Using Mac OS Monterey vs 12.6, VSCode 1.71.2

Getting this error after the countdown "Starting in x seconds".

I already gave "Screen Recording" permissions to VS Code.

Much appreciated

By the way, fantastic extension, puzzled why there aren't more users.

Repro: attempt to record screen in full quality (no encoding, would like text to remain crisp)

 "chronicler.recording-defaults": {
        "fps": 30,
        "countdown": 1,
        "flags": "-video_size 1920x1080 -framerate 30 -f x11grab -i :0.0 -c:v libx264 -crf 0 -preset ultrafast"
    }

Result: flags not applied, image still blurry

Thumbs up for this awesome plugin but found that i can't change the recorded file name.

I would suggest to allow users to have custom file naming pattern for example

$prefix-vscodeRecording-${year}${month}${day}-${hour}${minute}${second}-$suffix

Keep it up @arciisine !!

Sorry for not replying. Been busy back then. Apparently, I'm now getting an unavoidable Invalid exit status: 1 which means that even if i reset the setting to default, it also gives me an error!

Originally posted by @ENTPRESTIGIOUS in #23 (comment)

FFMPEG is in path (environment variables), slashes in DEST and FFMPEG paths in settings JSON are escaped.
Still, upon running, Chronicler gives an invalid exit status and when stopping, it never actually stops.

OS: macOS Mojave, Version 10.14.4
Chronicler: 0.1.3
VSCode: 1.38.1
Quicktime: 10.5 (935.3)
ffmpeg: 4.1.2
ffmpeg location: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg (used $which ffmpeg to locate)
settings.json: "chronicler.ffmpeg-binary": "/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg",

Error message when opening in Quicktime:

The document 'c.mp4' could not be opened.
The file isn't compatible with QuickTime Player.

IMPACT

This is more of an inconvenience to have to select a different default player or open the file in the browser.

SUSPECTED CAUSE

It appears the problem may be with pix format (-pix_fmt).

Here is the info about the file:

ffmpeg -i c.mp4
ffmpeg version 4.1.2 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.11.45.5)
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/ffmpeg/4.1.2 --enable-shared --enable-pthreads --enable-version3 --enable-hardcoded-tables --enable-avresample --cc=clang --host-cflags='-I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-11.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home/include -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/openjdk-11.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home/include/darwin' --host-ldflags= --enable-ffplay --enable-gnutls --enable-gpl --enable-libaom --enable-libbluray --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-librubberband --enable-libsnappy --enable-libtesseract --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxvid --enable-lzma --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-frei0r --enable-libass --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-videotoolbox --disable-libjack --disable-indev=jack --enable-libaom --enable-libsoxr
  libavutil      56. 22.100 / 56. 22.100
  libavcodec     58. 35.100 / 58. 35.100
  libavformat    58. 20.100 / 58. 20.100
  libavdevice    58.  5.100 / 58.  5.100
  libavfilter     7. 40.101 /  7. 40.101
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  3.100 /  5.  3.100
  libswresample   3.  3.100 /  3.  3.100
  libpostproc    55.  3.100 / 55.  3.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'c.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 00:00:06.50, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4698 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High 4:4:4 Predictive) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuvj444p(pc), 2256x1237, 4696 kb/s, 10 fps, 10 tbr, 10240 tbn, 20 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler

The pixel format is reported as yuvj444p(pc).

Some googling suggest that QuickTime only supports yuv420p.

WORKAROUNDS [attempted]

Workaround #1: Manually convert using FFMPEG (did not succeed)

I'm not particularly skilled, but I attempted to just change the -pix_fmt yuv420p

But the file couldn't be converted because h264 requires even-numbered dimensions but the videos has an odd-numbered height of 1237.

