CircleCI-Public / CircleCI-Public/macos-orb
Screen recording permissions
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- Shell
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Description
## Describe Request:
I'm trying to record test videos using either ffmpeg or appium mac2 driver (as far as I know, it uses ffmpeg behind the scenes anyway)
## Examples:
`deviceId == 0` is screen capture in CircleCI VM.
In python code is simple:
```
appium_driver.start_recording_screen(deviceId=0)
```
Or using raw ffmpeg:
```
ffmpeg -f avfoundation -i "0" -t 10 output.mp4
```
But I can't give permissions somehow. Once I start video recording, there is a popup:
And an error:
```
[ffmpeg] objc[23088]: class `NSKVONotifying_AVCaptureScreenInput' not linked into application
```
What I've tried:
basically main are ffmpeg and .machine-agent, others are just out of desperation 🙂
```
- macos/add-permission:
bundle-id: /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
permission-type: kTCCServiceScreenCapture
- macos/add-permission:
bundle-id: /private/tmp/.machine-agent
permission-type: kTCCServiceScreenCapture
- macos/add-permission:
bundle-id: /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
permission-type: kTCCServiceScreenCapture
- macos/add-permission:
bundle-id: /opt/homebrew/bin/appium
permission-type: kTCCServiceScreenCapture
```
## Supporting Documentation Links:
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the shown macos/add-permission configuration and reproducing the ffmpeg avfoundation command or Appium start_recording_screen call in the CircleCI macOS environment. Investigate which executable or application needs screen-capture permission, and consider the work complete when recording succeeds without the permission prompt or the reported ffmpeg error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, shell
- Domain
- ci-cd, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100