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Merge Audio/Videos of Screen or Camera recordings as a single file #51

Closed pzeepzee closed 7 hours ago

pzeepzee commented 9 hours ago

Hi, I am testing out PolyCapture, love the features of the app, but have a major deal breaker, - that is, the audio file and vid files of screen recordings or camera recordings are captured as separate files within a folder. Wish it was a single file for each recording, so as to remove the need to use another software to merge the audio/vid files. Is this something you can look into pls? Thanks

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MatsWiese commented 8 hours ago

Hi, I don't want to undermine your opinion, but also share mine. For me, these splitted files are what I looked for, as I want to edit them together afterwards. I tried OBS Studio before, where you get all as one file, and couldn't find a way to save them individually. Maybe try OBS?

martinlexow commented 7 hours ago

Hi @pzeepzee — the recordings are saved in separate files to allow maximum flexibility in post-production: For example, it’s not automatically clear where each video should appear (since any number of videos can be added), or how the audio tracks should be mixed together.

However, I completely understand your desire to have just a single file in the end. For this reason, I’m currently working on a merge feature that will enable exactly that. You can find a preview of how this will look here — and I’ll notify everyone in the linked thread once the feature is ready.

pzeepzee commented 6 hours ago

Hi, I don't want to undermine your opinion, but also share mine. For me, these splitted files are what I looked for, as I want to edit them together afterwards. I tried OBS Studio before, where you get all as one file, and couldn't find a way to save them individually. Maybe try OBS?

Oh, didn't think of that, but makes sense for certain use cases like yours which I believe might do with audio/vid production or the likes? My use case is for capturing meetings on a 9to5, so having it merged is more useful to me, as I can put a voice to the names/faces quickly, rather than doing that elsewhere. I hope we can have both options in the future, cheers

pzeepzee commented 6 hours ago

Hi @pzeepzee — the recordings are saved in separate files to allow maximum flexibility in post-production: For example, it’s not automatically clear where each video should appear (since any number of videos can be added), or how the audio tracks should be mixed together.

However, I completely understand your desire to have just a single file in the end. For this reason, I’m currently working on a merge feature that will enable exactly that. You can find a preview of how this will look here — and I’ll notify everyone in the linked thread once the feature is ready.

Thanks Martin for the quick response, I can now see why you left it as separate files, since the user might be recording from multiples sources during a session. Having looked at the preview in your link above, makes a lot of sense to have the option to merge post capture at the click of a button, or maybe a dialog to choose pre-recording? Anyways, pre or post merging is fine by me, as long as I don't have to export to another app to do, am cool. Thanks for creating such a beautiful app, cheers