Given that Chronicle was able to create the image

ffmpeg -i c.mp4 -f h264 -pix_fmt yuv420p c_fixed.mp4 -hide_banner

Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'c.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : isom
    minor_version   : 512
    compatible_brands: isomiso2avc1mp41
    encoder         : Lavf58.20.100
  Duration: 00:00:06.50, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 4698 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High 4:4:4 Predictive) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yuvj444p(pc), 2256x1237, 4696 kb/s, 10 fps, 10 tbr, 10240 tbn, 20 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      handler_name    : VideoHandler
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 (native) -> h264 (libx264))
Press [q] to stop, [?] for help
[swscaler @ 0x11a760000] deprecated pixel format used, make sure you did set range correctly
[libx264 @ 0x7f9964009000] height not divisible by 2 (2256x1237)
Error initializing output stream 0:0 -- Error while opening encoder for output stream #0:0 - maybe incorrect parameters such as bit_rate, rate, width or height

I tried using -vf "pad=2256:1238" per some recommendations I found on SO, but I got the same error.

Workaround #2 : Add chronicler.flags to settings.json

"chronicler.flags": "-pix_fmt yuv420p",

I wasn't confident that this was going to work because the line is greyed out in VSCode.

A looked over the source code and I couldn't find a reference to the flags configuration setting.

Maybe it is just missing in types.ts?

Chronicler has been a great vscode extension for me but by specifying the speed as medium in the flags parameter makes a screen recording duration go from 1:00 minute to 0:45 minutes (i.e it's sped up instead of normal time recording). This is an issue when used with the record audio command. The audio is recorded for 1:00 minute but the video is of 0:45 minutes, thereby cutting the audio and ending the video.

Says starting recording in 5..4..3..2..1 but then doesn't start recording, does nothing.

Are there any logs anywhere i could look at to see what is going wrong.

I have installed 4.1.1 of FFMPEG from here https://ffmpeg.zeranoe.com/builds/

Many thanks, Ed

Type: Bug

Chronicler does not work in vscode. Button on bar was not respon when I clicked
my device: macos m1 air

Extension version: 0.1.16
VS Code version: Code 1.78.2 (Universal) (b3e4e68a0bc097f0ae7907b217c1119af9e03435, 2023-05-10T14:44:45.204Z)
OS version: Darwin arm64 22.4.0
Modes:
Sandboxed: Yes

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Hi Timothy,

Thank you for Chronicler.
It already passes in some of flags (pix_fmt, c:v, preset). Could it also pass any other flags that the user enters? Like

• crf to override the default of 10, or
• color_range (as suggested by FFMPEG team themselves when capturing/recording from a screen, please.

Problem

Running Chronicler is failing with the following error:

Command failed: /opt/visual-studio-code/code /home/heitor/.vscode/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.14/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info-x11.js active

Additionally, in Log (Extension Host), I see the following output, which I'm not sure whether it's related:

[2021-11-16 09:25:31.618] [exthost] [error] Error: info:No recording running
    at Recorder.stop (/home/heitor/.vscode/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.14/out/recorder.js:66:19)
    at Recorder.dispose (/home/heitor/.vscode/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.14/out/recorder.js:14:14)
    at h (/opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:14:4961)
    at w._deactivate (/opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:99:11584)
    at /opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:99:9997
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at w.deactivateAll (/opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:99:9985)
    at b.terminate (/opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:103:735)
    at o (/opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:113:32681)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/opt/visual-studio-code/resources/app/out/vs/workbench/services/extensions/node/extensionHostProcess.js:113:30296)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:327:22)
    at Pipe.<anonymous> (net.js:673:12)

Environment

OS: Arch Linux
ffmpeg version: n4.4.1
X.org version: 1.21.1.1
VS Code version: 1.62.2

This feature would allow the recording to be triggered automatically when an activity is detected on VSCode (recording, saving files, debugging, etc), and if after a certain time in seconds (customizable) no activity is detected on VSCode, we stop the recording. (Like Wakatime do https://github.com/wakatime/vscode-wakatime/blob/master/src/wakatime.ts)

This new feature could be activated per project (folder) with a command, or globally, maybe.

Thank you for Chronicler, Timothy.

