Record in the cloud
Have the Showreel Studio service record, voice, cut and check a film for an app the internet can reach, and bring the film back to your project.
A cloud recording happens on the Showreel Studio service instead of your Mac. It is for apps the internet can reach: a staging or live address, or an app that is a folder of files. The film lands back in your project when it is done, and your colleagues can watch, comment and review it in the web app.
An app on localhost or a private network can't be reached by the service. Record it on your Mac and share it for review instead.
Before you start
- The storyboard approved: Approve a storyboard for recording.
- A driver in the film's folder. Record once on your Mac, or click Driver in the pipeline to compile one from the steps. See The driver: what operates your app.
- For the service to voice the film, a cloud connection: Connect your Google Cloud. A film you have already voiced keeps its voice and needs none.
- If the app signs in, a saved sign-in: Film an app that needs signing in.
In the app
- Open the film.
- Click Record in the cloud in the top bar.
- Watch the log. The film comes back into the project when the recording ends.
The Files panel then shows the last cloud recording under Cloud, with a link to open it in the web app.
In the terminal
Send the film, follow the recorder's log, and pull the film back:
showreel cloud record composeUseful options:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
--with-signin | Sends your saved sign-in, for an app behind a login. |
--revoice | Voices the film again on the service instead of keeping yours. |
--gif | Makes a GIF too. |
--stages record,bumpers,build | Chooses the stages to run. |
--url | Records a different address this once. |
--no-wait | Starts the recording and returns without following it. |
Pressing Ctrl+C stops following the log, not the recording. Pick it up again with showreel cloud logs <id> --follow.
What travels with the recording
- The project's settings: kit, app, environment and cloud connection.
- The film's storyboard, driver and approval.
- The app profile, and the kit if it is the project's own.
- The voice, when every line already has one.
- The app's folder, when the app is a file.
- Your Google sign-in token, only when the service voices the film on a pass-through connection.
- Your app's sign-in, only with
--with-signin.
Your token and your app's sign-in travel sealed, are handed to the recorder once when it starts, and are then deleted. They are never kept with the recording's files.
What comes back
The film and its other shapes, the frames, the contact sheet, the checks' report, and a voice if the service made one, all in the film's folder. A recording whose checks found problems still comes back, marked for checking.