Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, Linux, BSD

Re:Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, L... by ue_ on Sunday March 05, 2017 @08:54PM (#13800187)

I really wish there were something like this for Windows. Free/Open source, not requiring me to use someone else's service (i.e I can host my own server to stream to and from) etc.

I want to stream games on Windows, but the games I want to stream aren't allowed on various streaming services, or those services require proprietary software in some capacity.

I haven't had much luck with ffmpeg and ffserver; it's very hard to configure for me.

Perhaps this is the only time I'm asking if there's a Windows alternative to something for GNU/Linux :)

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Re:Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, L... by daxelrod on Sunday March 05, 2017 @11:20PM (#13800676)

For capturing, encoding, and transporting the stream, you can use OBS https://obsproject.com/ , which is what tons of streamers use.

Are you looking for a web frontend for RTMP that you can host? http://www.projekktor.com/ looks promising, but I have no personal experience with it.

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Re:Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, L... by j_s on Sunday March 05, 2017 @10:32PM (#13800483)

ShareX uses ffmpeg on Windows for screencast recording (similar to ffscreencast), but ShareX doesn't seem to care much about streaming.

https://getsharex.com/

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Re:Show HN: Ffscreencast – CLI-based screencasts for OS X, L... by erlehmann_ on Sunday March 05, 2017 @08:56PM (#13800194)

If you are on Windows, why do you have a problem with “proprietary software in some capacity”?

Are the games you want to stream also proprietary software?

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