Reviews for Live Recorder
Live Recorder by losnappas
Review by Firefox user 16021872
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 16021872, 5 years agoThanks, reply much appreciated. This is a different id because of the way Firefox works. I put the default 4* on this one ;) In answer to your questions as best I can:
* Firefox 68.8.0esr (up to date)
* Thanks for the downgrade info, I also found it in an obscure part of the Firefox info and can confirm LiveRecorder v1.6 still works fine on the same video where v2.0 fails.
* The simpler interface showing under the media after clicking the extension icon in the toolbar now only has two buttons, don't know if something is missing.
* You click record and it now counts up the Mb (a new feature).
* You click stop and get the error immediately which, tbh, looks like a code error referring to something undefined.
* It happens consistently, every single time, on all the several streams I have tried and every attempt. It also happens whether or not you have paused recording. For me at least, it looks to be a 100% failure where it isn't possible for it to work at all any more.
* The only thought I had was if Firefox changed something you now rely on between v68 and the latest (non-esr) version. LiveRecorder v2.0 might need a higher version than Firefox 68.
* Until I get to that on the Firefox esr channel, v1.6 works just fine, so thank you for a great extension. :)
While writing, just to point out in your documentation the FFMpeg command line you give to re-write the WebM file doesn't work (don't know if it did before). It doesn't re-write the timestamps with that simple command or even if you add options to ignore input timestamps and re-generate output timestamps. The lack of timestamps in the frames bacause of the Firefox bug confuses it and, on conversion, it writes a video with all 10,000 or whatever frames playing at 10,000 fps in 0s. Ooops! I have tried all the suggestions found by online search without success. However, HandBrake understands the WebM just fine, so you need to use that not FFMpeg (although I normally use FFMpeg too).
* Firefox 68.8.0esr (up to date)
* Thanks for the downgrade info, I also found it in an obscure part of the Firefox info and can confirm LiveRecorder v1.6 still works fine on the same video where v2.0 fails.
* The simpler interface showing under the media after clicking the extension icon in the toolbar now only has two buttons, don't know if something is missing.
* You click record and it now counts up the Mb (a new feature).
* You click stop and get the error immediately which, tbh, looks like a code error referring to something undefined.
* It happens consistently, every single time, on all the several streams I have tried and every attempt. It also happens whether or not you have paused recording. For me at least, it looks to be a 100% failure where it isn't possible for it to work at all any more.
* The only thought I had was if Firefox changed something you now rely on between v68 and the latest (non-esr) version. LiveRecorder v2.0 might need a higher version than Firefox 68.
* Until I get to that on the Firefox esr channel, v1.6 works just fine, so thank you for a great extension. :)
While writing, just to point out in your documentation the FFMpeg command line you give to re-write the WebM file doesn't work (don't know if it did before). It doesn't re-write the timestamps with that simple command or even if you add options to ignore input timestamps and re-generate output timestamps. The lack of timestamps in the frames bacause of the Firefox bug confuses it and, on conversion, it writes a video with all 10,000 or whatever frames playing at 10,000 fps in 0s. Ooops! I have tried all the suggestions found by online search without success. However, HandBrake understands the WebM just fine, so you need to use that not FFMpeg (although I normally use FFMpeg too).
Developer response
posted 5 years agoAlright, thanks for the info. I'll get to this once I have the time.
EDIT: I think I'm gonna go ahead and assume that it's broken for older FF versions, based on the other review as well.
Next ESR version is 78, and we're on 77 right now, so I might just skip fixing this bug. Keep on truckin' with the older version, though.
EDIT: I think I'm gonna go ahead and assume that it's broken for older FF versions, based on the other review as well.
Next ESR version is 78, and we're on 77 right now, so I might just skip fixing this bug. Keep on truckin' with the older version, though.
89 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Sage, 2 days agoGood News: it works like a charm!
Bad News: it only saves in webm, and if you try to change it to mp4 or mov without using a converter, it breaks the video and only saves the audio.
I know webm isn't a problem for everyone and it literally advertises it (my dumbass didn't read that part), but I personally prefer mp4 or mov files. I've already tried a different screen recording extension, which was ass AND had the same webm problem, and this one works much better. If I can't find a screen recorder without webm, I'll probably just keep using this one. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18913945, 2 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by 腐魂, 3 months ago可以用,可以录到声音,使用也很方便,缺点就是分辨率低。致命问题是不能录到全部片段,例如:录一分钟的视频,只能播三秒钟,后面就直接没有,文件大小也是够一分钟的,却只能播放三秒钟!用剪辑软件打开,所有内容都是可以播放的!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18691190, 4 months agoit needs audio. you have two smalls circles, blue and green under the screen. i used it in a live tiktok stream and worked.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Georgi, 7 months agoWorks brilliantly, the people saying it doesn't probably didn't read the instructions. You must have an audio source already active on the page for it to detect (ie, start the YT video and then start the extension).
Also, the default windows media player sometimes fails at reading the files, but it does that with all sorts of sources, so use a better player. - Rated 5 out of 5by Ayub Khan, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Obi-Wan Grégori, a year agoWanted to get mp3 from lalal*ai for free and Live Recorder did the job.
- Rated 1 out of 5by andresakle, a year agoDid not work on Firefox 120.1.
This add-on is no longer supported. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18174145, 2 years agoZero stars. Installed this for Firefox 120.0 (64-bit) based on a positive review article. Wasted an hour of my time. It appears this add-on is no longer maintained.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18064033, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13443056, 2 years agoDon't bother downloading. Extension isn't maintained anymore and doesn't work at all with recent FF versions
- Rated 1 out of 5by PeaceByJesus.net, 2 years agoSimply does not work for me, as for here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkBnseZ8eoA. Sorry.
- Rated 1 out of 5by zilti, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by joaquimario, 3 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Internetgates, 3 years agoI'm so happy that the "Pause" Function is back. Thanks for this Add-On...
- Rated 1 out of 5by Andres, 3 years agoYa no funciona, entro a un live, le doy click en la extensión y ya no aparece los iconos para iniciar a grabar la transmisión
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15263463, 3 years agoFIX THE BUGS. "Unpaused media elements not found! Start playback, then try again." THIS PIECE OF SHIT IS SSSOOO FRUSTRATING TO TRY TO USE !!!!!!!!!!