Add screenshot option to @uppy/screen-capture

[hpvd]

Screencast function is great!

...but
a) sometimes it is "too much" for the user
b) does not give the possibility to provide different types of "screencast" to the user

solution:

split "screencast" to 4 types

1. simple screenshot,
2. screencast,
3. screencast with sound
4. pure sound

Details:
a) sometimes it is "too much"
for the user and it adds

• unnecessary upload size when only a screenshot is needed (image instead of video)
• unnecessary/ partial misleading browser alerts "allow this website to use your microphone"

b) yes, a) could be partly solved with
https://uppy.io/docs/screen-capture/#displayMediaConstraints ...
...but it prevents things like providing different types of "screencast" to the user, to trigger /motivate him to upload the best possible for the receiver, e.g. in a complex bug report:
a video of the process, some screenshots of details, additional spoken hints

edit: just noticed there are plans for audio only:
#1840 (comment)

edit 2: maybe it's not only about splitting screencast, but providing the 4 types of upload independently...

[Murderlon]

Hi, I think we already offer enough granularity.

unnecessary upload size when only a screenshot is needed (image instead of video)

I think most users would opt for using their OS to take a screenshot of their screen. Although I'm open to adding this option to screen capture as an extra button.

unnecessary/ partial misleading browser alerts "allow this website to use your microphone"

I forgot whether you're microphone sound is added in the screen capture but I can't test currently because of this bug I found: #3311. If it's not, then we shouldn't ask for that permission indeed.

[giannik]

having an option in screencast for screenshotonly would be great.
something like this :
https://codesandbox.io/s/webrtc-screenshot-it3d0?from-embed=&file=/src/index.js

then image would be added to dashboard for user to manage with the image editor plugin.

[giannik]

Hello ,
Is there some way to sponsor this feature for adding a screnshot option, so that it gets in ?

[colinambler]

I'd be really interested in the image-only screenshot feature too. Anything we can do get it rolling?

[Murderlon]

We don't have a system in place to sponsor individual features, unfortunately. We do have commercial support for Uppy. Being a Transloadit customer with commercial support could turn this into a priority, but currently we are focusing on Uppy 3.0, a new Uppy website, and some other things. So from our perspective this is not priority at the moment.

[herringtown]

Hi @Murderlon , any additional inertia on this from the product side (cc: @colinambler, @giannik, @hpvd )? I would love to have this as well, as the screencast is a bit overkill and I really just need a way to capture a screenshot. Absent that, if someone has figured out how to pass in the correct MediaTrackConstraints to achieve this, would love to know how they did it...

[Murderlon]

Unfortunately with less maintainers and more pressing issues this is not a priority right now. If you need a quick, I would gladly review / help out with a PR.