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MaartenBaert / ssr

SimpleScreenRecorder, a screen recorder for Linux
http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Feature request: Indicator that recording has started #26

Open ofurkusi opened 11 years ago

ofurkusi commented 11 years ago

Hi,

First, thanks for this great software!

My issue is this: I am using this program for recording presentations. When I start recording I have my presentations ready in full screen and then press the keyboard combination to start. Earlier this morning I finished a 40 minute presentation to frustratedly find out that my recording did not start.

It would be great if there would be any indicator that recording has started (like the countdown some other apps have) or perhaps a sound.

I know this is difficult because one might want to start immediately without the countdown delay and other kind of indicators might get recorded as parts of the screen.

Still, if this could be made possible and perhaps as an option I would be very happy :)

MaartenBaert commented 11 years ago

It's already on the todo-list :).

LiamDawe commented 11 years ago

That's good to hear, is there any way to have a small overlay of any sort (for when using it in fullscreen) that isn't captured by the program to tell you when you are recording (and when you aren't).

masac commented 11 years ago

And I really want this option. Also I would like a combination of keys for ”Save recording”. Thanks for providing this software.

MaartenBaert commented 11 years ago

I've just added a 'stats file' feature (command line option) that will write the status and some statistics to a file (while recording), so if you want, you can write your own script in any language to play sounds or show notifications.

I am definitely going to add something for this to the main program, but I'm not sure what's the best solution. Should it be a sound + some delay? Or a systray icon that changes when you start/stop recording? Both? I don't want to add too many different features because I also have to add a checkbox for every one of them, and the GUI is already getting pretty crowded.

AFAIK there's no way to reliably add things to the screen that aren't recorded with the normal 'X11' input. It is possible with OpenGL recording though, but I expect it would decrease the frame rate noticeably (and it's not so easy to do).

masac commented 11 years ago

A combination of keys for ”Save recording” it not expressly required because you can pause and then click on "Save recording” . A useful feature it would be the possibility of adding the registration of a PNG image with some text.

PS:Sorry for my English!

MaartenBaert commented 11 years ago

A useful feature it would be the possibility of adding the registration of a PNG image with some text.

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. Are you trying to take screenshots with SimpleScreenRecorder?

masac commented 11 years ago

No. I want to place a watermark on video file captured for the entire duration of the video.

MaartenBaert commented 11 years ago

You're asking for live compositing. It would be nice to have, but it's out of scope for this program, at least for now.

You should just add the watermark afterwards with a separate program. You can do this with OpenShot, or even the ffmpeg/libav command line tool if you know the right command.

masac commented 11 years ago

Thanks.