recap-capture 0.1.0

Headless screen and audio capture library and CLI for Windows

recap

Headless screen and audio capture library and CLI for Windows.

Features

• Record an entire monitor via Windows Graphics Capture (WGC)
• Record a single window via WGC (real window capture, not desktop crop)
• Record system audio via WASAPI loopback
• Video-only, audio-only, or audio+video modes
• CLI tool (recap) and importable Python library
• Uses FFmpeg for encoding/muxing only

Installation

pip install -e .

FFmpeg must be available on PATH or specified via --ffmpeg.

CLI Usage

# Check environment
recap doctor

# List available capture targets
recap monitors
recap windows
recap devices

# Record primary monitor with audio
recap record --output recording.mp4

# Record a specific window
recap record --window-title "Notepad" --output notepad.mp4

# Record video only
recap record --video-only --output silent.mp4

# Record audio only
recap record --audio-only --output audio.wav

# Record for 30 seconds
recap record --duration 30 --output clip.mp4

Library Usage

from recap import Recorder, RecordingConfig

config = RecordingConfig(output="recording.mp4")
recorder = Recorder(config)
recorder.start()
# ... do work ...
recorder.stop()
recorder.wait()

License

MIT