rewind desktop app

[shaik-zeeshan]

desktop app of rewind pipe

openrewind.1.mp4

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[louis030195]

how can i test it?

[shaik-zeeshan]

issue was happening randomly. the settings were not loaded from file. so it was showing default settings. to test try reloading page or relaunching app again again. if you see the settings in app are reset(don't change anything in settings). check the settings file. settings will still be there

[shaik-zeeshan]

@louis030195 Will the app be completely standalone, or will it share data with screenpipe-app? For example, if I have both screenpipe-app and rewind-app running on my PC, will the recording, resource and data be shared between them, or will they operate independently?

[kush34]

Hey, is testing still required? i can help

[louis030195]

@louis030195 Will the app be completely standalone, or will it share data with screenpipe-app? For example, if I have both screenpipe-app and rewind-app running on my PC, will the recording, resource and data be shared between them, or will they operate independently?

hmm

i think it would make sense to be shared

tricky part is to check to avoid conflict, having two times the recorder in parallel

[louis030195]

Hey, is testing still required? i can help

later probably yes

[louis030195]

also wdyt of making this in the same folder than the existing tauri app, but during build time it would enable / disable specific feature in rust side / js side / show different UI?

been considering this path too

and in CI/cd it would build 2 apps

one advantage is to keep the same code for rewind and stuff, not sure easier to maintain?

[shaik-zeeshan]

it could get more complex and code will be messy since we mixing two apps, also there is risk of breaking one app while working on another.

[louis030195]

somehow super zoomed in

[louis030195]

there are a few issues in the onboarding but i think its same one known in screenpipe such as:

• most permissions randomly pop up at wrong timing (macos)
• screen stream does not show up
• still facing issues with AI presets but idk
• shortcuts show "Super" which is weird on Mac (should be cmd)

overall its really great job, would love to ship this to all - also it's rly cool it can use the existing screenpipe data

[louis030195]

not sure what changed, build crash for me now (when i open the app built with bun tauri build), maybe the window change

[shaik-zeeshan]

@louis030195 anything more to add to this pr? also could check if prev issues are fixed?

[louis030195]

testing

for anyone wanting to install this app right now:

do this or paste in cursor chat to do it for you:

gh pr checkout 1805
cargo build --release
cd openrewind
bun i
bun tauri build
# open the end build .dmg path

[louis030195]

still crashing for me at start

since around 196d53e

[shaik-zeeshan]

could try deleting existing app (settings,etc) and install the new one?