Output vidRecorder buffer to file?

[hendos43]

This actually already exists! but i hadnt mentioned it because i wasn't sure about the api/possibly has some bugs.

// run this line to start recording
vidRecorder.start()

// stop recording
vidRecorder.stop()

// set the output video as a source
s0.init({src: vidRecorder.output})

// display the source
src(s0).out()

Originally posted by @ojack in https://github.com/ojack/hydra/issues/26#issuecomment-417385237

Is there a way of taking the video file currently stored in the buffer and simply writing it out to a file? It feels like this would be much more controlled and smoother than taking a screen recording etc. If not, how are you able to produce such smooth and accurate output videos?

Either this, or is there a way to pass some parameters to the screencap(); function something like the saveFrame(); function in Processing for compiling into a video file afterwards? By parameters, I mean something that can suppress the dialog box for path and attribute a file name so that it can be placed in a loop?

I am loving Hydra, thank you for all your work on it!

[hendos43]

P.S. I'm talking about atom-hydra, actually...

[ojack]

Hmmm I have done this locally from atom using the local file system, but haven't added to atom-hydra. The vidRecoder has terrible quality so I was exporting frames similar to in processing; the only thing is that it doesn't run in realtime.

[tonio-m]

@ojack hey olivia, thats just about what I was trying to do. How exactly are you exporting the canvas drawings frame by frame?
Did you use ccapture.js inside some render loop, or had to actually change source code?