feat(recording): add option to hide webcam preview while recording

Author: jkuri

Reframed/Recording/WebcamPreviewWindow.swift

@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ final class WebcamPreviewWindow {
     panel?.orderFrontRegardless()
   }
 
+  func hide() {
+    panel?.orderOut(nil)
+  }
+
+  func unhide() {
+    panel?.orderFrontRegardless()
+  }
+
   func close() {
     savePosition()
     if let observer = moveObserver {

Reframed/State/ConfigService.swift

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ final class ConfigService {
     set { data.dimOuterArea = newValue; save() }
   }
 
+  var hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording: Bool {
+    get { data.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording }
+    set { data.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording = newValue; save() }
+  }
+
   var isMicrophoneOn: Bool {
     get { data.isMicrophoneOn }
     set { data.isMicrophoneOn = newValue; save() }
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ private struct ConfigData: Codable {
   var projectFolder: String = "~/Reframed"
   var retinaCapture: Bool = false
   var dimOuterArea: Bool = true
+  var hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording: Bool = false
   var isMicrophoneOn: Bool = false
   var appearance: String = "system"
   var shortcuts: [String: KeyboardShortcut] = [:]

Reframed/State/RecordingOptions.swift

@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ final class RecordingOptions {
     didSet { ConfigService.shared.dimOuterArea = dimOuterArea }
   }
 
+  var hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording: Bool {
+    didSet { ConfigService.shared.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording = hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording }
+  }
+
   var selectedCamera: CaptureDevice? {
     didSet { ConfigService.shared.cameraDeviceId = selectedCamera?.id }
   }
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ final class RecordingOptions {
     captureSystemAudio = config.captureSystemAudio
     retinaCapture = config.retinaCapture
     dimOuterArea = config.dimOuterArea
+    hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording = config.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording
 
     let savedDeviceId = config.audioDeviceId
     if let deviceId = savedDeviceId {

Reframed/State/SessionState.swift

@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ final class SessionState {
         if let camSession = box?.session {
           let previewWindow = WebcamPreviewWindow()
           previewWindow.show(captureSession: camSession)
+          if options.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording {
+            previewWindow.hide()
+          }
           self.webcamPreviewWindow = previewWindow
         }
       }
@@ -441,6 +444,9 @@ final class SessionState {
       if let camSession = box?.session {
         let previewWindow = WebcamPreviewWindow()
         previewWindow.show(captureSession: camSession)
+        if options.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording {
+          previewWindow.hide()
+        }
         self.webcamPreviewWindow = previewWindow
       }
     }
@@ -646,10 +652,16 @@ final class SessionState {
       if windowPositionObserver == nil, case .window(let win) = captureTarget {
         startWindowTracking(windowID: win.windowID)
       }
+      if options.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording {
+        webcamPreviewWindow?.hide()
+      }
       showToolbar()
     case .paused:
-      break
+      if options.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording {
+        webcamPreviewWindow?.unhide()
+      }
     default:
+      webcamPreviewWindow?.unhide()
       stopAudioLevelPolling()
       stopWindowTracking()
     }

Reframed/UI/SettingsGeneralTab.swift

@@ -93,6 +93,14 @@ extension SettingsView {
           set: { options?.dimOuterArea = $0 }
         )
       )
+
+      settingsToggle(
+        "Hide Camera Preview While Recording",
+        isOn: Binding(
+          get: { options?.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording ?? false },
+          set: { options?.hideCameraPreviewWhileRecording = $0 }
+        )
+      )
     }
   }
 }