Instant Tab Recorder
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Overview
You can record the content displayed in the tab instantly and easily.
Features:
* Supports video only, audio only and both.
* Microphone recording.
* Video cropping.
* Recording resolution, bitrate and frame rate customization.
* Window resizing.
* Works offline as well.
This is an open source project, the source code is publicly available.
https://github.com/ww24/chrome-tab-recorder
We developed this extension because we needed an extension that could be used safely from the perspective of security and privacy.
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# Release Notes v1.4.0
## ✨ New Features
### More Intuitive and Flexible Recording Format Selection
* You can now choose the container format: **WebM**, **MP4**, **Ogg**, **ADTS (AAC)**, **FLAC**
* Ogg, ADTS, and FLAC are available for audio-only recording mode
* You can now independently select video and audio codecs
* Video: VP8, VP9, AV1, H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC)
* Audio: Opus, AAC, FLAC
* Available codec options are automatically filtered based on the selected container format
* Codec compatibility is validated in real time and errors are displayed in the settings UI
* These features are powered by the new Mediabunny recording engine
* Settings from previous versions are automatically migrated to the new format — please verify your settings on the options page before recording
### Bitrate Presets
* Audio and video bitrate settings now offer **High / Medium / Low / Custom** presets
* Custom mode allows entering a specific bitrate value as before
### Audio Sample Rate Setting
* You can now configure the audio sample rate (e.g., 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz)
## 🐛 Bug Fixes
### Improved Preview Player Seeking
* Fixed an issue where seeking in the preview player did not work correctly for large recordings
## 🔧 Other Improvements
* Overhauled the recording flow for improved reliability and observability
* Fixed an issue where incomplete files during recording could be selected or downloaded
* Improved error logging throughout the extension
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