Original author(s) Development status Active | Developer(s) Thanh Ha, Andrew Ross | |
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Initial release January 2010; 7 years ago (2010-01) Stable release 3.0.0 / 30 August 2013; 3 years ago (2013-08-30) Repository github.com/freeseer/freeseer | ||
Freeseer /ˈfriːsiːɑːr/ is a cross-platform screencasting application suite released as free and open source software. Freeseer is a project of the Free and Open Source Software Learning Centre (FOSSLC), a not-for-profit organization.
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Its primary purpose is conference recording and has been used at conferences like OSGeo's FOSS4G, FSOSS, and more.
The software renders videos in an Ogg format. Its video source options are USB (e.g. internal/external webcam) or desktop. Freeseer consists of three different dependent programs: a recording tool (which is the main tool), a configuration tool, and a talk-list editor.
History
Since 2008, FOSSLC has been recording open source events around the world. To reduce recording costs, gain more control over the recordings, and achieve a more portable recording solution, FOSSLC began investigating alternatives and in-house options.
In 2009, Freeseer was developed to make recording video extremely easy. Its primary goal was to make recording large conferences with many talks possible on a frugal budget and ensure recordings are high quality. Freeseer began as a proof of concept when a command line hack using strictly open source components was used to record video from a vga2usb device and audio from a microphone.
Freeseer is now actively under development by a small team. The project also receives many contributions from students via open source contribution programs such as Google Summer of Code, Undergraduate Capstone Open Source Projects, and Fedora Summer Coding.