Fellowship Recorder

Automatically record your Fellowship dungeon runs with automatic detection, chapter markers, and rich metadata.

• This currently only works on Linux
• "Enable Advanced Combat Logs" needs to be enabled within the Gameplay options in Fellowship

Features

• Automatic recording - Detects dungeon start/end from combat logs
• Smart naming - 20251125_090352_Urrak_Markets_Eternal_26.mkv
• Chapter markers - Boss encounters and player deaths (requires FFmpeg)
• Rich metadata - Party composition, deaths, affixes, difficulty tiers (JSON)
• Configurable filters - Record only specific difficulties or skip Quick Play
• TUI dashboard - Live status, events, and recordings in a terminal interface
• Lightweight - Minimal resource usage, runs in background

Quick Start

1. Install

Install uv (if you don't have it):

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Install fellowship-recorder:

uv tool install fellowship-recorder

This automatically handles Python and creates an isolated environment.

Uninstall:

uv tool uninstall fellowship-recorder

System requirements:

• Linux
• gpu-screen-recorder (AUR: yay -S gpu-screen-recorder)
• FFmpeg (optional, for chapter markers: sudo pacman -S ffmpeg)
• Fellowship via Steam/Proton

2. Configure

Create a config file at ~/.config/fellowship-recorder/config.toml:

mkdir -p ~/.config/fellowship-recorder
curl -o ~/.config/fellowship-recorder/config.toml \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/trenchtoaster/fellowship-recorder/main/config.toml.example

Edit to set your monitor (find with hyprctl monitors or xrandr):

[recording]
monitor = "DP-1"

3. Run

fellowship-recorder

The TUI dashboard will:

• Monitor your combat logs
• Auto-start recording on dungeon entry
• Auto-stop when complete
• Save with descriptive filename + metadata JSON

CLI Commands

# Start the TUI (default)
fellowship-recorder

# Run without TUI (headless mode)
fellowship-recorder --headless

# Parse combat logs (useful for processing existing logs)
parse-log CombatLog.txt --list

# Generate video description from metadata
generate-description video.mkv --output description.txt

TUI Dashboard

The default interface for monitoring recordings in real-time.

Features:

• Live recording status with elapsed time
• Current dungeon name and difficulty
• Real-time log events (boss fights, deaths, zone changes)
• Recent recordings list with the ability to open video or metadata files
• Ability to delete a recording and the associated metadata files directly
• Config summary

Key bindings:

Key	Action
q	Quit
r	Refresh recordings
c	Clear event log
o	Open selected video
m	Open metadata JSON
f	Open folder
d	Delete recording and metadata files

Output Files

Each recording creates two files:

Video file (.mkv or .mp4):

• Embedded chapter markers for boss fights and deaths
• Metadata tags (dungeon name, difficulty, result)

Metadata file (.json):

See CLI Reference for complete documentation.

How It Works

1. Watches your Fellowship CombatLogs directory for changes
2. Parses combat log events (DUNGEON_START, DUNGEON_END, ENCOUNTER_START, ALLY_DEATH, etc.)
3. Controls gpu-screen-recorder to start/stop recording
4. Enriches metadata by scanning logs for party info, deaths, and affixes
5. Embeds chapter markers and metadata tags using FFmpeg

Configuration

Config file locations (searched in order):

1. ~/.config/fellowship-recorder/config.toml (recommended for installed users)
2. ./config.toml (project directory, for development)

Edit your config to customize:

Essential settings:

• log_directory - Fellowship combat logs path
• monitor - Display to record (find with hyprctl monitors or xrandr)

Recording settings:

• resolution, quality, fps, format
• audio_device - Audio source to record (omit or set to null to disable audio)

Filters:

• min_difficulty - Only record dungeons above this difficulty (0 = all)
• record_quick_play - Record Quick Play mode (default: false)

Timing:

• dungeon_overrun - Extra seconds after dungeon ends (default: 5)
• inactivity_timeout - Stop after N seconds of no activity (default: 300)

Chapters:

• boss_markers - Add chapters for boss encounters
• death_markers - Add chapters for player deaths
• chapter_offset - Offset death markers backward in seconds

See config.toml.example for complete documentation.

Desktop Entry

To add Fellowship Recorder to your app launcher:

cp contrib/fellowship-recorder.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

Troubleshooting

See TROUBLESHOOTING.md for help with common issues.

Documentation

• CLI Reference - Detailed CLI tools documentation
• Game Data Reference - Difficulty tiers, heroes, dungeons, and affixes
• Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
• Configuration - All configuration options

Credits

Inspired by Warcraft Recorder for Windows.

License

MIT License