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Screencast setup (audio + video)

ShareX

• Download ShareX.
• Go to Task Settings > Screen Recorder > Screen Recording options
• Install ffmpeg from ShareX
• Install "screen-capture-recorder" and "virtual-audio-capture"
• Choose GDI Grab for the video
• Then get the name of your microphone by using the ffmpeg program previously installed :

.\ffmpeg.exe -list_devices true -f dshow -i dummy

• Last step : update the ffmpeg command to configure your resolution, your microphone, your channels, and the mapping of the video and the audio channels. Here an example of my configuration with a RODE microphone :

-y -f dshow -i audio="Microphone (RODE NT-USB)" -f dshow -i audio="virtual-audio-capturer" -f gdigrab -framerate 60 -video_size 1920x1080 -draw_mouse 1 -i desktop -filter_complex "[0:a][1:a]amerge=inputs=2[a]" -map 2 -map "[a]" -vcodec libx264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast "$output$"

Use a specific user session

• Use a specific user session for your screenscasts (no personal information, a personalized wallpaper, ...)
• Hide your desktop icons
• Hide your taskbar
• If you show code lines, or any kind of text, configure your zoom to 125% (works well with 1080p). Think about people looking your video on their smartphone
• Disable your notifications

Podcasts setup

• Download Audacity
• Configure your Hz depending on your microphone. 48000Hz works well with the RODE NT-USB microphone
• Use a pop filter

Video editing

• Download Shotcut
• I have no specific recommendations here (feel free to update the readme)

Shotcut is a free, open source, cross-platform video editor.