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85 points pentagrama 3 hours ago 17 comments

forgotmypw17 44 minutes ago | parent

While we're here, does anyone know a screen recording application that automatically takes into account display changes, audio device changes, camera resets, etc.?

I'm making do with OBS, but I lose more video to "plugged in external monitor and forgot to update OBS config" than I actually record.

albert_e 36 minutes ago | parent

I too frequently plug and unplug dock and external displays. It's a little painful to keep checking and sometimes re-add display source to get the default screen and voice recording working.

I wonder if the "modern" way for problems of this nature is to fork the open-source repo and ask your favourite agent to strip it down to bare essentials that you need (performance gains) and add the specific feature enhancements you want (needs to work only for your configuration -- may not pass the quality standard needed for a PR)

cube172 33 minutes ago | parent

which OS ?

structural 25 minutes ago | parent

This could probably be automated using either an OBS plugin (if you really want deep integration and not running another program) or a standalone program (written in whatever language you want) that listens for display changes and pokes OBS using its websocket API. The hooks are definitely there to update source configs.

rwmj 19 minutes ago | parent

Surely the main function of a capture program should be to capture video, no matter what, even if that means capturing too much / uninteresting sources some of the time?

flaunf221 16 minutes ago | parent

> even if that means capturing too much

People streaming things mights disagree.

structural 9 minutes ago | parent

Except it's really designed to composite video from a bunch of different places and broadcast the result, whether they are windows, screens, cameras, etc. And a rather lot of people don't want every screen to be captured, just the ones that they have selected. It's not a "screen recorder" program, really. And it's explicitly designed with an API to be remote controlled if hardware changes out from under it, so you can encode exactly your own policy logic on what to do. (External display plugged in? Disable my laptop source at full resolution and enable my laptop and monitor sources, side by side, with one scaled as necessary, and in this layout. But if I'm currently recording or streaming, don't do anything. - this is user-specific logic)

TomGarden 24 minutes ago | parent

I made a little script that reconnects everything the way I want it on launch via WebSocket. Works great

cube172 35 minutes ago | parent

I use Lifelog Timeline

mixtureoftakes 34 minutes ago | parent

Did they finally fix the bug where if you have less than ~40gb storage the recording will just randomly die for no reason with no notice, it is unimaginably annoying

evrimoztamur 15 minutes ago | parent

This is happening all time time and I lost countless video recordings because of it...

cube172 32 minutes ago | parent

Is solved the source disconnection with macOS ? Even it's an OS problem.

TomGarden 20 minutes ago | parent

Easily fixable with a script that sets things up as you want it on launch via websocket

phatskat 5 minutes ago | parent

Do you have that posted anywhere? I'd love to peek at it

ravivarmat 27 minutes ago | parent

The plugin-loading overhaul and improved source snapping look like useful updates. OBS continues to show how much attention to detail matters in open-source software. Excited to see how creators and plugin developers adapt to version 33.0!

TomGarden 17 minutes ago | parent

Love OBS! It's so far ahead of proprietary apps in so many areas, it's incredibly impressive