Clip Tracker

• Tired of searching through vods to make clips?
• Dissatisfied with the auto-clip option that Twitch.tv (or any streaming/recording method) gives you?
• Do you want/need a light and straightforward application to mark moments onto a timeline?

Download Latest Release

WARNING Your Anti-Virus will cry and cry about downloading and running Clip Tracker.

• I am a solo developer and a novice. Fixing something like this is out of my scope for now.

• If you really don't trust downloading the application, feel free to check out the source files and compile them yourself.

Source Files and Bundling Setup

Instead of a onefile, you can directly use the source files instead:

Python Dependencies:

• Required:

  Python 3 (Version 3.12.8 recomended)
  Keyboard Version 0.13.5
  

• Optional:

  Pyinstaller (Version 6.11.1 recomended)
  

Download the app folder from this github repo

• You may need to unzip the folder from this download link.

Run main.py

Bundling with Pyinstaller (No onefile):

Cloning this repository is recomended.

From the directory CLIPTRACKER inside this respository, run this command.

pyinstaller --windowed --icon icon\cliptrackericon.ico --version-file output-windows\version-info-windows.txt --name cliptracker --distpath output-windows/ app/main.py

Also, the Clip Tracker bundle (Windows) can be downloaded directly

Features

With Clip Tracker, you can start a timeline when your stream (or any recorded event) begins, mark certain moments on it, end it, and save it!

Save countess hours of searching by referencing the timestamps right at your fingertips!

• Limitless Timeline Marking

  • Make, Mark, and Save as many timelines as you wish.

• Customizable Hotkeys

  • Record keyboard keybinds that work on the app even when it's out of focus or minimized.

  • Ability to record complex keybinds.

    

  • Designed to accept hotkey combinations ONLY in order.

    • Meaning, something such as CTR+A and A+CTR are two different hotkeys!

• Settings

  • Settings such as hotkeys and save directories are saved every time you change them.

  • There is no need to redo your settings the next time you open the app.

  • Settings are saved at the application's directory with the name cliptrackersettings.json.

    • WARNING: Directly editing your application's settings file comes with the risk of crashing/breaking it.

Platforms

• Windows

• Linux

  • WARNING, it needs Sudo permissions. This is due to the Python keyboard library. You be able to use something like sudo setcap cap_dac_read_search+ep ./cliptracker instead. However, this is untested.

Step-by-Step Guides

Creating a Complete Timeline Timeline and Marking:

• Start a timeline by using the Start/End Timeline button.

  

• It will begin a timeline.

  

• When you wish to mark a point in the timeline: use the Place Marker button.

  

• It will enter a timestamp representing the marker.

  

• Enter any many markers as you want, after the event ends use the Start/End Timeline button again to end the timeline.

  

• If you wish, save the finished timeline with the Save Timeline button.

  

• By default, the text files are saved in the same location as the application file (e.g: .exe, ): ./CLIPTRACKER/app/.

  The text file is named with the pattern timeline{number}_{today's date: %yyyy-%mm-%dd}.txt

  

• A timeline text file will contain nothing but the marker timestamps.

  

• To repeat this whole process again, simply using the Start/End Timeline button and start all over.

Utilizing Hotkeys

• You are able to bind a key combination to cetain buttons such as Start/End Timeline.

• As an example, to rebind Start/End Timeline, you must use the Rebind Timeline Key.

  

• Press a combination of keys on your keyboard, and release the combination to set it.

  

• You are now able to use that hotkey to activate Start/End Timeline.

• To rebind the key, repeat the process by activating the Rebind Timeline Key again.

• To clear the timeline key, use the Clear Timeline Key button. The hotkey will be deleted.

  

• The rebind feature is also available for:

  • Place Marker

Choose Where to Save the Timeline Text Files

• You can customize where the timeline text files are saved by using the Choose directory to save timelines button.

  

• Use the Save Timeine button to save your timeline text files will be at that location.

  

• Note: Timelines will still be saved if you choose not to customize the save directory.

  

• The default directory is located where the Clip Tracker app is: ./CLIPTRACKER/app/.

Current Limitations

• Clip Tracker does not directly manage, influence, or connect with any recording/streaming application or website.

• Clip Tracker can only detect keys that are considered keyboard keys.

  • If a device is using a macro that executes keyboard hotkeys, that device should work.

• Clip Tracker only provides hotkeys for Start/End Timeline and Place Marker.

• Clip Tracker cannot import timeline text files to add markers.

• I, the creator of Clip Tracker, am unsuccessful in testing Clip Tracker in a Linux VM Docker environment. When running a Linux VM, windows (My host OS) fails to provide the root access to keyboard and mouse activity. This means (as of now) ClipTracker is not well-tested on Linux. Help on this part would be greatly appreciated.

Feedback

Feedback is welcome (Google Forms link)

Languages

• Clip Tracker is available in:
  • English

Known Bugs

Known Bugs

Licence:

MIT License