Unfortunately, it fails on:

• Manjaro (a stable sister of Arch) x64 Linux, up-to-date (but 5.19 kernel 5.19.16-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC - I'll try with 6.0, too),
• X11, GNOME 42.4
• VS Code 1.72.2
  • Version: 1.72.2
  • Commit: d045a5eda657f4d7b676dedbfa7aab8207f8a075
  • Date: 2022-10-12T22:16:26.920Z
  • Electron: 19.0.17
  • Chromium: 102.0.5005.167
  • Node JS reported by VS Code is 16.14.2, but the below npx commands seem to be using Node 18.10.0)
  • V8: 10.2.154.15-electron.0
  • OS: Linux x64 5.19.16-2-MANJARO
  • Sandboxed: No
    

Side note: ctrl+alt+shift+r doesn't seem to trigger Chronicler for me. It opens some kind of screenshot app/plugin (and not VS Code-specific: it opens it regardless of VS Code). So far I haven't figured out what that is. So for now I trigger Chronicler with Chronicler: Start Recording with Audio.

When I do start Chronicler, after the initial pause VS Code fails:

Command failed: /opt/visual-studio-code/code /home/pkehl/.vscode/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.16/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info-x11.js active node:internal/errors:464 ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err); ^ Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19) at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:478:16) at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) { errno: -2, code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'spawn xwininfo', path: 'xwininfo', spawnargs: [ '-id', '46137347' ], cmd: 'xwininfo -id 46137347', stdout: '', stderr: '' }

Troubleshooting (after I hit 'y' to install your npx scripts) - the same errors (except for different window ID) even after a reboot:

npx @arcsine/win-info
node:internal/errors:484
    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
    ^

Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn xwininfo',
  path: 'xwininfo',
  spawnargs: [ '-id', '75497544' ],
  cmd: 'xwininfo -id 75497544',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: ''
}

Node.js v18.10.0
node:child_process:910
    throw err;
    ^

Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/node /home/pkehl/.npm/_npx/7bdea5cc73c9c05d/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info-x11.js active
node:internal/errors:484
    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
    ^

Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn xwininfo',
  path: 'xwininfo',
  spawnargs: [ '-id', '75497544' ],
  cmd: 'xwininfo -id 75497544',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: ''
}

Node.js v18.10.0

    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:871:11)
    at Object.execFileSync (node:child_process:907:15)
    at getActiveSync (/home/pkehl/.npm/_npx/7bdea5cc73c9c05d/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/index.js:55:41)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/pkehl/.npm/_npx/7bdea5cc73c9c05d/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info.js:8:43)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1149:14)
    at Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1203:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1027:32)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:868:12)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12) {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [
    null,
    '',
    'node:internal/errors:484\n' +
      '    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);\n' +
      '    ^\n' +
      '\n' +
      'Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT\n' +
      '    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)\n' +
      '    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)\n' +
      '    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {\n' +
      '  errno: -2,\n' +
      "  code: 'ENOENT',\n" +
      "  syscall: 'spawn xwininfo',\n" +
      "  path: 'xwininfo',\n" +
      "  spawnargs: [ '-id', '75497544' ],\n" +
      "  cmd: 'xwininfo -id 75497544',\n" +
      "  stdout: '',\n" +
      "  stderr: ''\n" +
      '}\n' +
      '\n' +
      'Node.js v18.10.0\n'
  ],
  pid: 112935,
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'node:internal/errors:484\n' +
    '    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);\n' +
    '    ^\n' +
    '\n' +
    'Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT\n' +
    '    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)\n' +
    '    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)\n' +
    '    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {\n' +
    '  errno: -2,\n' +
    "  code: 'ENOENT',\n" +
    "  syscall: 'spawn xwininfo',\n" +
    "  path: 'xwininfo',\n" +
    "  spawnargs: [ '-id', '75497544' ],\n" +
    "  cmd: 'xwininfo -id 75497544',\n" +
    "  stdout: '',\n" +
    "  stderr: ''\n" +
    '}\n' +
    '\n' +
    'Node.js v18.10.0\n'
}

Node.js v18.10.0

and

npx @arcsine/screen-recorder test.mp4
node:internal/errors:863
  const err = new Error(message);
              ^

Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/node /home/pkehl/.npm/_npx/c71e018737289961/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info-x11.js active
node:internal/errors:484
    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);
    ^

Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)
    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {
  errno: -2,
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn xwininfo',
  path: 'xwininfo',
  spawnargs: [ '-id', '75497544' ],
  cmd: 'xwininfo -id 75497544',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: ''
}

Node.js v18.10.0

    at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:412:12)
    at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
    at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5) {
  code: 1,
  killed: false,
  signal: null,
  cmd: '/usr/bin/node /home/pkehl/.npm/_npx/c71e018737289961/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info-x11.js active',
  stdout: '',
  stderr: 'node:internal/errors:484\n' +
    '    ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err);\n' +
    '    ^\n' +
    '\n' +
    'Error: spawn xwininfo ENOENT\n' +
    '    at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:283:19)\n' +
    '    at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:476:16)\n' +
    '    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:82:21) {\n' +
    '  errno: -2,\n' +
    "  code: 'ENOENT',\n" +
    "  syscall: 'spawn xwininfo',\n" +
    "  path: 'xwininfo',\n" +
    "  spawnargs: [ '-id', '75497544' ],\n" +
    "  cmd: 'xwininfo -id 75497544',\n" +
    "  stdout: '',\n" +
    "  stderr: ''\n" +
    '}\n' +
    '\n' +
    'Node.js v18.10.0\n'
}

Node.js v18.10.0

Please advise.

Hello! I'm here to report that it gives an invalid exit status when i typed my custom output directory. All I typed was c:\Users\myself\Videos\VSCode Recordings. Unfortunately, that doesn't work! What can i do?

Hello,

FIrst of all thank you for your work.

I receive this message when I press the button to record 'Cannot find screen recording device'

I have installed ffmpeg but i dont know what to do.

Best

I guess I was assuming this extension would be confined to vscode and not other apps, including the desktop. Not sure if this is within the design goals or not, but if I move my vscode window to another monitor or resize it or whatever, the original vscode window location is what continues to be recorded.

Hi, could you please help with ffmpeg for mac? The one is provided is not working.
Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/x264/lib/libx264.155.dylib

Also I thought maybe for mac it would be better to use builtin screencapture utility?

Hey!

Help from Eclipse Theia

To install something from the Marketplace into Eclipse Theia, you could use the prefix “vscode:extension/” followed by the ID of the VS Code extension.

Result

root ERROR No plugin resolver found for the entry vscode:extension/arcsine.chronicler

Reference

• https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2019/10/31/using-vs-code-extensions-in-eclipse-theia-and-che/

{
    "title": "? Untitled-1 - main - Visual Studio Code",
    "id": 1575502,
    "owner": {
        "name": "Code.exe",
        "processId": 29468,
        "path": "C:\\Users\\user\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe"
    },
    "screens": [
        {
            "x": 0,
            "y": 0,
            "width": 3840,
            "height": 2120,
            "index": 0,
            "scale": {
                "x": 1,00,
                "y": 1,00
            }
        }
    ],
    "bounds": {
        "x": 2,
        "y": 2,
        "width": 1916,
        "height": 2116
    }
}

As seem on the JSON above, the scale is getting wrong decimal separator.

It seems the fix in 530c7d1 didn't apply to me.
Running VS Code v1.58.2 and Chronicler v0.1.12

My locale is pt-BR

On some instances, even after Chronicler indicates that the recording has started, there seems to be a lag until the actual recording begins. In that, the first second or two are missing.

I would like to save the recordings locally to my project.

"chronicler.dest-folder": "${workspaceFolder}/training/recordings"

Resulting error

ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdir '${workspaceFolder}/training/recordings'

Hey, I've been running VS Code in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2). When I start recording I get:

SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
	at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
	at parseJSON (/home/user/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.7/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/index.js:9:21)
	at Object.getActive (/home/user/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.7/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/index.js:46:16)
	at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:89:5)
	at async Function.getWindow (/home/user/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.7/node_modules/@arcsine/screen-recorder/lib/os.js:38:22)
	at async Function.recordActiveWindow (/home/user/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.7/node_modules/@arcsine/screen-recorder/lib/recorder.js:7:42)
	at async Recorder.run (/home/user/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.7/out/recorder.js:52:21)
	at async record (/home/user/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.7/out/extension.js:52:25)

Is this scenario supported or even possible?

