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Leo Bassam

Soapbox by Wistia - Chrome extension to record, edit, and share videos.

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Bhaskar Sarma
I needed this so bad. One question---can the video also be uploaded to YouTube?
Brendan Schwartz
@bhas Not yet, but we likely will build a way to export the videos soon and possibly add push to YouTube functionality.
Hadi Farnoud
I love it. but can I export the video if decided not use Wistia?
Phil Nottingham
@hadifarnoud right now Soapbox is just a stand alone product, so you can't export it anywhere (including to Wistia), but we're looking at including that soon, and will ensure you can send it wherever (YouTube, Facebook etc...). We don't want to lock people into using the Wistia core product for distribution of Soapbox videos.
SamsonB
Been using Loom for screencasts and collaboration for months. Don't really see how this is better.
Daeshawn Ballard
The full sidebar layout helps it stand out from viewed it. I'm interested in how else it does.
Phil Nottingham
@imdaeshawn The transitions too - so you can switch between the full screen webcam, full screen screencast and the split screen too.
Marc Delalonde
Cool idea 👍
Marat Zakaryan
nice
Rodion Telpizov
Tried it and it doesn't work. It only shares my Chrome tab with the extension, but not recording anything. Have no idea why.
Brendan Schwartz
@rodion_telpizov Hey Rodion, sorry to hear it didn't work. We're definitely pushing Chrome to the limits with this extension. There is a bug in Chrome that causes either the webcam or the screen not to record. Unfortunately the only fix is to restart Chrome 😬. So if you're interested in giving it one more shot, I'd give that a go and see if it fixes it. Appreciate you checking out Soapbox!
Surjith S M
@brendan @philnottingham Great.. But no way to test it. You should not force users to use Webcam, There are many people using desktops without a webcam. Let them record screens only. Does that make sense? (I'm just uninstalling for now)
Brendan Schwartz
@surjithctly @philnottingham Thanks for the feedback, Surjith. In an earlier version of the product, we had a way to record just the screen or just the webcam, but we decided to remove those options since the appeal of Soapbox is being able to record both and transition between them. If you're just looking for screen sharing only, I think there are better products out there!
Jeff McCauley
The "install with one click" is not working for me . . .
Brendan Schwartz
@jeff_mccauley Oh, bummer. Does it just link you to the Chrome store instead?
Jeff McCauley
@brendan Found the problem. Chrome said it was "up-to-date" but I still needed to download a newer version. Works fine now.
Brendan Schwartz
@jeff_mccauley Nice! Glad to hear that did the trick. Psyched to have you using Soapbox!
Ian Blair Hamilton AlkaWay Founder
Hey, tried to download it.Button not live + not listed in Google extensions???
Phil Nottingham
@ian_blair_hamilton That's strange Ian! Sorry you had problems there. This is the link on the chrome store https://chrome.google.com/websto...