Recover a recording cut off by a crash
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If a take is cut off because Rooster crashed or was force-quit, open Rooster again. It finds what was recorded, saves it to Downloads, Rooster, adds it to the project it was being recorded into, and tells you what it did. A camera take may lose its last moments.
A Camera, Audio only or Screen + Camera take that stops because Rooster crashed or was force-quit is not thrown away. Rooster looks for it the next time it opens.
What to do
Open Rooster again. That is all.
Within a few seconds Rooster finds the take, saves it, and shows a message such as Rooster saved a take that was cut short, naming the file and where it went. Press Show in Finder to see it, or OK. The message appears once.
Which takes it covers
- Camera takes are saved as a
.mov. The recording is written in short pieces as you go, so only the last moments - about two seconds - may be missing. - Audio only takes are saved as an
.m4a. - Screen + Camera takes were already being written to your recordings folder, so Rooster leaves them in that folder and tries to put the pair back together. If the cut-off screen file cannot be read, Rooster says so and adds nothing to a project; both files stay where they were.
- Screen takes without the camera are not recovered. Whatever was written stays in your recordings folder, may not play, and is not added to a project.
Recovered Camera and Audio only takes go to Downloads > Rooster, named "Rooster Recording" with the date and time the take started.
Back into its project
If the take was being recorded into a project, Rooster adds it to the end of that project's main recording, opens the project, and transcribes it if Transcribe when recording ends is on. A Screen + Camera take comes back with its camera on the Camera lane, lined up as before.
If that project has since been deleted, the file stays in Downloads > Rooster and the message says it is in no project. A Screen + Camera take whose project is gone becomes a new project instead. A take that was going to become a new project is saved to the folder for you to import.
If the take cannot be read
If a take was cut off so early that nothing can play it, Rooster still moves the file to Downloads > Rooster with "(unreadable)" in its name, and says it may not open. A take that recorded nothing at all is discarded.
If Rooster cannot save the take, it says why and tries again the next time it opens.
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Still stuck? Choose Send Feedback… from Rooster’s Help menu, or contact support. Not testing Rooster yet? Apply for the closed beta.