Hi, I really like the plugin, but I can't get it to work with audio on OSX using the brew deployed version of FFMpeg. There's a note in your readme about needing a custom build of FFMpeg on OSX, but the link is dead, and the bug is marked as closed. Not sure how to proceed. I tried turning on Debug, but I can't actually find where the logs go.

Any tips?

Thanks!

I'v used it on ubuntu 18 lts and it worked. After updating to 22 lts chronicle records black screen with only the mouse visible.

The logs don't show any errors and ffmpeg is installed.

One notable thing I know changed between 18 and 22 is the fact that the later is using wayland by default. Is this maybe causing issues?

Windows 10 64gb ram, i7 cpu, Asus ROG.

Version: 1.80.2 (system setup)
Commit: 2ccd690cbff1569e4a83d7c43d45101f817401dc
Date: 2023-07-27T20:40:28.909Z
Electron: 22.3.14
ElectronBuildId: 22695494
Chromium: 108.0.5359.215
Node.js: 16.17.1
V8: 10.8.168.25-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045

Tried recording both an editor window and the terminal window. videos are both blank.

After recording VS Code and then the video is saved, I can't view the video at all; I just get that error.

atm u have to manually navigate to the file folder

Hey there!

Awesome work! I'm just trying to get this do take a timelapse...a simple one. Just a frame every 1 second. I set my framerate to 1, which worked fine. I then tried to put in a flag to increase the speed by 60 and cannot seem to get any kind of flag working. From my understanding a flag for something like this would look like:
{"-filter:v":"setpts=PTS/60"}

I'm sure there is something i'm missing her with this object based flag input.

I get an error when I start recording that says Invalid exit status 1. When I try to run npx @arcsine/win-info I get this:

Unexpected token W in JSON at position 19:
{
"title": "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe ",
"id": 4655364,
"owner": {
"name": "WindowsTerminal.exe",
"processId": 8776,
"path": "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_1.11.3471.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\WindowsTerminal.exe"
},
"screens": [
{
"x": 0,
"y": 0,
"width": 2194,
"height": 1186,
"index": 0,
"scale": {
"x": 1.75,
"y": 1.75
}
} ],
"bounds": {
"x": 45,
"y": 52,
"width": 1140,
"height": 638
}
}

C:\Users\1322919\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\7bdea5cc73c9c05d\node_modules@arcsine\win-info\index.js:14
throw new Error('Error parsing data');
^

Error: Error parsing data
at parseJSON (C:\Users\1322919\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\7bdea5cc73c9c05d\node_modules@arcsine\win-info\index.js:14:15)
at getActiveSync (C:\Users\1322919\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\7bdea5cc73c9c05d\node_modules@arcsine\win-info\index.js:55:16)
at Object. (C:\Users\1322919\AppData\Local\npm-cache_npx\7bdea5cc73c9c05d\node_modules@arcsine\win-info\bin\win-info.js:8:43)
at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1101:14)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1153:10)
at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:981:32)
at Function.Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:822:12)
at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
at node:internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

Hi Timothy,

This is on top of #37.

My specific need is small: (On my, admittedly messed up, Manjaro Linux + Pulse + Pipewire), I need

• not to use -f pulse -i default (which, for whatever reason, doesn't pick up my microphone), but
• to use -f pulse -i "alsa_input.usb-Logitech_USB_Headset_Logitech_USB_Headset-00.mono-fallback".
• as an extra, it would be nice to pass in -channels 1 in it, so together as -f pulse -channels 1 -i "alsa_input.usb-Logitech_USB_Headset_Logitech_USB_Headset-00.mono-fallback".

(The above microphone ID comes from pactl list sources. I have the above microphone selected as my GNOME default sound input, but -f pulse -i default didn't pick this mic up. ``pactl list sources | grep -i default doesn't list anything. `pactl list | grep -i default` lists many default settings, but not a (choice of a) microphone. Life is too short...)

