Oh gosh, that looks like an all day technical rabbit hole I may try to down and end up lost... I need something for private video conversations that I can later extract micro content from as a start. What should I use?
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OBS
I don't do guest podcasts but when we do the V4V Roundtable nostr:nprofile1qqs2ksh5mzh8lafxc75em45lkeadam83aj9wjs0e5ghs28zcy0r4ejcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z77cjwfy usually uses vdo ninja (I think)
I use a free, open source DAW for lightning thrashes, recorded episodes called Ardour and mixxx for live streams on my own icecast server.
I don't know if this will be helpful to you or not, but if you're ever super bored, I've put some videos together about how I do things.
He's back to streamyeard now. Cleanfeed is also popular.
VDO Ninja for your private video calls, it uses WebRTC and it totally private.
OBS to record everything. Eg Your own camera and mic....and bring the VDO Ninja feed for your guest.
I use it for my podcast and its super reliable and high quality. OBS can simply record to you hard drive, stream live, or do both.