Record every screen of your stream

A menu bar app that records every screen, and a camera if you want one, to separate files with the same mic track, so Final Cut Pro can sync them.

promptityourself/piy-screen-it-recorder on GitHub

Runs on: Mac app
Needs: A Mac with macOS 15 or later. You build it from source with the free Swift command line tools; Xcode is not needed.
Licence: MIT

What it does

One file per screen, about 2560x1440 at 30 fps, each with your microphone on it
The same mic track in every file, so Final Cut Pro's Synchronize Clips lines them up, and a clap at the start is the backup
An optional camera to its own file, started before the screens so it never misses the clap
Green or blue on every screen with one hotkey, for keying other footage onto the screens later
Dims the screens while the colour is on, and the file still keeps the exact colour
Hides your desktop widgets while it records and puts them back after
Start and stop from anywhere with one hotkey
A settings window that checks the screen, camera and microphone permissions
Refuses to start with less than 10 GB free, and saves the files if you quit mid-recording

I stream on two screens. To edit a show in Final Cut Pro I need each screen as its own clip, and the clips have to line up.

This records every screen to its own file, and a camera if you want one. Every file carries the same microphone track, so Final Cut Pro syncs them on the sound. Clap once at the start and you have a backup.

It started as a script and became a menu bar app the same day. I did not write it. I prompted it, the same way everything on this show gets made. It is open source and free.

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