VideoRecording: If ffmpeg is not available, the video recording will not be initialized.

Author: genail

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 1.4.2
+
+### Fixed
+- VideoRecording: If ffmpeg is not available, the video recording will not be initialized.
+
 ## 1.4.1
 
 ### Fixed

Runtime/Scripts/GameRecorder.cs

@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ void Start()
             return;
 #endif
 
+            // Check if FFmpeg is available before initializing video recording components
+            if (!VideoEncoder.IsFFmpegAvailable())
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             // Adjust the game resolution to be divisible by 4
             _gameWidth  = Screen.width  - (Screen.width  % 4);
             _gameHeight = Screen.height - (Screen.height % 4);
@@ -178,6 +184,11 @@ public void StartRecording()
             return; // no log here as it would spam the log file
 #endif
 
+            if (_videoEncoder == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (IsPaused)
             {
                 IsPaused = false; // this will unpause
@@ -200,6 +211,11 @@ public void PauseRecording()
             return;
 #endif
 
+            if (_videoEncoder == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (IsRecording)
             {
                 IsPaused = true;
@@ -216,6 +232,11 @@ public string StopRecordingAndSaveLastMinute()
             return null;
 #endif
 
+            if (_videoEncoder == null)
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
             IsRecording = false;
             return _videoEncoder.StopEncoding();
         }
@@ -285,7 +306,7 @@ private void OnCompleteReadback(AsyncGPUReadbackRequest request)
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (!IsRecording) return; // Recording might have stopped while waiting for readback
+            if (!IsRecording || _videoEncoder == null) return; // Recording might have stopped while waiting for readback
 
             // Get the raw data from GPU using safe copy to avoid allocation
             var rawData = request.GetData<byte>();

Runtime/Scripts/VideoEncoder.cs

@@ -545,6 +545,11 @@ private string GetPresetName(string encoder)
             }
         }
 
+        public static bool IsFFmpegAvailable()
+        {
+            return GetFfmpegPath() != null;
+        }
+
         private static string GetFfmpegPath()
         {
             string path = null;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "com.betahub.bugreporter",
-  "version": "1.4.1",
+  "version": "1.4.2",
   "displayName": "BetaHub Bug Reporter",
   "description": "A tool for recording gameplay videos and submitting bug reports directly to BetaHub.",
   "unity": "2022.3",