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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions bin/openutter.mjs
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Expand Up @@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ Examples:
npx openutter join https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij --anon --bot-name "OpenUtter Bot"
npx openutter join https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij --auth
npx openutter join https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij --auth --headed
npx openutter join https://meet.google.com/abc-defg-hij --auth --record
npx openutter auth
npx openutter transcript --last 20
npx openutter screenshot

Join options:
--headed Show the browser window for debugging
--duration Auto-leave after a duration like 30m
--record Record meeting video (saves WebM, converts to MP4 if ffmpeg available)

Chromium:
Installed automatically when possible during \`npx openutter\``);
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91 changes: 85 additions & 6 deletions scripts/utter-join.ts
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Expand Up @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const AUTH_FILE = join(OPENUTTER_DIR, "auth.json");
const PID_FILE = join(OPENUTTER_DIR, "otter.pid");
const SCREENSHOT_READY_FILE = join(OPENUTTER_WORKSPACE_DIR, "screenshot-ready.json");
const TRANSCRIPTS_DIR = join(OPENUTTER_WORKSPACE_DIR, "transcripts");
const RECORDINGS_DIR = join(OPENUTTER_WORKSPACE_DIR, "recordings");

// ── Send image directly to channel ──────────────────────────────────────

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const noCamera = !args.includes("--camera");
const noMic = !args.includes("--mic");
const verbose = args.includes("--verbose");
const record = args.includes("--record");
const durationIdx = args.indexOf("--duration");
const durationRaw = durationIdx >= 0 ? args[durationIdx + 1] : undefined;
const botNameIdx = args.indexOf("--bot-name");
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noCamera,
noMic,
verbose,
record,
durationMs,
botName,
channel,
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -982,6 +985,7 @@ export async function joinMeeting(opts: {
noCamera?: boolean;
noMic?: boolean;
verbose?: boolean;
record?: boolean;
durationMs?: number;
botName?: string;
channel?: string;
Expand All @@ -994,6 +998,7 @@ export async function joinMeeting(opts: {
noCamera = true,
noMic = true,
verbose = false,
record = false,
durationMs,
botName: botNameOpt,
channel,
Expand All @@ -1019,6 +1024,10 @@ export async function joinMeeting(opts: {
console.log(`OpenUtter — Joining meeting: ${meetUrl}`);
console.log(` Bot name: ${botName}`);
console.log(` Camera: ${noCamera ? "off" : "on"}, Mic: ${noMic ? "off" : "on"}`);
if (record) {
console.log(" Recording: ON (video will be saved as WebM)");
mkdirSync(RECORDINGS_DIR, { recursive: true });
}
if (durationMs) {
console.log(` Max duration: ${Math.round(durationMs / 60_000)}m`);
}
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args: chromiumArgs,
ignoreDefaultArgs: ["--enable-automation"],
});
context = await browser.newContext({
const authContextOpts: Record<string, unknown> = {
storageState: AUTH_FILE,
viewport: { width: 1280, height: 720 },
permissions: ["camera", "microphone"],
userAgent:
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
});
};
if (record) {
authContextOpts.recordVideo = { dir: RECORDINGS_DIR, size: { width: 1280, height: 720 } };
}
context = await browser.newContext(authContextOpts);
page = await context.newPage();
} else {
if (record) {
(contextOpts as any).recordVideo = { dir: RECORDINGS_DIR, size: { width: 1280, height: 720 } };
}
context = await pw.chromium.launchPersistentContext(userDataDir, contextOpts as any);
page = context.pages()[0] ?? (await context.newPage());
}
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ignoreDefaultArgs: ["--enable-automation"],
});

currentContext = await browser.newContext({
const retryContextOpts: Record<string, unknown> = {
viewport: { width: 1280, height: 720 },
permissions: ["camera", "microphone"],
userAgent:
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
});
};
if (record) {
retryContextOpts.recordVideo = { dir: RECORDINGS_DIR, size: { width: 1280, height: 720 } };
}
currentContext = await browser.newContext(retryContextOpts);

await currentContext.addInitScript(STEALTH_SCRIPT);
currentPage = await currentContext.newPage();
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ignoreDefaultArgs: ["--enable-automation"],
});

currentContext = await browser.newContext({
const retryOpts: Record<string, unknown> = {
viewport: { width: 1280, height: 720 },
permissions: ["camera", "microphone"],
userAgent:
"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
});
};
if (record) {
retryOpts.recordVideo = { dir: RECORDINGS_DIR, size: { width: 1280, height: 720 } };
}
currentContext = await browser.newContext(retryOpts);

await currentContext.addInitScript(STEALTH_SCRIPT);
currentPage = await currentContext.newPage();
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1313,6 +1337,61 @@ export async function joinMeeting(opts: {
});
}

// Handle video recording: Playwright saves to a temp file, we need to
// close the page to finalize, then rename to meeting ID
if (record) {
try {
const video = currentPage.video();
if (video) {
// Get the temp path before closing — video().path() returns the temp WebM
const tempVideoPath = await video.path();
console.log(` Recording temp file: ${tempVideoPath}`);

// Close page to finalize the video file
await currentPage.close();

const finalWebmPath = join(RECORDINGS_DIR, `${meetingId}.webm`);

// Rename temp file to meeting ID
if (existsSync(tempVideoPath)) {
const { renameSync, copyFileSync } = await import("node:fs");
try {
renameSync(tempVideoPath, finalWebmPath);
} catch {
// Cross-device rename fails — copy instead
copyFileSync(tempVideoPath, finalWebmPath);
unlinkSync(tempVideoPath);
}
console.log(`[OPENUTTER_RECORDING] ${finalWebmPath}`);

// Try to convert to MP4 using ffmpeg (best-effort)
const finalMp4Path = join(RECORDINGS_DIR, `${meetingId}.mp4`);
try {
execSync(
`ffmpeg -y -i ${JSON.stringify(finalWebmPath)} -c:v libx264 -preset fast -crf 23 -c:a aac -b:a 128k ${JSON.stringify(finalMp4Path)} 2>/dev/null`,
{ timeout: 300_000 },
);
console.log(`[OPENUTTER_RECORDING_MP4] ${finalMp4Path}`);
sendMessage({
channel,
target,
message: `🦦 Meeting recording saved: ${finalMp4Path}`,
});
} catch {
console.log(" ffmpeg not available or conversion failed — WebM recording kept");
sendMessage({
channel,
target,
message: `🦦 Meeting recording saved (WebM): ${finalWebmPath}`,
});
}
}
}
} catch (err) {
console.error("Recording save failed:", err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err));
}
}

return { context: currentContext, page: currentPage, reason };
}

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