Handling the above could be easy: Just two new setting fields (like pulse_source and pulse_num_channels). However, a user may want to mix-in other sources that have their own -i (or other parameters) - like mixing in their microphone and the computer's audio output (for background music/existing instructions/...).

Please consider either supporting

• a template string that would somehow mix user-provided config substrings (verbatim) with configuration generated by Chronicler, or
• a prefix and postfix strings that could be added in front of and at the end of the parameters list generated by Chronicler, or
• an array of entries (each being either an array or an object), rather than an object (so that some keys, like -i, could be duplicated), and/or
• a "dry_run" setting, which would show the generated command in a popup/terminal/somewhere where it can be copied to clipboard, or that would copy it to the clipboard.

Of course, you and the users most likely value backwards compatibility & simplicity, so I trust your in your judgment.

Currently I have Chronicler invoke a little shell script that saves all its arguments to a temp file. Even providing this in Chronicler's GitHub repo could help people.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo $@ >/tmp/all_args.txt

Hello, this is my first time running this extension.

• Start Recording GIF
• Windows 10
• FFMPEG installed
• vscode 1.57.0

I am getting two errors.

1. When I am not on my primary monitor I get Error Parsing Data, the following is logged when running a devmode vscode window

Unexpected token I in JSON at position 708: 
{
    "title": "[Extension Development Host] - test.js - Demo - Visual Studio Code",
    "id": 2953916,
    "owner": {
        "name": "Code.exe",
        "processId": 19988,
        "path": "C:\\Users\\Marcello Bachechi\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe"
    },
    "screens": [ 
        {
          "x": -547,
          "y": -1085,
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1040,
          "index": 0,
          "scale": {
            "x": 1.40,
            "y": -216.00
          }
        },

        {
          "x": 1373,
          "y": -1080,
          "width": 1920,
          "height": 1040,
          "index": 1,
          "scale": {
            "x": 0.58,
            "y": Infinity
          }
        } ],
    "bounds": {
        "x": 1373,
        "y": -1080,
        "width": 1920,
        "height": 1040
    }
}

The next error I get is if I am on my primary monitor. I receive a non-zero exit code of 1, as soon as the count down is complete.
With the following output

C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

(this was solved by adding quotes around the binary path for ffmpeg in settings)

When I start recording with Audio, specifically, I get a countdown, but when it hits zero I get this error:

Environment: macOS Mojave v10.14.6
ffmpeg installed via brew install ffmpeg

Currently, once I'm trying to record video on my PC, I'm getting only 1/4 of screen.

Extension works fine at 1920x1080, but record only part of screen for 3840x2160

When trying to start recording in a workspace w/ no folder Chronicler throws the "Cannot read property 'uri' of undefined" error.

See also: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/workspaces#_can-i-use-a-multiroot-workspace-without-folders

Can I use a multi-root workspace without folders?
It is possible to leave the folders section of a .code-workspace file empty so that you end up with an instance of VS Code that does not show any root folders. You can still store workspace settings and even tasks or launch configurations in this case.

I have a development container I run with using .devcontainer deployment in VSCode. It's running Ubuntu 20.04 (if that helps). When I attempt to record, I get the countdown... then right at "0", I get the following error. I will take a look at your repo, see if I can figure out anything. Let me know if you want me to try anything. thanks.

Command failed: /vscode/vscode-server/bin/linux-x64/dfd34e8260c270da74b5c2d86d61aee4b6d56977/node /root/.vscode-server/extensions/arcsine.chronicler-0.1.16/node_modules/@arcsine/win-info/bin/win-info-x11.js active node:internal/errors:464 ErrorCaptureStackTrace(err); ^ Error: spawn xprop ENOENT at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:282:19) at onErrorNT (node:internal/child_process:477:16) at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) { errno: -2, code: 'ENOENT', syscall: 'spawn xprop', path: 'xprop', spawnargs: [ '-root', '\t$0', '_NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW' ], cmd: 'xprop -root \t$0 _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW', stdout: '', stderr: '' }