dotemacs.git/modules/video-audio-recording.el, branch v0.7.2

feat(recording): intuitive labels, show muted devices, add app names

2026-02-27T00:37:07+00:00

Rework quick-setup device picker: - Labels: [in use], [ready], [available], [muted] instead of PulseAudio jargon (RUNNING/IDLE/SUSPENDED) - Muted devices now shown (previously hidden) so users can see all connected hardware and understand why a device is unsuitable - Sink step shows which apps are playing through each output: "JDS Labs Element IV [in use] (Firefox, Spotify)" - Prompt changed from "audio output to monitor" to "audio output to capture" to avoid PulseAudio monitor terminology confusion - Sort order: in use → ready → available → muted

feat(recording): replace icons with text state labels in quick-setup

2026-02-27T00:12:59+00:00

Replace hard-to-distinguish nerd font icons with clear text labels: Jabra SPEAK 510 Mono [active - running] Shure MV7+ Analog Stereo [active - idle] Ryzen HD Audio Controller [inactive - suspended] Both mic and sink steps use the same labeling. Devices sorted running → idle → suspended. Removed mic-active-p and sink-active-p helpers — state now comes directly from the verbose pactl parsers via get-available-mics/sinks which return (name description state).

feat(recording): add mic indicators and fix misleading sink icon

2026-02-27T00:01:10+00:00

Mic step now shows 󰍬 with green/dim coloring to indicate which mics are actively in use (RUNNING state), with active mics sorted to top. Changed sink inactive icon from 󰖁 (slashed speaker, reads as "broken/muted") to 󰖀 (plain speaker, reads as "no streams right now"). Active sinks still show 󰕾.

fix(recording): remove drift detection that overrides explicit sink choice

2026-02-26T23:51:40+00:00

Validation Check 2 (default sink drifted) would silently replace the user's explicit sink selection from quick-setup with the default sink's monitor on every recording start. Removed it — if the device still exists, trust the user's choice. The no-audio warning (Check 3) already catches wrong-sink scenarios. Also fix commentary: device selection does not persist across sessions (both vars are plain defvar), and update validation section to match the two remaining checks.

feat(recording): show sinks with active audio indicators in quick-setup

2026-02-26T23:46:11+00:00

Quick-setup (C-; r s) is now a two-step flow: pick a mic, then pick an audio output sink. Sinks display 󰕾/󰖁 icons with green/dim coloring to indicate which have active audio streams, with active sinks sorted to the top. The chosen sink's .monitor is set as the system audio device. This replaces the old auto-default-sink approach, letting users see where audio is actually going and pick the right sink in one command.

fix(recording): replace blocking y-or-n-p with non-blocking warning

2026-02-26T23:15:57+00:00

The no-audio warning was a y-or-n-p prompt that blocked recording start. This fires too often in legitimate scenarios (starting before a meeting connects, during silence). Replace with a message in the echo area and diagnostic steps logged silently to *Messages*. Also add pre-recording validation to the Commentary section.

feat(recording): validate system audio device before recording

2026-02-26T23:08:19+00:00

Add pre-recording validation that catches stale or drifted system audio devices before they cause silent recordings. When the default audio output changes (Bluetooth reconnect, device switch) between setup and recording, the monitor device is auto-updated. Warns if no audio is currently playing through the monitored sink. Co-Authored-By: Craig Jennings

fix(test): add missing testutil require for sanitize-org-body tests

2026-02-06T22:20:45+00:00

feat(recording): rewrite device setup, fix video stop, update modeline icons

2026-02-06T19:12:44+00:00

Video stop fix: kill wf-recorder (producer) first on Wayland so ffmpeg gets clean EOF, then signal process group. Replaces sit-for with poll-based wait-for-exit. Fixes zero-byte output files. Device selection: rewrite quick setup to show all available mics with PulseAudio descriptions, auto-detect default sink monitor for system audio. Skip confirmation dialog, add Cancel option to mic list. Modeline: replace red dot emoji with nerd font icons (mic/camcorder). Rename quick-setup-for-calls to quick-setup, rebind C-; r s / C-; r S. 173 recording tests pass (was 165).

fix(video-recording): kill orphan wf-recorder on Wayland

2026-02-03T14:54:51+00:00

On Wayland, video recording uses a shell pipeline: wf-recorder | ffmpeg. When stopping, SIGINT only reaches ffmpeg, leaving wf-recorder running as an orphan. This blocks subsequent recordings (0-byte files or no file). Fix: - On stop: explicitly pkill wf-recorder before interrupting ffmpeg - On start: kill any orphan wf-recorder from previous crashes - Increase finalization wait from 0.2s to 0.5s for proper cleanup