Add a "Screenshot Output" Hotkey That Saves the Program Output as a PNG

app/app-services.ts

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ export { SideNavService } from 'services/side-nav';
 export { VideoSettingsService } from 'services/settings-v2/video';
 export { SettingsManagerService } from 'services/settings-manager';
 export { MarkersService } from 'services/markers';
+export { ScreenshotService } from 'services/screenshot';
 export { RealmService } from 'services/realm';
 export { StreamAvatarService } from 'services/stream-avatar/stream-avatar-service';
 export { StreamAvatarApiService } from 'services/stream-avatar/stream-avatar-api-service';
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@ import { VideoSettingsService } from 'services/settings-v2/video';
 import { SettingsManagerService } from 'services/settings-manager';
 import { DualOutputService } from 'services/dual-output';
 import { MarkersService } from 'services/markers';
+import { ScreenshotService } from 'services/screenshot';
 import { SharedStorageService } from 'services/integrations/shared-storage';
 import { RealmService } from 'services/realm';
 import { InstagramService } from 'services/platforms/instagram';
@@ -292,6 +294,7 @@ export const AppServices = {
   SettingsManagerService,
   DualOutputService,
   MarkersService,
+  ScreenshotService,
   SharedStorageService,
   RealmService,
   RemoteControlService,

app/i18n/en-US/hotkeys.json

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 {
   "Start Streaming": "Start Streaming",
   "Stop Streaming": "Stop Streaming",
+  "Screenshot Output": "Screenshot Output",
+  "Screenshot saved as %{filename}": "Screenshot saved as %{filename}",
+  "Could not save screenshot": "Could not save screenshot",
+  "Screenshots need a newer version of the Streamlabs backend.": "Screenshots need a newer version of the Streamlabs backend.",
+  "Set a recording folder in Settings > Output before taking a screenshot.": "Set a recording folder in Settings > Output before taking a screenshot.",
   "Start Recording": "Start Recording",
   "Stop Recording": "Stop Recording",
   "Switch to scene": "Switch to scene",

app/services/hotkeys.ts

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { SourcesService, TSourceType } from 'services/sources';
 import { TransitionsService } from 'services/transitions';
 import { KeyListenerService } from 'services/key-listener';
 import { MarkersService } from 'services/markers';
+import { ScreenshotService } from 'services/screenshot';
 import { Inject } from 'services/core/injector';
 import { StatefulService, mutation, ServiceHelper } from 'services';
 import defer from 'lodash/defer';
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@ function getMarkersService(): MarkersService {
   return MarkersService.instance;
 }
 
+function getScreenshotService(): ScreenshotService {
+  return ScreenshotService.instance;
+}
+
 const isAudio = (sourceId: string) => {
   const source = getSourcesService().views.getSource(sourceId);
 
@@ -177,6 +182,11 @@ const GENERAL_ACTIONS: HotkeyGroup = {
     description: () => $t('Split Recording File'),
     down: () => getStreamingService().splitFile(),
   },
+  SCREENSHOT_OUTPUT: {
+    name: 'SCREENSHOT_OUTPUT',
+    description: () => $t('Screenshot Output'),
+    down: () => getScreenshotService().takeScreenshot(),
+  },
   TOGGLE_OVERLAY: {
     name: 'TOGGLE_OVERLAY',
     description: () => $t('Toggle in-game overlay'),

app/services/screenshot.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+import fs from 'fs';
+import path from 'path';
+import * as remote from '@electron/remote';
+import { Inject, Service } from 'services/core';
+import * as obs from '../../obs-api';
+import { $t } from './i18n';
+import { SettingsService } from './settings';
+import { OutputSettingsService } from './settings/output';
+import { TDisplayType, VideoSettingsService } from './settings-v2/video';
+import { ENotificationType, NotificationsService } from './notifications';
+import { JsonrpcService } from './api/jsonrpc';
+import { UsageStatisticsService } from './usage-statistics';
+
+/** OBS's default "Filename Formatting", used when the setting is empty. */
+const DEFAULT_FILENAME_FORMAT = '%CCYY-%MM-%DD %hh-%mm-%ss';
+
+/**
+ * Saves a still of the program output, the way OBS Studio's "Screenshot Output"
+ * hotkey does: a PNG at canvas resolution, written to the recording folder as
+ * `Screenshot <Filename Formatting>.png`. The capture itself happens in the OBS
+ * backend (`OBS_content_takeScreenshot`); this service supplies the settings and
+ * reports the result.
+ */
+export class ScreenshotService extends Service {
+  @Inject() private settingsService: SettingsService;
+  @Inject() private outputSettingsService: OutputSettingsService;
+  @Inject() private videoSettingsService: VideoSettingsService;
+  @Inject() private notificationsService: NotificationsService;
+  @Inject() private jsonrpcService: JsonrpcService;
+  @Inject() private usageStatisticsService: UsageStatisticsService;
+
+  async takeScreenshot(display: TDisplayType = 'horizontal') {
+    if (typeof obs.NodeObs.OBS_content_takeScreenshot !== 'function') {
+      this.warn($t('Screenshots need a newer version of the Streamlabs backend.'));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const context =
+      this.videoSettingsService.contexts[display] ?? this.videoSettingsService.contexts.horizontal;
+    if (!context) {
+      this.warn($t('Could not save screenshot'));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const directory = this.outputSettingsService.getRecordingSettings(display).path;
+    if (!directory || !fs.existsSync(directory)) {
+      this.warn($t('Set a recording folder in Settings > Output before taking a screenshot.'));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const output = this.settingsService.state.Output.formData;
+    const advanced = this.settingsService.state.Advanced.formData;
+    const mode = this.settingsService.findSettingValue(output, 'Untitled', 'Mode');
+    const noSpaceKey = mode === 'Advanced' ? 'RecFileNameWithoutSpace' : 'FileNameWithoutSpace';
+    const noSpace = !!this.settingsService.findSettingValue(output, 'Recording', noSpaceKey);
+    const format: string =
+      this.settingsService.findSettingValue(advanced, 'Recording', 'FilenameFormatting') ||
+      DEFAULT_FILENAME_FORMAT;
+
+    try {
+      const result = await obs.NodeObs.OBS_content_takeScreenshot(
+        context,
+        directory,
+        format,
+        noSpace,
+      );
+      this.notificationsService.push({
+        type: ENotificationType.SUCCESS,
+        message: $t('Screenshot saved as %{filename}', { filename: path.basename(result.path) }),
+        action: this.jsonrpcService.createRequest(
+          Service.getResourceId(this),
+          'showScreenshot',
+          result.path,
+        ),
+      });
+      this.usageStatisticsService.recordFeatureUsage('ScreenshotOutput');
+    } catch (e: unknown) {
+      console.error('Failed to take screenshot', e);
+      this.warn($t('Could not save screenshot'));
+    }
+  }
+
+  showScreenshot(filePath: string) {
+    remote.shell.showItemInFolder(filePath);
+  }
+
+  private warn(message: string) {
+    this.notificationsService.push({ type: ENotificationType.WARNING, message });
+  }
+}

test/regular/settings/hotkeys.ts

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ test('Populates essential hotkeys for them to be bound', async t => {
     'Disable Studio Mode',
     'Transition (Studio Mode)',
     'Save Replay',
+    'Screenshot Output',
     'Mute',
     'Unmute',
     'Push to Mute',