[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":86},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-is-this-thing-on":3,"blog-surround-is-this-thing-on":75},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":64,"description":65,"extension":66,"meta":67,"navigation":68,"path":69,"published":68,"seo":70,"seoTitle":71,"sitemap":72,"stem":73,"__hash__":74},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fis-this-thing-on.md","Is This Thing On?",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":57},"minimark",[9,13,16,21,24,27,31,34,38,41,44,47],[10,11,12],"p",{},"There are few things more deflating than finishing a 10 minute walkthrough, playing it back, and hearing... nothing. You spoke. The recorder didn't hear you. A handful of you have written in about exactly this, and honestly, it's happened to us too.",[10,14,15],{},"So we've made three small additions.",[17,18,20],"h2",{"id":19},"a-live-mic-meter","A Live Mic Meter",[10,22,23],{},"There's now a small level meter next to the recording controls. It reads the same audio that's actually being recorded... not just your mic in general... so if the bars move when you talk, your recording will have sound. Say something before you hit record and watch it respond. Once it hears you, the icon flips green.",[10,25,26],{},"It's a tiny thing, but it turns \"I assume the mic works\" into \"I can see the mic works\".",[17,28,30],{"id":29},"a-warning-when-it-doesnt","A Warning When It Doesn't",[10,32,33],{},"If we can't get hold of your microphone (permissions, another app hogging it, that sort of thing), we no longer carry on quietly. You'll get a clear alert over the preview before you record, so you can sort it out first... or at least make a silent recording on purpose rather than by surprise.",[17,35,37],{"id":36},"a-mute-button","A Mute Button",[10,39,40],{},"And for the opposite case: sometimes you want the mic off. There's now a mute button in the recording controls, including in the floating controls window. It mutes only your microphone... any tab or system audio you're sharing keeps recording.",[10,42,43],{},"Short and sweet, as promised. May your recordings always have the sound you intended.",[10,45,46],{},"Until next time!",[10,48,49,53,56],{},[50,51,52],"strong",{},"Wouter",[54,55],"br",{},"\nFounder",{"title":58,"searchDepth":59,"depth":59,"links":60},"",2,[61,62,63],{"id":19,"depth":59,"text":20},{"id":29,"depth":59,"text":30},{"id":36,"depth":59,"text":37},"2026-07-20","A live mic level meter, a proper warning when your mic fails, and a mute button in the recording controls. Small additions, one less silent recording.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fis-this-thing-on",{"title":5,"description":65},null,{"loc":69},"blog\u002Fis-this-thing-on","XTzzpByO06g7XUgoqZjjSEuHxmbLTdq4TiHzwKEzAAY",[76,81],{"title":77,"path":78,"stem":79,"description":80,"published":68,"children":-1},"A Tidier Library List","\u002Fblog\u002Fa-tidier-library-list","blog\u002Fa-tidier-library-list","We reworked the recordings list view. Sections now fetch their own items and show true counts, instead of grouping whatever page happened to be loaded.",{"title":82,"path":83,"stem":84,"description":85,"published":68,"children":-1},"Draw on Your Videos","\u002Fblog\u002Fdraw-on-your-videos","blog\u002Fdraw-on-your-videos","The screenshot editor's drawing tools now work in the video recorder. Arrows, boxes, circles, text and the freehand pen... drawn live, while you record.",1785424575797]