm looking to start making some training videos and sales videos, etc.
What is a good video recording tool on Fedora (Cinnamon desktop)?
I'm not caring about editing. someone else will be doing that.
I just need to create the raw video.
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Open Broadcaster Software Studio
https://obsproject.com/wiki/install-instructions#linuxSimpleScreenRecorder
https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/#download -
OBS is the best solution I can think of, I use it regularly.
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simple to setup.. now to learn how to actually use it...
by the 4th sample video, I figured out how to cancel the ambient noise. awesome.
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Scenes are made up of sources, so if you wanted to have a Scene for "Desktop capture with Little Jared in the corner" transition to "Big Jared eating the camera" you'd do it with scenes.
You can setup hotkeys, scene timers, transitions etc.
I use it for extremely low level videos "here's how you open outlook on a mac" type of things. But it has a ton of capability.
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Video is a lot of work. If you want the end result looking remotely professional, don't record on a webcam. You need something better that can do manual exposure and a custom white balance. And you need some lighting as well but most important is a really good sound recording.
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@DustinB3403 said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
Scenes are made up of sources, so if you wanted to have a Scene for "Desktop capture with Little Jared in the corner" transition to "Big Jared eating the camera" you'd do it with scenes.
You can setup hotkeys, scene timers, transitions etc.
I use it for extremely low level videos "here's how you open outlook on a mac" type of things. But it has a ton of capability.
I didn’t even think about RTFM yet. Just wanted to see the pieces work.
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@Pete-S said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
Video is a lot of work. If you want the end result looking remotely professional, don't record on a webcam. You need something better that can do manual exposure and a custom white balance. And you need some lighting as well but most important is a really good sound recording.
The Logitech C922x is the perfect video device for getting started. 5k lighting and a good backdrop will be more than enough for the short term. I don’t need 1080p, even though it can do it.
If I need better, I have a DSLR I can then shop for lenses if needed.
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@JaredBusch said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@DustinB3403 said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
Scenes are made up of sources, so if you wanted to have a Scene for "Desktop capture with Little Jared in the corner" transition to "Big Jared eating the camera" you'd do it with scenes.
You can setup hotkeys, scene timers, transitions etc.
I use it for extremely low level videos "here's how you open outlook on a mac" type of things. But it has a ton of capability.
I didn’t even think about RTFM yet. Just wanted to see the pieces work.
Yeah there is a ton of functionality there, probably more than what you'll end up using. But as a bit of informational tips, I used OBS to sell live training to people world wide for the pharma industry (and it worked every time) and was idiot proof.
We had trainers running the sessions. 3 hot key combos did everything. Huge boost in the metrics that were being "tracked".
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Chroma Key is built into the software by default, edit the filters on your camera, click on the + symbol under effects.
There is a specific paint you can purchase at HD for ~$30ish that works great.
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Obviously I have nothing setup here as a studio, and the lighting here is essentially a shade of red, but good back lighting with a solid green would be easy to key out and It'd be just you and your chair floating on the screen.
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@Pete-S said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
Video is a lot of work. If you want the end result looking remotely professional, don't record on a webcam.
I record via a Lumix Z300. Love it. Doing a ton with it in Europe right now.
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@scottalanmiller said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@Pete-S said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
Video is a lot of work. If you want the end result looking remotely professional, don't record on a webcam.
I record via a Lumix Z300. Love it. Doing a ton with it in Europe right now.
I'm not surprised. That's a Panasonic and they make good video gear.
The problem with webcams are that they are made for a specific purpose and because of that they have an ultra wide lens. At webcam distance it will cause perspective distortion of the face.
A professional would never place a camera as close as a webcam and would instead shoot with a narrower focal length further away to get the same framing. The end result will look much better - even if a camera with webcam image quality was used.
This is what perspective distortion looks like:
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For what it's worth, I used common logitech webcam (C920's to be precise) and our production usage looked amazing.
Not once was there a complaint of "The trainer looks distorted".
I get the case, but are we looking for the solution to spend money on, or to get a quick and dirty training video or two made?
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@JaredBusch I know you said it'll be a few days before you get to look into this so here are some things you'll want to plan out.
- How many scenes do you want for any given training?
- On these scenes, how many sources do you want visible?
- Do you want to be able to transition from being on screen to off screen? (presumably yes so you aren't covering some portion of the software you're training on).
- Do you want any special effects between transitioning scenes? Fade, sparkles etc etc.
- Can you easily support Chroma Keys (floating head) Behr Sparking Apple (green) works amazing for cheap green screen on a flat wall. It's super easy to light and fills evenly for a good uniform Chroma Key to cut out.
- Do you ever want to take up the entire screen?
- Do you want some sort of custom overlay or banner/branding on any of these videos (easily doable but you'll need to create it and understand where it'll be positioned.
When creating new scenes, make sure you copy your existing sources, this makes it stupidly simple to have a uniform appearance between scene transitions (Full application > full application with Jared Chroma Keyed in the corner with a Bundy Associates Banner running along the bottom). ETC ETC ETC
Also worth doing is just copying the entire scene, and hiding the sources you don't need. This way if you always want to be on the screen, besides when you want to pick your nose. There is no step or hassling with getting the scenes to be identical. (Transitioning from Jared on screen in front of an Application to Jared being on screen in front of the web browser)
Edit 3: Hot keys will be your friend as well, so you can easily transition from on screen, to off, from 1 application to another.
Assuming you aren't going to be live streaming these (you could if you wanted) you'll want to put as much production limiting in as possible. IE create all of your transitions while recording with Hotkeys so you don't have to create those transitions in Post.
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https://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/
Love it, the latency and recording and output file are amazing, small size, great quality.
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@JaredBusch did you ever get to look at this?
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@DustinB3403 said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@JaredBusch did you ever get to look at this?
I was out of state on site all week. Just back into the office today and needing to play catch up.
Will be in St. Louis 2 days next week. But one of the topics of those meetings will be the videos we want to start producing.
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@JaredBusch said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@DustinB3403 said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@JaredBusch did you ever get to look at this?
I was out of state on site all week. Just back into the office today and needing to play catch up.
Will be in St. Louis 2 days next week. But one of the topics of those meetings will be the videos we want to start producing.
time to play catch up
Take a look at this post for things to consider.
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@DustinB3403 said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@JaredBusch said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@DustinB3403 said in Need video recording software for Fedora:
@JaredBusch did you ever get to look at this?
I was out of state on site all week. Just back into the office today and needing to play catch up.
Will be in St. Louis 2 days next week. But one of the topics of those meetings will be the videos we want to start producing.
time to play catch up
Take a look at this post for things to consider.
Yes, I read that and noted it for follow up. Thanks for the info
