v15

• macOS support

• Local recording

• Transcription

• UI/UX updates

• Director page

• New parameters

• More device data available

macOS Support

• VDO.Ninja is now natively supported by OBS on macOS. Update to v26.1.2 on macOS to access!

Local recording

• Remote control local-media recording as been added to the Director's room as an option -- experimental, but a great way to record remote guests for post-processing. (Guest will need to upload the record file manually after the recording is stopped.)

• The &record flag is available now, which lets a guest record their own video by providing a RECORD button to their control bar.

• The default recording bitrate is 6000-kbps /w 130-kbps OPUS audio, but it can be set by the director remotely or passed as a value to &record=NNN

• Setting the recording bitrate to 0 will enable Audio-only 32-bit PCM recording (webM container); negative values will record OPUS audio (no video).

• Supports Chrome, Firefox, Android, but not yet Safari.

• https://vdo.ninja/convert has been created to allow for quick conversion of WebM container formats to other formats, such as MP4 or WAV. Attempts to also support videos with variable resolutions.

Transcription

• Transcription /w Closed Captioning overlay has been added, although experimental. Uses default system mic as a source and cannot be muted.

  • &transcribe=en-US (or just &trans; added to the publisher).

  • &closedcaptions (will display the incoming text).

  • Won't work with Safari.

  • &fontsize=100 can let you set font-size of the closed captions

UI/UX

• When creating a room, recommendations on room name selection and password usage is now offered.

• Audio network connection logic has been enhanced some more; addressing potential audio connection issues.

• Buttons when muted/disabled turn RED; versus just remain grey. Lots of related UI/UX fixes like this.

• If you leave &push blank, it will auto assign a relatively secure stream ID for you now, automatically.

• &fontsize=100 applies also to the &label / &showlabel font-size.

• Safari 14 on iOS will no longer ask for mic permissions if JUST viewing a webRTC stream.

• improvements made to the stats debug window (CTRL + LeftClick). More readable, hints for stereo provided, etc.

• A guest of a room can no longer access the audio/video advanced settings, such as echo-cancellation. Only the Director can.

• iOS devices now support &stereo for the purpose of high quality audio playback on iOS.

• The control bar can be dragged around on desktop. I prefer this over making videos smaller.

• Support for non-Latin characters are supported now with custom guest labels, text messages, and with CC/transcriptions.

• Made interface more accessible to the blind and those without a mouse. Tabbing around works with the main elements/buttons.

Director page

• The Director can now STOP audio/video publishing after they have started it; screen share also now available for Directors.

• Director can dynamically edit/add a label for a remote guest in the control room.

• Link obfuscation is available as a toggle now in the Director's room and create-reusable invite link page (invite.cam).
• Director's room has been stylized; invite and scene link options have been consolidated a bit.

Other New parameters

• &mono flag added. Lets a viewer force mono even if the &stereo flag is set.

• &cleanish flag is added; same as &cleanoutput, except shows the playbutton.

• More short-code aliases for common URL Parameters have been created.

• &order=N is a new parameter; let's you sort/reorder videos in a scene based on their ordered priority. Also dynamically controllable by the Director.

More device data available

• Gyroscopic, accelerometer, magnetometer data is accessible now. Enable with &sensor=30 (30hz). Results show up in the remote stats log or the remote IFRAME API. Useful for VR live streaming support, where you want to capture a smartphone's movement, as well as video.