UI should be imporved

[damon2150]

As a free software, it needn't to be gaudy, the same as foobar2000.
But it is hard to learn and inconvenient to use, when compare OBS to Fraps and others.
So here is the problem I found:

1. You must create a scene and a source to begin.
Which is much the same as professional film editing software such as Adobe Premiere.
Strict manage is necessary for professors and geeks, but confuse newbies.
What's more, there is no mention of you should right click to start.

2. Even finish above, you still can't begin to capture until setting the storage path.
Normally, the default storage path is under software's installation directory to make sure user could begin to work without operation.
It's remind me that OBS is installed to C drive and user can't change! It's shame.
The storage path setting button should right on the initial interface, not hide in Settings.

3. Could we pause and continue video capture? At least there are no buttons on initial interface, either.
Maybe we can set pause hot-key in settings? I can't record.
If we could, pause and continue buttons should on initial interface.

I'm now using a Chinese capture software which called KKCapture and not a free software. It has no English version, so it's hard to share with you. But we all know Fraps, so maybe it could be a reference for UI design.

 

[Lain]

1.) The right click thing was definitely a mistake. New version will have buttons.

2.) Don't know what to feel about a default path, or a path in that location. It's not really "hidden", though I agree that for people who like to change the name each time, it's definitely inconvenient and annoying. I'll have to give that some thought, thank you.

As for the installation thing, that is indeed an issue I don't like. Will be changed with the rewrite because its structure is different.

3.) What are you referring to with pause? You can stop capture any time. If you mean just pause recording, that'll be possible in the rewrite, but not now.

 

[damon2150]

1.) The right click thing was definitely a mistake. New version will have buttons.

2.) Don't know what to feel about a default path, or a path in that location. It's not really "hidden", though I agree that for people who like to change the name each time, it's definitely inconvenient and annoying. I'll have to give that some thought, thank you.

As for the installation thing, that is indeed an issue I don't like. Will be changed with the rewrite because its structure is different.

3.) What are you referring to with pause? You can stop capture any time. If you mean just pause recording, that'll be possible in the rewrite, but not now.

3.) Yes, I mean pause recording. Seems like a hard work, I see.

Thank you for reply :D

 

[Psike2k14]

And in addition it would be awesome to have inside your scene the possibility to create groups, to move some elements in relative-position to each other.
It's so annoying to move e.g. your current song module with the cover and text label.