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Well, being able to screen record a reproduction of a bug is practical, and it's easy to do it in macOS or Linux, but I'm not sure about this on Windows. Maybe
by bayindirh 3y ago
Well, being able to screen record a reproduction of a bug is practical, and it's easy to do it in macOS or Linux, but I'm not sure about this on Windows.
Maybe a unified tool with a better integration will allow better bug reports, but pep talks by management at scale? No, thanks.
- jahnu 3y agoIs it easy to do on macOS if system sound is needed to demonstrate the bug?
- bayindirh 3y agoThere are dummy drivers which bypass that limitation when required. I didn't install them, since I never needed sound to demonstrate something.
- jahnu 3y agoOk thanks. Still not as trivially easy as it should be then :(
- bayindirh 3y agoNo, it's very easy: https://existential.audio/blackhole/ https://existential.audio/blackhole/ Blackhole is Free and Open Source. Also, Rogue Amoeba has a product called "Loopback". It's not cheap, but it's another alternative: https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/ https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/
- jahnu 3y agoYeah I’m aware of Blackhole but honestly these sorts of hacks are fine for me a software engineer but not for regular users which is what trivially easy means to me. There is no good reason it’s not possible in Quicktime to record the system audio along with the screen.
- sebastiennight 3y agoI tried Loopback as a paid user, and it wasn't nearly as stable/reliable as you would reasonably hope if you're an ex-Windows user converting to MacOS. It still boggles my mind that there is no "Stereo mix" built-in.
- itslennysfault 3y agoNot sure with the OS tool, but QuickTime is on all Macs and it's screen recorder can record system audio and/or microphone audio easily.
- jahnu 3y agoYou can't record system audio without extra software and configuration that is not trivial to set up. It's not an option for the average user.